Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] he [vb -s] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bartlett suggests that the individual has ‘ an overmastering tendency simply to get a general impression of the whole ; and on the basis of this he constructs the probable detail ’ ( 1932 : 206 ) . |
| 2 | Of these he lists the following : lying to escape punishment ; eating too many apples and pears ; stealing fruit from orchards ; playing too much ; gambling ; being over fond of reading romances and old fables ; imitating other boys in their foolish talking and behaviour ; being over fond of his teacher 's praises ; and being cheeky and disrespectful towards his parents . |
| 3 | In this he recognizes the same problem which faces the insider/ethnographer , for he clearly understands that pretence , deception , and bizarre social drama play a large part in police culture and accepts this will be difficult to research . |
| 4 | When he comes to the destruction of Carthage in 146 he records the contrasting opinions of the Greeks about Rome 's conduct ( 36.9 ) . |
| 5 | In particular he thinks the educated should have at least two votes , he does n't say how many erm that 's a matter determined case-by-case I take it , erm erratically it could be a thousand votes I mean he does n't rule that out , he does n't say it has to be more than one er two , but erm his view is that the educated to a specially privileged in a specially privileged position because they are erm more able to use their vote sensibly or to be given more than one vote , so we need now there 's going to be a question erm how do you know who the educated people are to make such suggestions , anyone with a university degree will be pleased to hear gets more than one vote on Mill 's system . |
| 6 | There is not , however , among those he quotes the same unambiguous acceptance of the private ownership of the means of production as appears in the pronouncements by the continental Socialist parties . |