Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This oversimplification is likely to lead to inappropriate curricula for many , and also to affect attitudes adversely through the labelling associated with allocation to a particular group , especially to a bottom set or stream . |
| 2 | Three farms in Powys had bought extra acres to accommodate sons now on the farm . |
| 3 | Until the United States sanctions on Nicaragua and its backing for the Contra war come to an end , these limitations on living standards will continue to affect prisoners as much as they affect the rest of the population . |
| 4 | If we want parents to enjoy meetings so much that they will want to repeat the experience then a number of basic issues need to be addressed : |
| 5 | if they 'd learn to carry notes instead of |
| 6 | Collectors will also have the opportunity to acquire objects formerly at Marbury Hall , including a bust of the Emperor Antoninus Pius ( est. £50–60,000 ; $90–110,000 ) and a Roman marble altar from the first century A.D. ( est. £25–35,000 ; $45–63,000 ) . |
| 7 | This leads record companies to treat musicians not as wage-labourers but as contracted ‘ artists ’ who are paid not a fixed sum for their labour-time but in royalties , in proportion to their success ( ibid : 130 ) . |
| 8 | the need to plan operations as efficiently as possible for a given level of resources ( or budgeted level of income if a statutory authority is expected to largely generate its own income ) ; |
| 9 | ‘ There is less wear and tear on top management and it allows us to arrange meetings more quickly which might not take place otherwise , ’ says Royal Bank spokesman Alwyn James , speaking in Technicolor from his studio in Edinburgh . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ No , to paint patterns on . ’ |
| 11 | Invaluable experience , of course , but I found it frustrating in that , so often , I was n't able to see cases right through . ’ |
| 12 | And we have to acknowledge that , although it is difficult to flip planets over , there is good evidence that similar things have happened in the past among the outer planets of the Solar System . |
| 13 | In March 1922 ‘ snobbish clerks ’ on the Moscow Kursk line , which had been on of the most revolutionary , in 1905 and 1917 , were refusing to attend meetings where common signalman and the like were to be found . |
| 14 | Honorary membership of the Society was accorded men of distinction who lived too far from Manchester to attend meetings regularly . |
| 15 | Call , a loud ringing ‘ kata , kata ’ , frequently uttered in flight , can be very puzzling when light too bright to see birds overhead . |
| 16 | For example , in the MISLIP project teachers in different subjects ( biology , history , English ) found that the microcomputer helped pupils to plan projects better and improved the motivation of pupils ; while the school librarian at Bankhead Academy pointed to the use of a wider range of resources by pupils in the school library . |
| 17 | Stewart 's departure , after an incident that left Paul Roberts holding his face , did not seem to affect Spurs unduly . |
| 18 | Overcrowded gallery walls and cluttered showcases demand significant ‘ muscular effort to see objects well , ’ as Gilman explained . |
| 19 | The Keyhole KH-11 I , which has vastly improved visual sensors , is said to have the ability to see objects only six inches long on the ground and to be able to read number plates on cars driving along Russian streets or identify one mullah from another in Iran by measuring the size of their beards . |
| 20 | And if they are from Yorkshire , they are five times less likely than most women to wear knickers underneath . |
| 21 | And we had Miss who used to wear knickers down to her knees . |
| 22 | In these tight little situations I prefer the tube stem for the greater degree of control for mending line or holding back to swing baits in under obstructions and overhangs . |
| 23 | Key messages include the need to plan audits adequately , to record audit work performed and to maintain adequate quality assurance procedures . |
| 24 | 19 Lord The Lord Ordinary having considered the Petition and proceedings , no Answers having been lodged , Nominates and Appoints to be curator bonis to designed in the Petition with the usual powers and decerns ; authorises the said after finding caution to enter on the duties of his office upon a certified copy of this interlocutor with a schedule of the curatory estate annexed thereto ; and that upon condition that before issue of a certified copy interlocutor of his appointment he shall lodge in the hands of the Accountant of Court a bond binding himself to lodge Accounts annually with the Accountant of Court and otherwise to conduct the affairs of the curatory estate in all respects in conformity with the laws and practice of Scotland ; to appear before the Lords of Council and Session in Scotland to answer for his conduct as curator aforesaid or in connection with any matter arising out of said curatory ; to submit himself to and prorogate the jurisdiction of the Court of Session for said purposes and to assign an address in Scotland where he may be cited , and decerns ( * Finds the expenses of this application and procedure following thereon to form a proper charge upon the curatory estate , and remits the account thereof , when lodged , to the Auditor of Court for taxation ) . |
| 25 | She had the cheek to say he ought to cancel meetings only because of ill-health or for work opportunities , not because he 'd decided to go out with someone else . |
| 26 | Piece of blue polythene sheeting used to carry coals also discovered close to scene of fire where human remains found . |
| 27 | The ability to see subjects hierarchically , i.e. to perceive that specific subjects are often included in more general ones ( ROBINS might be included under BIRDS ) , as well as vice versa , and that as well as trying more general subject areas on shelves one might look for books with more comprehensive titles or filmstrips on more general themes . |
| 28 | The inclinations to treat animals kindly are grounded in the analogies to be observed in human behaviour . |
| 29 | The second solution is to try to carry ambiguities around in the form of constraints [ Sussman & steele , 1980 ] . |
| 30 | I mean I ride myself , I have dogs myself , I mean , it 's just another excuse from the hunting fraternity , turn it round , blame the cruelty on the saboteurs when really there would n't be any saboteurs if there were n't people to kill foxes purely for fun ! |