Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [conj] [adv] [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The funeral home had an extensive array of coffins , from handmade ones produced locally and beautifully finished to ornate caskets shipped in from America , some had fur linings . |
| 2 | Right , we , we , we did actually draw , or we not draw , we , we adopted a constitution during the year and the officers that are erm elected are the Chair , the Secretary and the Treasurer , erm and other , together with other such officers , yeah to determine by general meeting , erm , so it 's really only those three , er and we have sometimes had Advice Chair if there 's only been one Chairman have n't we , one Chair person erm so I think people need to say if they do n't wish to carry on the jobs they 're doing and if anybody wishes to nominate anyone in a particular post then slip at the bottom of the minutes could be filled in and either brought to meeting or sent back to the Secretary . |
| 3 | A State is bound by a provision of a treaty to which it is not a party if : ( a ) the parties … intended that the provision in question should be the means of creating a legal obligation binding upon that particular State or class of States to which it belongs ; and ( b ) that State has expressly or impliedly consented to the provision . |
| 4 | Where the plaintiff has expressly or impliedly consented to the presence of the source of danger and there has been no negligence on the part of the defendant , the defendant is not liable . |
| 5 | He had realised some time before that he was becoming more and more attracted to her . |
| 6 | Research into colorectal tumours has directly or indirectly contributed to the discovery of three new tumour suppressor genes ; APC , DCC , and p53 , the latter probably representing the commonest genetic adnormality so far described in human cancer . |
| 7 | ‘ These new slides ( tissues from the dead baby ) were made privately and never shown to me , and the defence pathologist 's ( John Emery ) change of opinion was deliberately kept secret until I was in the witness box and giving my evidence . |
| 8 | As the weeks and months went by and the war seemed turning in favour of the Allies , I became more and more attached to the Semmens household , even to the point of getting to know some of the family friends such as Mrs Helen Margo and her sister , who owned and managed a shop of Oriental goods on Howe Street . |
| 9 | Breeding in captivity followed and the progeny progressively became more and more reconciled to the life that ferrets have today . |
| 10 | I became more and more used to the Houys ' ideas and way of life . |
| 11 | It seems to follow from Darwin 's ideas that as the generations pass , so the organisms in a particular line of descent ( lineage ) must become better and better adapted to the prevailing conditions . |
| 12 | In practice most trade bills are discounted once and then held to maturity . |
| 13 | NGL 107060 ; ( 2 ) possession of 100 , Gurney Road ; ( 3 ) a declaration that the trustee was in the events which happened solely and beneficially entitled to the proceeds of sale of 11 , Stork Road , London E.7 . |
| 14 | However , no crampon will perform properly unless correctly fitted to a suitable pair of boots . |
| 15 | Since 1977 , when I first published what is still the only British book on the subject ( Modern First Editions : Their Value to Collectors ) , collectors have become more and more attracted to contemporary writers ; in this latest edition I list 281 twentieth century authors in whom there is currently the most interest , 115 of whom are alive and well and regularly producing new offerings which the hopelessly dedicated completists are obliged to add to their earlier rarities . |
| 16 | Each bone has to be removed , individually labelled , packed up and then sent to Bradford for examination . |
| 17 | The rig should initially be inclined forwards and then drawn to the side of the board as it approaches the broad reaching position . |
| 18 | The Shah listened quietly and then turned to Sullivan " almost beseechingly , throwing out his hands and saying , " yes , but where will I go " " |
| 19 | VET research in Britain is very fragmented , poorly developed theoretically and often geared to short-term objectives of policy evaluation . |
| 20 | This is a truth that Dick Lucas and the Proclamation Trust in London have effectively and consistently brought to the church in the last years . |
| 21 | Here is ‘ … a jumble of objects if ever there was one , difficult to pin down and eminently suited to a process of assiduous piecing together ’ ( ibid , p. 19 ) . |
| 22 | But that 's how cash was counted in those days and erm , the waybill was marked to agree with a man 's statement of what his cash added up to and then the cash next day was counted up bolt because there was Priory Heath to take care of , although that was n't a media when I first went down there , that opened later on , but there was the two got to be married together and then conveyed to the bank the next day , or , on the Monday if it was a Saturday or Sunday . |
| 23 | Or modules may be read individually and automatiaclly updated to a new version . |
| 24 | She backed in a gentle arc to face the open sea , and as Neil gunned the engine she jumped forward and then settled to a smooth , fast pace . |