Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [to-vb] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So much of the power of the ‘ male gaze ’ depends on the impulse towards self-gratification that not to draw on the erotic is to limit the effect of the image . |
| 2 | Today we launch our campaign , as the Community Care Act causes more elderly people than ever to rely on the six million people who care for relatives at home . |
| 3 | It was far safer politically and economically to sit on the scientific fence . |
| 4 | When it got within spitting distance of Mafouz , who was now standing , arms loosely apart , mouth open , as if hypnotized by the thing 's movements , it did a sharp turn to the left , bounced along horizontally for a few yards , and then snarled up and down to land on the unfortunate boy 's head . |
| 5 | We now have the opportunity to move out of the hotel and to rent the house of a Professor of Biology , and thus to save on the high cost of the hotel . |