Example sentences of "[adj] [is] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 However this is beginning to apply to classroom video materials too as more and more people today have video machines at home .
2 If all this is beginning to smack of soap box journalism , it is more focused than that .
3 Section 2(2) prevents the use of an exemption clause to escape liability for other loss or damage ( in general this is taken to refer to property damage and economic loss ) caused by negligence , unless the clause can satisfy the test of reasonableness .
4 Her voice stayed steady , despite feeling sick with anger and humiliation ; ‘ — but I imagine the Cabinet Office must have had some idea as to whether this is going to touch on security within this country . ’
5 This group rose from 57,000 in 1901 to over half a million in 1981 , and by 2031 is expected to treble in number to nearly 1.5 million .
6 Roughly four-fifths is thought to move as bed load including saltation , leaving only one-fifth to be accounted for by suspension .
7 He claims he has lost over £250,000 in his life and at the age of 40 is forced to survive on state benefits of £63 .
8 They argued that the basis of the national assessment system should be essentially formative , that is designed to contribute to learning and not simply summative , by which is meant the simple recording of acquired knowledge or skill .
9 That is thought to mean in excess of £4 million for a player now recovered from a broken ankle and the fulcrum of Wednesday 's own plans to win the Premier League .
10 And of course even that 's going to change as time goes on .
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