Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was significant that loneliness and low morale made clients particularly difficult to support : ‘ Low social integration and the prospect of residential care decreased morale , while low morale left clients without the heart to play active roles or to fight to stay in their own homes ’ ( Sinclair et al . , |
| 2 | Experiments show that many tolerate a wide range of light conditions , but a few high polar species perform best in long day regimes , or refuse to flower in anything less than a 22–24-hour day . |
| 3 | This sort of optimism about sexuality that seemed to have inside it this implicit model that sexuality was a good thing , that that by erm experiencing more sexuality , more sexual pleasure , we could all be happier , nicer people , that there was n't anything inherently wrong with sex . |
| 4 | We conclude then that choice even by the most responsible moral agent , however closely it resembles a pure Kantian decision for principle against inclination , is rational only if its fundamental procedure is that exposed to view by our unintellectual , intuitive romantic deciding whether to flee to Bali . |
| 5 | The focus of his gaze has a startlingly piercing quality ; an intensity that seems to strike at your very core . |
| 6 | accepting the soft body that wanted to press against his own . |
| 7 | They welcome the new day and tend to feel at their best at about noon or earlier . |
| 8 | As a consequence they were ‘ extracted ’ from their culture and failed to communicate to their own people . |
| 9 | The group has dominant market share down-under , taking about a third of Australia 's life insurance business , and needs to look beyond its local market for opportunities . |
| 10 | If you rent your home from the local authority and want to move within your present locality , the housing department may be able to recommend a housing association in addition to their own accommodation . |
| 11 | As she sat and waited for Clelia , she looked out across the park , at the spring trees , and tried to concentrate on her Spanish . |
| 12 | She asked for red wine and when he brought it she raised the glass and tried to think of something original and witty by way of a toast but he forestalled her by saying , ‘ Cheers , ’ and she could think of no other response . |
| 13 | Bubbly schoolgirl Claire says she 's had enough of the Cinderella lifestyle forced on her by her natural mother and wants to live with her former foster parents . |
| 14 | Scrum-half Steve Bates is playing the best rugby of his life and wants to add to his one cap . |
| 15 | Malvern had Streather and Blanchet to thank for their decisive third point in the semi-final against Harrow and a win on the 19th . |
| 16 | Ajayi smiled and shook her head ; she put her hand just to one side of the glittering projected line of squares and seemed to fumble with something invisible in the air . |
| 17 | Labour believes it can still secure a clear breakthrough over the next three days and plans to concentrate on its key themes : support for the public services , particularly the NHS , and measures to pull the economy out of recession . |
| 18 | And the more he succumbed to the allure of his own Führer cult and came to believe in his own myth , the more his judgement became impaired by faith in his own infallibility , losing his grip on what could and could not be achieved solely through the strength of his ‘ will ’ . |
| 19 | He compounded this appalling error of judgement by standing up to applaud the winners , a misguided attempt at gallantry which resulted in me trying to run out of the stadium and refusing to talk to him all the way home . |
| 20 | It was raised vertically by steam pressure and allowed to fall by its own weight . |
| 21 | He played the part of Marcellus , a noble Roman who is converted to Christianity and chooses to die for his new religion . |
| 22 | Those who can speak , are given time and encouraged to respond with their own story . |
| 23 | Quickly stripping off her gown , which had become soaked again , she sat down by the fire and began to comb through her wet , tangled hair with her fingers , holding the strands to the blaze to dry . |
| 24 | Looking at the paraphernalia attached to the subject wired up for a night 's recording , one might legitimately ask whether anybody could reasonably be expected to feel natural , and get to sleep in their usual way . |
| 25 | He was to have a wide , if rather scattered , influence in English theology through the nineteenth century , and served to introduce into it some of the same impulses that Schleiermacher brought in Germany . |
| 26 | They were not legally represented and declined to mitigate on their own behalf . |
| 27 | You acquire a wide range of skills as an actuary and continue to learn throughout your professional life . |
| 28 | After just three races the team gave up and started to work on something smaller and lighter . |
| 29 | If you are planning on a family and intending to stay in your present home , then allow for much more storage space than you need now . |
| 30 | In 1899 Elizabeth Hughes resigned as principal , pleading ill health , and went to live with her younger brother , Arthur , in Barry . |