Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.

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1 The question is whether the institutions will adopt the same rather altruistic attitude that they did then now that their income from even the best-performing companies will shrink permanently unless action is taken by the companies to leave them with the same net effect .
2 It would be a disservice to Denis Law to mention him in the same breath as some of Scotland 's more notorious hell-raisers .
3 Tiny children , barefoot and dirty , tried to generate enough courage to touch us for a few fils ’ .
4 All things considered , however , the film does n't exactly fly so much as hope from one gag to the next , relying on the awe of Brando and affection for the Kellog character to carry it over the many black spots .
5 All things considered , however , the film does n't exactly fly so much as hope from one gag to the next , relying on the awe of Brando and affection for the Kellog character to carry it over the many black spots .
6 We have the kitchen middens to inform us about the former and the dolmens and passage graves — both resting places and scenes of ancestor worship — to inform us of the latter .
7 ‘ It is odd that they said so many things to identify themselves within a few short sentences . ’
8 See if you can get our people to introduce you to a few American officers ; broaden your mind .
9 For the present it would be advisable not to report such allegations without giving the person defamed an opportunity to refute them in the same report .
10 Yet another Messiah on ‘ early ’ instruments , conspiring no doubt to send retailers completely mad in their attempts to decide which of the many available readings they should plump for .
11 Evidence is all around us , and the first step in any research is for the scientist to decide which of the many facts are of concern to him .
12 She had enough tins in the larder to see them through a few days at least .
13 Unsettled at having come halfway around the world to find herself in the same town at the same time as Vitor d'Arcos , she had skipped over any articles which mentioned him , but , on turning a page , had found an article which she could not ignore .
14 There was drill to teach the men to extricate themselves from the several hazards that might be encountered , for the dangers of a night drop over woods or water were obvious .
15 Happily in those days there was no air navel to take us in a few hours to Addis Ababa and bring us back a few days later .
16 You will notice that some creatures have names that are difficult to distinguish from one another ( not all are as pleasantly obvious as ‘ hippopotamus ’ ) , which is why it is important for you to read the list first and for the PP to say them in the same order to start with .
17 With the increasing number of cutters and the decision to operate them on an all year round basis the closed shop tendency for crewing of the earlier days could not continue .
18 He designed and built it specially for his wife because she 'd always wanted to live by the river , but she only had time to enjoy it for a few months before she died .
19 John McVurich , alledged diviner , being summond and not compared recommended him to the session of Kilarrow to processe him for the same .
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