Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] to a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This heater may or may not be calibrated and/or pre-set to a useful fishkeeping temperature . |
| 2 | You 'll naturally find your own level — whether it 's getting into the growing competition circuit or sticking to a local reservoir . |
| 3 | did neglect ( or refuse ) to stop the vehicle ( or to make the vehicle proceed in a particular line of traffic or to make the vehicle keep to a particular line of traffic or to proceed to a particular point ) |
| 4 | ‘ did neglect ( or refuse ) to stop the vehicle ( or to make the vehicle proceed in a particular line of traffic or to make the vehicle keep to a particular line of traffic or to proceed to a particular point ) ’ This phrase means : |
| 5 | ‘ did neglect ( or refuse ) to stop the vehicle ( or to make the vehicle proceed in a particular line of traffic or to make the vehicle keep to a particular line of traffic or to proceed to a particular point ) ’ The proving of this phrase will depend on the circumstances of each case . |
| 6 | Quite honestly , I think the whole species should be locked up , or banished to a penal colony in the South Seas where they could all shout at each other to their heart 's content and charge each other £32.6O for writing a letter . |
| 7 | What is much more interesting , I have already suggested , is the idea that there could be patterns of behaviour which human beings are entirely capable of wanting and indeed , on an individual or limited scale , of achieving , but which for biological reasons are bound to be psychologically costly , or confined to a small group of otherwise unusual individuals , or otherwise bound to fail as general social institutions . |
| 8 | From our point of view we 're not in the position and it would be totally wrong of us actually to try in public to deal with those or to come to a specific conclusion about any particular proposal . |
| 9 | If you are married , or committed to a serious relationship , have one child or more and a home to support , then the hours you work and the amount of travel involved in getting to and from work may limit your options . |
| 10 | Serve as a chunky soup , blend coarsely , or process to a smooth purée . |
| 11 | In this new , commercial market a major sales point is the energy saving that is possible with central control of heating and lighting , either manually or according to a timed program . |
| 12 | I think we 'd simply need to specify whether ‘ ordinary ’ means selected on a randomized basis or according to a specified distribution by age , sex , class , etcetera . |
| 13 | How , one wonders , is the concept of good government to be defined or applied to a particular issue ? |
| 14 | Selling loan participations : Initial loan offerings are made by telephone or telex to a selected group of banks . |
| 15 | Part of him would have been sorry to hear that she had been shot , or sentenced to a long term of imprisonment in the filth of an Austrian gaol . |
| 16 | This limits , or complicates to a high degree , the explanatory force of a psychoanalytic discourse whose terms are founded on an Oedipal moment of lack , castration and desire . |
| 17 | Depending on how long you are with a particular employer , the GMP. can be bought back into the state scheme , preserved , and to some extent be inflation-proofed , or transferred to a new employer . |
| 18 | As much as 85% of the materials should be on open access , and stock relegated to store should remain there for a trial period of five years before being returned to the main library , or transferred to a permanent back-up collection such as the British Library . |
| 19 | Napoleon described it as ‘ the most complete harbour in the world ’ and you will agree when you go ashore and walk through those narrow streets or climb to a huge citadel above the bustling town . |
| 20 | Trippy took his cue and banged the palm of his left hand on the top of the cab and Ali must have put down his book — or got to a frightening bit — because he set off sharpish , left back towards Oxford Street . |
| 21 | Under the plan , Prescot Leisure Centre would be split into three independent business units with the bar , kitchen and function rooms leased or sold to a private business . |
| 22 | Discover the beauty of Rievaulx and Byland Abbeys or travel to a secluded valley where Kirkham Priory stands peacefully by the River Derwent . |
| 23 | Of the newspapers consulted , two-thirds ( 66% ) were national , a quarter ( 25% ) were local , and the remainder were either foreign ( 2% ) or belonged to a miscellaneous group of newspaper-type publications , such as trade newspapers ( 7% ) . |
| 24 | Employees may take an instant like or dislike to a particular place according to what they believe it to be like . |
| 25 | The third point is that leaflets can be produced which are specifically tailored to one category of users ( including postgraduates and academic staff ) or geared to a particular subject . |
| 26 | So , a bigger church was needed to cater for the rapidly increasing numbers , and a most un-lamb like argument over whether they should extend or move to a new site raged for six years . |
| 27 | They inflect or deflect to a common force field , physical , sensual or emotional . |
| 28 | This month SHEILA FAIRBRASS advises on how to attach a watercolour painting or etching to a firm backing board and explains the safest method for sticking collage pieces in place |
| 29 | Carpets consist of fibre tufts or loops , woven or stuck to a durable backing . |
| 30 | The great anti-Establishment provocateur of the Sixties now reduced to a gibbering wreck ? |