Example sentences of "[verb] [vb -s] [det] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can we not reach conclusions today which I sense has some possibility of consensus ? |
| 2 | Yet with treaties , lack of protest is viewed as irrelevant ; the strong presumption that a State is not bound by a treaty which it has not accepted means that lack of response to a treaty communicated to it entails no acceptance . |
| 3 | It is hard to argue the point since no broad surveys have been carried out in Bangkok , but what is known offers little ground for hope . |
| 4 | Thus it is quite plausible to suggest that see evokes some form of inference here . |
| 5 | Therefore the question of how verbs ' syntactically relevant semantic properties — often termed ‘ argument structures ’ — are themselves acquired assumes some importance for language acquisition . |
| 6 | Jibes about past financial difficulties are no longer valid he says — the recent flotation by US parent Computervision Corp has helped to put the company back on an even keel and the interest VirtualStation is already attracting provides more reason for optimism . |