Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Winning the toss and putting Knutsford in to bat on a damp wicket gave leftarmer Mike Cross the chance to shine with 4–19 . |
| 2 | ELDORADO , the BBC supersoap launched in a blaze of glory only to fizzle like a damp squib , CAN be saved . |
| 3 | So many track workers have been allowed to go that in some parts of the country we are not able to put gangs together to work on a proper maintenance programme . ’ |
| 4 | If , however , no undertakings can be negotiated and the MMC investigates the merger and finds that it operates or may be expected to operate against the public interest , the Secretary of State has power to order the parties not to proceed with a proposed merger or to order divestment by the purchasing company if the merger has been completed . |
| 5 | Alternatively , he or she may have a self-imposed rule not to drink before a certain time of day or on particular days , weeks or months or even years . |
| 6 | In other words not to provide for a continuing level of migration as it has been in the past . |
| 7 | ‘ No more games , ’ he said roughly , as he finally had to draw his mouth away to drag in a quick snatch of breath . |
| 8 | It may not be necessary for all cars always to stop at a red light at a crossroads , but to have any other rule , such as ‘ stop when reasonable to do so ’ , or ‘ stop unless the road is clear ’ , invites chaos . |
| 9 | You should be aware of the peculiarities of the local weather before you make your mind up to live in a particular place . |
| 10 | Luke , 23 , left the bungalow in Camberley , Surrey , nine months ago to live in a rented house five miles away . |
| 11 | He learnt then and in later practice how to jump into a bobbing canoe , letting his feet give under him without capsizing the frail Folbot . |
| 12 | It 's like turning the car round to take off a bloody bolt , you know ? |
| 13 | He always used to lecture people , tell them about the honesty of the artist , the necessity not to speak like a bourgeois . |
| 14 | The City Take-over Panel , which has to give its blessing to the ending of the contract , could take a dim view of the decision not to proceed with a formal bid . |
| 15 | Even my wife , enlightened , but energetically gregarious , upon my expressing my desire not to go to a certain gathering would say , ‘ Normal people like parties , they want to go . ’ |
| 16 | They have not therefore always reached their conclusion on analytical grounds ; often these conclusions are expressive of a pragmatic desire not to intervene in a particular case . |
| 17 | I look away , for all the reasons that people like me , with homes and an income , look away : a mixture of helplessness , guilt and the desire not to stare at a perfect stranger , as it were , in bed . |
| 18 | Instead he will meet Hampshire officials today to talk about a new two-year contract . |
| 19 | But Athey himself , or a county wanting to sign him and Derbyshire are reportedly interested can now approach the TCCB again to ask for a special exemption . |
| 20 | Weight loss does lower the metabolism in that every time you lose one pound , you will need to eat about 18 calories a day less to stay at a stable weight . |
| 21 | Different considerations would arise if it did , since it would be contrary to public policy for the court not to recognise as a qualified representative of the head of state of the foreign state the diplomatic representative recognised by Her Majesty 's Government . |
| 22 | Designs giving decade or binary steps are popular , the latter enabling an indicating instrument connected to the output always to operate at a substantial fraction of full scale as the input signal changes , with attendant reading accuracy advantage . |
| 23 | These ideas proposed that the tail was asymmetrical , with a larger lower lobe and , when in use , tended to drive the head up to compensate for a heavy head shield and a lack of paired fins . |
| 24 | He works at weekends as a hospital porter , and finds it necessary to take a week off to compete in a national or international event . |
| 25 | Not only was the Psittacidae the first volume ever to concentrate on a single species , it was , as Lear himself maintained , ‘ the first complete volume of coloured drawings of birds on so large a scale published in England , as far as I know — unless Audubon 's were previously engraved . ’ |
| 26 | There is enough area there to call for a two-person crew , so launching is rarely a problem . |
| 27 | He felt that bringing departments together to work towards a whole-school approach was going to be difficult and would be further complicated by the fact that some heads of department had unrealistic expectations of what the project might achieve . |
| 28 | The bill was designed to permit workers in companies with more than 50 employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave annually to care for a sick or new child , receive medical treatment or tend to a seriously ill spouse or parent . |
| 29 | So the poor discarded animals are bounced down the road only to fall under a passing car . |
| 30 | I used to stagger off to work like a complete zombie until I decided to take a lesson from the Chinese . |