Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [det] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One vet called in to treat some of the animals has described the farm as a house of horrors . |
| 2 | Those who did turn up paid nine pounds each to get in : Only to find many of the stalls were cutting their losses … packing up … and going home . |
| 3 | At the next station he got out , and Greg settled down to read more of the stories . |
| 4 | She had heard of storms great enough to flood some of the booths near to the shore , but never one that had thrown more than spray on the walls of the longhouses . |
| 5 | Sadly , I failed daily to get any of the pilots to use the Link , so I used the periods myself and , in time , overcame my shortcomings in bad-weather flying , I am convinced to this day that those stolen trips in the Link could well have prolonged my flying life in later years . |
| 6 | Earlier , he had visited the museum of San Martino , not to see any of the exhibits but just to take in the view , the huge curve of the Bay . |
| 7 | Over these next few weeks I 'd like us to be looking at some of the interviews that Jesus had with various characters , sometimes with an individual , sometimes with a small group of people , and just to see some of the things that we can learn from them . |
| 8 | The government subsequently decided not to accept any of the bids for Land Rover during April 1986 amid considerable political embarrassment . |
| 9 | And not to benefit the first marriage and not to benefit any of the children . |
| 10 | Just to answer some of the queries and comments that perhaps with Mr on the er problems of consultation , which we do accept , and they 're , if I can apologize for the coverage of the leaflet . |
| 11 | It was also possible finally to abandon many of the controls maintained since wartime . |
| 12 | Whilst I entirely agree with Nochlin 's decision not to amend any of the articles ( ‘ despite the strong temptation to correct what I now know to be errors of fact or feel to be mistakes of interpretation ’ , p. xii ) , neither should they have been allowed to stand in an historical vacuum . |
| 13 | A hacksaw may be the only possible tool to cut existing pipe which is installed against a wall ; however , the disadvantages of a hacksaw are that it produces fine copper filings ( and care must be taken not to get these into the pipes ) and that it will tend to flatten the pipe slightly — particularly if this is held in a vice . |
| 14 | On the parents ' separation the mother initially left the four children of the marriage with the father in the former matrimonial home but on her subsequently removing one of the children the father applied ex parte for orders , including a residence order , a prohibited steps order and a specific issue order pursuant to section 8 of the Children Act 1989 requiring her to return the child and directing her not to remove any of the children from the father 's care and control . |
| 15 | John Aitken , defending , said he would be trying to persuade the court not to confiscate some of the weapons which were not on the charge . |
| 16 | Richard Dunwoody , who rides Brown Windsor , was lucky not to join those on the sidelines after suffering three nasty falls yesterday . |
| 17 | Just to site some of the bits of work that I was talking about , erm , the Trustee Training Working Party , for example , er , in , ha has got on it , a representative from the black voluntary sector . |
| 18 | It goes on to list some of the tips to be found in a book ( price £12.95 ) of the same title — techniques which will apparently enable you to become ‘ more popular , more confident , more successful and happier in life ’ . |
| 19 | Before we go on to discuss some of the ways in which the forms of speech and writing differ , we shall consider , in the next two sections , some of the problems of representing written and spoken language . |
| 20 | In this chapter I have done more to highlight some of the problems in reaching a definition of God than to offer a solution of my own . |
| 21 | ‘ ' So I pour seven whiskies , hand them out , then wander off to stab each of the captives with my foot and check they 're still awake . |
| 22 | Would have possibly to weight some of the criteria . |
| 23 | The case of Deerhurst in Gloucestershire may serve as a useful example to show what can be learned about early land use and also to indicate some of the pitfalls . |
| 24 | He went to back to work in the factory in the big cabinet making factory , and there was a fire and he went up to help some of the girls and he was trapped in the lift . |
| 25 | National parties of various complexions were set up to represent many of the minorities — from Letts in the north to Armenians and Georgians in the south , and above all the Poles . |
| 26 | The school had been selected to participate in a research project set up to test some of the recommendations of the Gulbenkian Report , The Arts in Schools ( 1982 ) , and had chosen to use the extra finance from this project to institute a number of residencies for artists , writers , musicians , etc . |
| 27 | In those circumstances , it was thought right to reduce some of the activities of the RNR and to make them more relevant to the future . |
| 28 | On investigation , the speech of supposedly retarded New York ghetto youths turned out to have all of the qualities generally associated with logical thought — facility with complex propositions , meaningful sequence , rule recognition , syllogistic reasoning etc . |
| 29 | Further , this chapter also sets out to exemplify some of the problems we confront in considering an undisputed literary text ( The Faerie Queene ) in the context of a piece of writing which does not purport to be a fiction ( A View of the Present State of Ireland ) , yet which uses the generic and rhetorical conventions of literary writing . |
| 30 | Burnard goes on to mention some of the skills involved : the ability to listen ( to the words but also noting volume , pitch , eye movements and related body language ) ; ability to offer free attention ( to note and accept , not analyse and interpret ) ; to suspend judgement ( to refrain from categorising as good/bad , right/wrong ) ; and to control what is said in reply and how it is said , with a facial expression which is genuine , not mechanical . |