Example sentences of "[adj] [vb base] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally , the fair-minded British tend to side with the underdog . |
| 2 | Some want to invest in the island and get some kind of tourism going . ’ |
| 3 | Some stop to talk to the hunger strikers . |
| 4 | Mainly the sparks fly down off the wheel , but some seem to cling to the circumference all round then fly up into the operator 's face . |
| 5 | Some prefer to feed from the tank bottom , or the midwater level , however , and if we do not cater for these fish they may find all the food gets eaten before any sinks down to them . |
| 6 | Sea fishing is also taken up by many some prefer to fish from the beach and others prefer to fish from a boat . |
| 7 | – Some have to do with the child 's temperament ; others relate to parents ' physical and emotional resources and , of course , their methods of discipline ( or lack of them ! ) . |
| 8 | There will be some serious disillusion to follow on the heels of the euphoria of freedom . |
| 9 | The mighty continue to fall at the Stockholm Open . |
| 10 | These tend to rot in the sun and though the treads might be as good as new , they will have to be changed because of the cracks in the walls . |
| 11 | A Grammar of Metaphor does not , by itself , constitute a theory of metaphor , and I have therefore had to rely on theories developed by philosophers and literary critics , while indicating where these fail to account for the aspects of Brooke-Rose 's writing that seem most interesting . |
| 12 | These fail to grapple with the shifting and kaleidoscopic nature of ethnic differentiations and identities and their relation to internal divisions of class and gender . |
| 13 | Hydrangeas are very good , but these have to come from the corporation nurseries as it is too early for outdoor ones . |
| 14 | Moreover , because depression , inflation , or other economic distress can bring down a government , and because jobs , prices , production , the standard of living , and the economic security of everyone , all tend to rest on the performance of business , politicians and administrators alike have to regard business as more than just another interest group . |
| 15 | Ideas , materials and methodology used all tend to come into the country from outside . |
| 16 | Television is such a visual medium that we all tend to concentrate on the images and not the words . |
| 17 | Explaining to Louise the pull of foreign lands ( December 11th , 1846 ) , Gustave writes : ‘ When we are children , we all want to live in the country of parrots and candied dates . ’ |
| 18 | In some cases , such as defence or law and order , we all stand to benefit from the service and it would be difficult to envisage how it could be financed other than out of direct taxation . |
| 19 | But , in the absence of something in the context which suggests that narrower meaning , the authorities in the 19th century and earlier all seem to point to the conclusion that the requirement to establish a conviction requires a proof not only of the finding of guilt but also of the court 's final adjudication by sentence or other order . |
| 20 | If the raw material of most of these ergs has been provided by other agencies , as differences in character between the surface wind-worked material and the sand at depth seem to indicate , then the locations of desert dunes , coastal dunes and periglacial dunes all seem to depend on the concentration of sand provided by some.other factor . |
| 21 | All set to return to the fray ? |
| 22 | The schools of the 1960s and 1970s continue to function with the teachers in them adapting their style to meet contemporary needs and expectations . |
| 23 | E. Some smaller towns are growing in size as people use them as dormitories in which to live , while many commute to work in the cities . |
| 24 | Many have to do with the aims and purposes of the writer , who may strive after qualities such as brevity , or elegance or drama , or precision , or logical clarity . |
| 25 | We all have to live in the future : the next minute , the next day , the next year , the next decade . |
| 26 | Because they come through Aldershot and they all have to go through the scanner . |
| 27 | You know how it is , Mr Lorton : strings are pulled , and we all have to go through the hoops rather faster than normal . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ We all have to play with the hand we 're dealt , and up to a certain point we can put the blame on the dealer , but that point passed for Jamie Swift thirty years ago . ’ |
| 29 | Speeds greater than zero correspond to flow from the west to the east . |
| 30 | However , we first need to deal with the role of land in relation to production and accumulation . |