Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [prep] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to upgrade to a much larger reef tank in the near future , but first should I gain much-needed experience in keeping invertebrates before committing myself to the expense of failure with a large tank ? |
| 2 | He 'll introduce proposals for abolishing it by the end of the year . |
| 3 | ‘ Each is only concerned to find ways of advocating it without getting it . ’ |
| 4 | It is just that I am trying to find ways of helping him through the first bad spell of his career . |
| 5 | In contrast , if you are white , and unless you actually subscribe to racist arguments , you will want to find ways of dissociating yourself from the views expressed here . |
| 6 | Lord Crowther-Hunt , who has had experience both as a policy adviser and a minister , records in his book , The Civil Servants , that the permanent staff tended to isolate advisers by excluding them from official committees and by reducing the information available to them . |
| 7 | The poor see the lumpy , soapy tourists and they harbour thoughts of separating them from their possessions . |
| 8 | Soler argued that the higher altitude of the Guadix area ( 900–1100m above sea level ) had prevented cuckoos from colonizing it in the past , as the species seems to favour lowland below 500m ( but see ref. 9 ) . |
| 9 | Among the most important of these indirect effects is the role which test cases can play in politicising issues by forcing them onto the political agenda and once there in keeping them alive . |
| 10 | Therefore a study of the types of question is a useful preparation point : Types of Question Question type Explanation ( 1 ) A data recall question requires the pupil to remember facts without putting them to any use , e.g. " When was the Battle of Hastings ? " ( 2 ) A naming question asks the pupil to name something without showing how it relates to the historical situation , e.g. " What are the men in the picture wearing ? " |
| 11 | An earthquake destroys buildings by shaking them to pieces . |
| 12 | An earthquake destroys buildings by shaking them to pieces . |
| 13 | He rubs it absently , accosting strangers in the street , seeking out a friend and within minutes exclaiming that he wants to be by himself , watching children wistfully , accusing wellwishers of persecuting him with their kindness ; until at last he explodes on the brink of confession in a terrible universal cry : ‘ Oh , if only I were alone and nobody loved me , and if only I had never loved anyone ! ’ |
| 14 | whether the subsidiary undertaking is included in the consolidation and , if not , give reasons for excluding it from consolidation |
| 15 | Genevieve wins by driving herself across Westminster Bridge . |
| 16 | As Mr Torode points out , our liberal forefathers insisted on the importance of testing faiths by submitting them to discussion . |
| 17 | A firm , but not frightening , explanation of what dietary deficiency can do to the health of old people can often work wonders in stirring them into action , too . |
| 18 | She had accepted that he had had grounds for dismissing her at the time , considering the state of that little radio station 's finances . |
| 19 | BANKS seem to have become experts at shooting themselves in the foot . |
| 20 | Each local authority was required to estimate the needs of primary , secondary and further education in its area , and to submit plans for meeting them to the ministry . |
| 21 | His keen instinct gave him a deep understanding of his environment and his innate intelligence led him to devise ways of altering it to his advantage . |
| 22 | If this is proved , the court makes a preliminary order , called a ‘ receiving order ’ , which protects the debtor 's property and prevents creditors from suing him without the leave of the court . |
| 23 | Ministers are sworn to secrecy about the talks — known by aficionados as Pesc ( public expenditure scrutiny committee ) — but Kenneth Clarke , the Secretary of State for Health , broke ranks by mentioning them in his conference speech . |
| 24 | They keep upsetting customers by pushing them for money . |
| 25 | Romero had in mind a much more ambitious script in which the zombies have more or less taken over , except in an island enclave where soldiers have trained them into an army and scientists are devising ways of using them as slaves . |
| 26 | Meanwhile , as well as searching for a director to replace its current chief , Bob Scheifler , the X Consortium is also examining ways of distancing itself from its home at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and developing some kind of marketing focus without falling foul of its not-for-profit status . |
| 27 | Professor Buckley and his team will be examining ways of predicting which of the three strategies will be most appropriate to the needs and circumstances of any particular company . |
| 28 | Participants will review the proposals outlined during the first such consultation , held in Buenos Aires in July 1990 , and discuss ways of putting them into practice . |
| 29 | The Coetzer fight is the last of the original three-bout package agreed between Bruno and promoter Mickey Duff , and they are having talks about extending it to another two fights . |
| 30 | So much so that even when I had abandoned hopes of luring her into my narrow and uncomfortable bed , we frequently got together for a drink or a cheap meal . |