Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [to-vb] [adv] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were also smiles at Colmore Row Branch which stands to earn about £15,000 commission for introducing Royal Scottish to Hills , one of its corporate customers . |
| 2 | Langue , not parole must be the primary object of a science which aims to show how language functions . |
| 3 | Like the subcontracting system , group affiliation provides an important adjustment cushion which helps to explain why keiretsu profits are much less variable , if not necessarily higher , than other firms . |
| 4 | All of which helps to explain why Mr Kohl 's chances of winning re-election do not look as bad as a shrinking economy , growing budget deficit , and foreign-policy gridlock might lead you to expect . |
| 5 | This attitude — stressing the instrumental value of a degree course-is taken to its extreme in the following quote , where a student who wants to take up materials science is criticizing physical science : |
| 6 | It seems to bear out Mr Lamont 's criticism of important decisions too often taken for short-term publicity . |
| 7 | COSE also has no time to go off on an invention tear , he said , if it aims to take on Microsoft Corp . |
| 8 | COSE also has no time to go off on an invention tear , he said , if it aims to take on Microsoft Corp . |
| 9 | It aims to set up observation posts to secure the area against invasion by miners , settlers or ranchers , conduct health and vaccination programmes among indigenous people , and carry out environmental surveys of the forest . |
| 10 | When massaged into the scalp , it helps to slow down hair loss by strengthening each shaft , thus lengthening the life of each hair . |
| 11 | It does it if it wishes to force up interest rates . |
| 12 | Yeah he tries to make up crap jokes . |
| 13 | The most notorious of these powerful informal alliances is the military industrial complex , but this is only one of many such groupings that a president must accommodate as he seeks to bring about policy change . |