Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [adv] [art] [adj] of " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ So you got to try out a few of these nice new cars yourself . ’ |
2 | Our perception of spermatozoa was changed forever by Woody Allen 's impersonation of one in Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex , and University of Pennsylvania are giving substance to his fantasies , putting the poor little tadpoles through an arduous obstacle course to step up the process of survival of the fittest : according to Prodigy Services Co , the mad scientists have created a new class of silicon chip that can be used for analyzing sperm samples and providing a venue for fertilisation ; the technology uses microscopic obstacle courses inside a silicon wafer to weed out unhealthy sperm , and has been used successfully to fertilise a mouse egg ; the chips are etched with a virtual theme park of twisting channels , forests of columns , and other features designed to ensure only the strongest of sperm reach their goal , with some passages so small that only a single cell can pass ; the researchers have not yet applied for approval to test human fertilisation using the chip , but say that could happen within the next 12 months — Brave New World , or the embodiment of virtual sex . |
3 | The man had his back to her until he stopped to lift up the smaller of the two girls . |
4 | ‘ I hope to meet quite a few of them , ’ she said yesterday . |
5 | If this is the case , we would expect to find only a few of the many polymorphisms readily interpretable as responsive to present proximal selective forces . |
6 | What can be done to give even a tenth of our people the opportunity to acquire a small stake in the land , and to replace the missing bottom rungs in the farming ladder ? |
7 | A visit to Salcey is all the more rewarding and exciting if you manage to see even a few of its shy inhabitants . |
8 | The Office for Fine Arts intends to keep only a few of the better works for itself . |
9 | If people know we met because my parents fostered you when you were a teenager , they are n't going to think any the less of you , ’ she said , her voice gentle because this was an old hang-up , one which her family had spent years trying to dispel . |
10 | It seems to me that very few staff are addressing themselves to the kinds of things ( e.g. resources , teaching style , subject content , and attitudes and the hidden curriculum ) that can be used to bring out the best of the pupils ' cultures and backgrounds . |
11 | Leaving the heat and the nearly finished bridehouse , I returned to soak up the last of a cool , green English summer . |
12 | Frau Trauffer and her daughter began to bring in the first of six bountiful courses . |
13 | There 's tennis , windsurfing , volleyball and snorkelling to name just a few of the activities . |
14 | Patients were asked to write down the highest of three blows for the paper and pencil diary and to enter the values of all three blows into the computer . |
15 | Occasionally the Imperial forces try to clear out the worst of these foes , but the area remains wild and dangerous . |
16 | An internal well-maintained will tend to suck out the worst of the loose detritus before it clogs the undergravel . |
17 | She thought of Jonathan , but decided that she must have been too angry and hurt , because she could only manage to summon up the blurriest of images of him . |
18 | If she loses , she could be forced to repay almost a third of a million pounds she 's already received . |
19 | But there 's enough left to discombobulate even the biggest of predictive computers . ’ |
20 | ‘ You need to eat maybe a third of your body weight before it kills you . |
21 | Corbett stopped his horse to watch some labourers in the fields below working to bring in the last of the crops . |