Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The centre , designed by architect Nicholas Groves Raines after a competition in 1987 , will be partially enveloped by a glass shell within the building , allowing light to enter through the church 's widely-admired stained glass windows . |
| 2 | Although she was not a tall woman , she had to stoop low to get through the doorway . |
| 3 | There were reports that two religious parties , United Tora Judaism and the NRP , were pressing Labour to enter into a coalition with them to the exclusion of Meretz . |
| 4 | Naturally enough , it had been deemed impractical to legislate against the women themselves . |
| 5 | Will my right hon. Friend explain to a simple fellow like me why it is considered sensible to return to a system of socialist taxation based on the capital value of an asset that produces no income and that is unrelated to the services for which the occupant is paying and to the income of the occupant , this asset being normally called a home ? |
| 6 | Mick Toal rose high to head in a Ford cross , and Ford himself completed the scoring with a low shot . |
| 7 | The match hinged on the morning foursomes , which Gloucester edged 3-2 when Dorset had looked set to lunch in the lead . |
| 8 | During this initial period it will be necessary to use whatever methods appear appropriate to deal with the patient 's distress . |
| 9 | Jon Gittens looks set to return to the heart of defence after five stitches in Nicky Mohan 's injured foot . |
| 10 | This now looks likely to change with the emergence of the European Commission 's CCITT px64 videoconferencing standard ( see 3.13 ) . |
| 11 | New pay recommendations are due in the new year and , although Mr Clarke has told the review body that there must be pay restraint , ministers appear likely to press for the award to be met . |
| 12 | I suppose I have agreed to run the grocery stall , she thought , and with annoyance , for she always ran the grocery stall and tonight she had come determined to ask for a change . |
| 13 | If it is considered necessary to write to the police abroad then for EEC claims this will be done by the branches or handling agents and for the rest the file must be sent to H O Claims . |
| 14 | He was glad to see him , for he knew him for a tough , sturdy fellow , who was considered certain to get into the Owsla as soon as he reached full weight . |
| 15 | When a child is considered ready to transfer from the Institute to a regular school : — |
| 16 | The company remains tight-lipped about the launch date for its long-awaited 88110 upgrades to the AViiONs , which it apparently has ready to go in the Labs . |
| 17 | We voted against it on the ground that it seemed absurd to respond to a crisis in the beef sector simply by throwing yet more money into a system which has not been reformed . |
| 18 | It seemed sensible to go to the flat and telephone from there . |
| 19 | When I bought him he had been ridden in an ordinary jointed snaffle , so it seemed sensible to stick to the mouthpiece with which he was familiar . |
| 20 | Quite simply , not only do we and they not share common objectives , but we do not even make similar appraisals of world events , as the President of France demonstrated at the time of the coup in Moscow , when he seemed willing to negotiate with the coup 's leaders . |
| 21 | While the focus of our endeavour must necessarily be the degree to which the project has achieved its own stated objectives , the evaluators have felt free to go beyond the limits which those objectives described . |
| 22 | The open canopy allows light to fall on the ground , so a great variety of plants can grow here . |
| 23 | Can you please arrange for a cheque to be raised , to be made payable to TESOL for the sum of $62.00 US . |
| 24 | That surprised everyone , because it was n't felt appropriate to practise with the opposition when the match was still in the balance . |
| 25 | First , they will distort the curriculum because teachers will feel pressured to teach to the tests ; |
| 26 | Larne twice came close to stealing a second goal but seemed content to play for a draw . |
| 27 | EUROPEAN Community trade ministers meeting in Luxembourg last night seemed set to fail in an attempt to make any new progress towards a common mergers policy , giving final right of veto on large-scale mergers to Brussels . |
| 28 | Therefore the EC central banks made arrangements to sell the stronger currencies when they threatened to break through the snake ceiling and to buy the weaker currencies when they seemed likely to fall through the snake floor . |
| 29 | One cello player , at least , swept his bow with so much passion that he seemed likely to roll off the platform . |
| 30 | In county politics much the same attitude prevailed , for in 1799 Admiral Lord Keith 's chief complaint about a presentation made by Lord Elphinstone was that the latter had not seen fit to agree to the wishes of an important laird , remarking that ‘ I should suppose Lord E. does not recollect that the Gleneagles people have 3 votes in Dumbarton . |