Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the right had advocated foreign withdrawal they were well aware that the retention of some American troops was needed to prevent communist domination — ‘ Under Shtikov 's proposal , [ a ] strong Korean Communist Army in [ the ] North of Korea would be free to sweep down on the virtually unarmed south and quickly over-run it . ’ |
| 2 | One of the polarisations which took place has centred on the question of whether management development should be focused on the provision of specific tools/skills for managers ( a competency model ? ) — or whether it would be more appropriate to set out along a more generic path which emphasised the attitudinal and interpersonal aspects of management . |
| 3 | The trade of elephant catching and training is likely to die out in the very near future . |
| 4 | He backed out of Nisodemus 's presence and was glad to get out into the bitingly cold air . |
| 5 | And it was able to set off on a totally different , and more professional , tack . |
| 6 | The argument was on the semantics of how post-sixteen education is presently offered in Banbury , and whereas , of course , they had every right to use the opting out legislation as a governing body , it must be said that the possibility of success under those terms erm is somewhat untried , because of course legislation was specifically geared at Local Education Authorities that do not look after their schools , and thus schools are able to opt out of a badly run , inefficient Education Authority , and we 've seen that happen in many of the urban areas in the country , and indeed some schools have not opted for that . |
| 7 | Yes , I mean it would be nice if it was possible , you know , after having taken time out , or some time out , over a period to be able to get back into a more permanent career structure , but maybe in the future this 'll come . |
| 8 | But it will be harder to crack down on the really powerful and harmful culprits in the shadow economy — the state bureaucrats who use their privileged access to goods heavily subsidized by the state to make fat profits for themselves . |
| 9 | So some banks will be forced to rely on retained earnings for shoring up their capital-adequacy ratios — unless they are ready to put up with a much slower growth in assets ( which few seem prepared to do ) . |
| 10 | She needs to find someone or something to blame for the catastrophe that has overtaken her , so she looks for reasons , because she may not yet be ready to face up to the extremely anxiety-provoking fact that life itself is unpredictable and the world is an insecure place . |