Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Swallows and house martins have dispensed with them altogether to gain a clear view of the insects they catch on the wing . |
| 2 | ‘ But this is the bit that took me longest to work out . |
| 3 | But when she was very sad she understood that sorrow casts out fear , and then the murderer could call with a few of his friends and she would tell them wearily to bugger off and they would go , since , after all , there can be no satisfaction in murdering the dead . |
| 4 | But Mr. Munby so treated them because , in his submission , section 8 conferred complete autonomy on such minors , thus enabling them effectively to refuse medical treatment irrespective of how parental responsibilities might be sought to be exercised . |
| 5 | It is essential therefore that bodies manage their finances efficiently and apply them effectively to maintain development . |
| 6 | That assessment was echoed by the other speakers in the session — Kevin Allard of Bertram Books , David Edyvean of the Gosport Bookshop and Nick Polkinhorne of the Sevenoaks Bookshop — each of whom explained how the application of new technology had enabled them successfully to transform the environment in which they worked . |
| 7 | ‘ Kathleen may have found me somewhere to live . ’ |
| 8 | A symbiotically mute pair then sectioned each of these into eight translucent oblongs , flouring them and stacking them delicately to sell on to the baklava and bougatsa makers round the corner . |
| 9 | Thus in Ibrams ( 1982 ) there had been considerable ill-treatment and violence by the deceased towards D and his girlfriend , and this led them eventually to plan and carry out a night-time raid on the deceased 's flat , during which they attacked and killed him . |
| 10 | Again it is important for children to experience these ideas practically in a variety of ways to enable them eventually to achieve full understanding . |
| 11 | While C2 Certificate holders would normally proceed directly into employment , there should , however , be opportunities for some students to acquire credits allowing them eventually to obtain a C1 Certificate . |
| 12 | I therefore proposed an account of law , ‘ normative positivism ’ , which I take to synthesize salient features of positivism and natural law thinking and which seems to me wholly to fit the nature of criminal law . |
| 13 | One of the most successful ways of giving a different quality to the steps and poses of classical dance and of transforming them into demi-caractère style is to relate them intimately to appropriate music . |
| 14 | ‘ That seems to me rather to reinforce suspicion that Amy killed Hereward , ’ Laura said . |
| 15 | The response of the Treasury official upon receiving the nomination , according to the duke , was to ‘ put the presentation in his pocket , desiring me rather to name somebody that might be useful for my interest , for nobody knows this Achterlonie ’ . |
| 16 | BRC was contacted and we found them somewhere to live and someone from their own country to look after them . |
| 17 | Often we can secure the release of refugees from detention if we can find them somewhere to live . |
| 18 | ‘ Small spaces help residents to communicate with each other — and also give them somewhere to escape to . |
| 19 | Ended up we had to get her and the kids out of the house and get them somewhere to stay the night . |
| 20 | One such example is : ( 189 ) … the cry which made me suddenly to re-enter the dimension of distinctness . |
| 21 | Then Stirling called everyone together to explain his plans . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , the unruly people of Rome , currently opposed to the Pope , suggested that it would suit them better to confirm the imperial crown upon Barbarossa . |
| 23 | It would suit them better to use their surplus cash to aid starving children in other countries . |
| 24 | This often enables them better to achieve the benefits that rules may bring as explained above , and other benefits besides . |
| 25 | The function of government intervention is less to tell people what they ought to like than to allow them better to achieve what they already like . |
| 26 | As Citrine had earlier told his colleagues , a tactical retreat of accepting the Minister 's suggestion and then showing it to be ineffective would enable them better to assert their independence in future . |
| 27 | I thought that progressives , political progressives in this country were prepared to stand by public services and believe in them sufficiently to say this will cost you and we are prepared to put the bill to you because we believe you will pay the bill . |
| 28 | ‘ It will tell them enough to alert them if they 're working for the British Government . ’ |
| 29 | Seals have almost spherical lenses and can not flatten them enough to see far through the air . |
| 30 | If we like them enough to invest , we will either cut our spending ( bad for the high street and the recovery ) or switch savings from other institutions ( notably the building societies ) putting pressure on them to match those terms . |