Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [adv] [art] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And despite his hectic intercontinental schedule — commuting from his home in Paris to his musical duties in Chicago and Berlin ( where he has recently been appointed head of the Berlin Staatsoper ) — he always tries to set aside an hour or so every afternoon to sit in a cafe , nursing a coffee ( while , of course , veiling himself in a cloud of cigar smoke ) . |
| 2 | In determining whether the offer of alternative work is suitable , the tribunal takes into account factors such as status , skills required , pay , hours of work and whether it involves additional travelling time and/or expense or perhaps a need to move house . |
| 3 | The co-option of an industrialist or businessman may be a statement about school being a place for training the future work force or just an attempt to involve someone with business acumen to sort out the LMS accounts . |
| 4 | Sometimes it is best to wait for 3 to 6 months or even a year to do this . |
| 5 | There are many medical treatments for incontinence , which include medicines , exercises , ‘ retraining ’ the bladder and occasionally an operation to repair the bladder . |
| 6 | Those who would buy more than unc logically opt for the two-part tariff and thereby the right to buy extra units at |
| 7 | This may be true in the rise of European nationalism , although the need for a uniform language arises also because of the competition between States and therefore the drive to establish single national markets . |
| 8 | Although the building is of more or less one period , it is still nonetheless a higgledy-piggledy place to find one 's way about in , as though the builders had not planned it as a whole but acted on whims and perhaps the need to accommodate an expanding family . |
| 9 | In the event , John Conteh dropped down a division and Johnson took his place , proving the legitimacy of his claim by beating two contenders and then the champion to become the first black heavyweight champion of Great Britain . |
| 10 | He used to export half his rice crop , but for four years there has been no export and so no incentive to grow more than he needs . |
| 11 | If the latter applies , there is no thing in action and so no property to steal . |
| 12 | With difficulty she rolled his dead weight first to one side and then the other to search his pockets . |
| 13 | This means you have two choices to make — not only a suitable colour for the mounting card but also the background to go with it . |
| 14 | Children need not only a ‘ lexicon ’ of images but also the ability to cope with a number of conventions . |
| 15 | Libraries will not only provide a carefully-selected and well-displayed collection of books but also the opportunity to hear stories , paint , draw and make models , make and use puppets , take part in drama sessions , and so on . |
| 16 | The fame of his treatment spread , bringing four hundred visitors or so a year to swell the local income . |
| 17 | In its view , there is not the time , the manpower or even the need to spy in the conventional sense . |
| 18 | Despite the tears , Athelstan still wondered if her adultery made her an assassin or perhaps an accomplice to murder . |
| 19 | I would like to suggest that an answer to this question should address broader concerns than simply a desire to make a representation of appearance . |
| 20 | In other words the branch is part of the parent and therefore the requirement to hold two lots of reserves is really contrary to the spirit of the directive . |
| 21 | It is more likely that in many situations there is a conflict of interest between capital and labour over this issue and thus a need to negotiate the outcome . |
| 22 | Each weekend begins on Friday evening with supper , followed by an introductory talk , film or video , night prayers and then the freedom to sit and chat or go to bed . |
| 23 | The rally gives owners an opportunity to meet fellow enthusiasts and even the chance to buy . |
| 24 | The decision was attacked the following day by Drazen Budisa , chairman of the opposition Croatian Social Liberal Party ( HSLS ) , who complained that " several thousands of inhabitants of Vukovar imprisoned in Serbian camps " and " tens of thousands of Croats from Central Bosnia about whom we have no information " would be unable to obtain their Croatian nationality and thus the right to vote . |
| 25 | I settled in pretty quickly , though suffering a bit from culture shock and more from the realisation that I was semi-illiterate in the Thai language : I had the ability to communicate verbally but at a child 's level and almost no ability to read . |
| 26 | In the weeks before the meeting , the Daily Worker published plans for a five-column march on Olympia and even a map to show its readers how to get there . |
| 27 | Often , indeed , he has not only the right but also the duty to make the disclosure , as of a felony , to the competent authorities . |
| 28 | One suggested reason is to protect public bodies from vexatious litigants with no real interest in the outcome of the case but just a desire to make things difficult for the government . |
| 29 | In retrospect the decline of the tram in Britain was not so much a response to technological change but more a decision to cut capital investment in public transport . |
| 30 | One of the most poignant losses any human being faces is having to leave one 's home and sometimes even one 's country because of war , racism , famine or simply the drive to get decent economic opportunities . |