Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [verb] [art] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone has had a chance to air their views about what should be done with young offenders — everyone , that is , except the young people themselves . |
| 2 | Not one of them has won a card to play on the Volvo Tour . |
| 3 | At last someone has had the nerve to bring the area in line with the rest of British climbing : no longer will it be a quiet backwater resigned to a few lines in the climbing press about some brilliant new VDiff on a puny little crag in the back of beyond . |
| 4 | They immediately brighten , become more animated and are often quite grateful that someone has taken the time to listen to them . |
| 5 | My attitude is that if somebody has taken the trouble to write a letter , they deserve a reply . |
| 6 | VANDALS have tried to cut down the tree which has become a shrine to rock star Marc Bolan . |
| 7 | Mr Chairman residents of there was recommended to , however , if transport which has caused the residents to draw . |
| 8 | To take the former example , a phobia can occur as a result of a severe emotional shock , possibly experienced in childhood , the severity of which has caused the subject to bury his recollection of it in his subconscious mind — it being too traumatic to cope with at a conscious level . |
| 9 | Zimbabwe may be on the verge of abandoning its controversial policy of treating wildlife as a valuable resource , which has led the country to lobby for a revival of the ivory trade and has attracted criticism from conservationists . |
| 10 | The recognition by IBM Corp that Microsoft Corp products are not going to go away and that it ca n't build its own personal computer world solely on OS/2 — which has led the company to decide to put NT up on the PowerPC and to do a DB2/NT version of its personal computer database is to culminate in a meeting between new IBM chief executive Louis Gerstner and Microsoft chief Bill Gates later this month to discuss areas of mutual interest , the Wall Street Journal says . |
| 11 | Swindon 's local evening newspaper , which has run a campaign to keep Fresden in public hands , says the idea was n't given a chance . |
| 12 | The ‘ ideal ’ pupil is one who is thought to require a period of adjustment coming from a school which has expressed a willingness to take the pupil back . |
| 13 | ‘ Towards these ’ , he said , ‘ and countless others , Ayton exercised the caring spirit for which the Quakers are famous , and which has enabled the school to survive the difficult periods in its long and honourable history . ’ |
| 14 | It is their commitment which has enabled the Trust to provide its unique contribution to the industry . |
| 15 | This has brought about a sharing of information which has allowed a confidence to develop in relation to the long-term outcomes of this way of working with people to achieve particular aims . |
| 16 | Functional pressure-group activity has also increased , which has allowed the state to bypass legislatures and which will eventually lead to the creation of corporate state structures dominated by the monopolies . |
| 17 | Its success in this objective is primarily a result of the high quality of the photographs throughout , in itself a tribute to the membership of the BPS , which has donated the photographs to help promote an interest in ferns . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's very quickly become the best-selling game in Japan and we are confident of it being a big hit over here , ’ said Peter Brown , managing director of toy makers Tomy , which has won the licence to introduce the game in to Britain . |
| 19 | New care management systems of assessment without provision do not rest easily with training which has equipped the worker to provide direct care , and there is some evidence that workers find the disincentives so great that they will resign from such posts ( Huxley and Kerfoot , 1992 ) . |
| 20 | Britain has won third place in the arms-sales league table — behind the US and the Soviet Union — partly because the US Zionist lobby has prevented many sales to Arab states from Washington , which has forced the Arabs to go elsewhere . |
| 21 | There is a very strong critical tradition within Japan which has stressed the need to consider the other side of the economic miracle whether this concerns the social costs of pollution and congestion , gender and racial inequalities , repressive police methods , the inadequate provision of housing , the lack of proper attention to the elderly or sick . |
| 22 | Mr North is technical adviser to the United Kingdom Egg Producers ' Association , which has launched an appeal to meet the nuns ' legal costs . |
| 23 | It is this popularity which has prompted the management to look at the possibility of introducing these fit bodies to the joys of tennis , by offering complimentary tennis tuition , a worthy initiative and one which can only enhance the game in the club and its surrounding area . |
| 24 | The first meaning should be understood as the inspiration which has urged the choreographer to create . |
| 25 | Well , four days on with thousands of people still on the site at Castle Morton Common , there 's growing anger locally that nobody seems to have the power to do anything about the travellers.Villagers say they 're under siege . |
| 26 | This journey , which seems to involve a plan to deal in drugs , takes the three to a ghost town where the others become separated from Lockett . |
| 27 | Cælum is one of those constellations which seems to have no claim to separate identity . |
| 28 | Rodgers is out of the tour , which gives Styger the chance to face England . |
| 29 | Think about training though , if somebody 's got a question to ask what will about sort of something very early on and they do n't get the opportunity to answer you what might happen |
| 30 | Mind you — - " she jerked her head in the direction of the Russell , which had recently returned from Plymouth and lay at anchor in the Pool , " 'E 's got a lot to answer for . |