Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [art] [noun] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Record-breaking and the alleged mania for quantification can not properly explain the appeal of sport . |
| 2 | Both at home and at school , methodologies may fundamentally obstruct the negotiation of meaning and , in doing so , reduce the likelihood of deaf children enriching their language skills . |
| 3 | Of course , Irish clergy and laity are sometimes at the forefront of political religious change in other countries , and a lively Irish intellectuals ’ religion will continue : but whether or not it will eventually affect the structure of power is another matter . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , failures will be encountered and such failures can eventually attain a degree of seriousness that constitutes a serious crisis for the paradigm and may lead to the rejection of a paradigm and its replacement by an incompatible alternative . |
| 5 | We can not dictate what our children will make of the Community , but we must leave them in a position where they can effectively influence the shape of Europe , and that Europe must be one in which we retain our distinct national identity . |
| 6 | The small community at Grasmere would be the first to experience ‘ the milder day ’ which would eventually include the whole of mankind . |
| 7 | We must know what these facts are in order that we can properly predict the enforcement of reparation , either specific or compensatory , in case of non-performance . |
| 8 | Personally I 'd rather buy a pack of cards and play the game for real , or buy one of those magazines you find on the top shelf of the newsagents . |
| 9 | Very , very soon the secret of life would be revealed , and Ruth would rather know the secret of death . |
| 10 | It is my belief that any writer , who takes their work seriously , makes it a priority and does not give up , will eventually win a measure of recognition . |
| 11 | Illert , through his research , is now in a position to rigorously describe the shapes of past , present and future shell forms , and as sea shells are amongst the best preserved of all fossils , we have a progression throughout the entire fossil record from the Pre-Cambrian era right up to the present day . |
| 12 | So with your pennies and her pennies I think we should all make a lot of money for Save The Children , do n't you ? |
| 13 | A recent decision tightening up the laws relating to overseas players will greatly restrict the flow of foreigners to Ireland . |
| 14 | The report makes recommendations on four areas which can only enhance the ability of schools and teachers to meet the needs of disruptive pupils . |
| 15 | RIGHT The weather can greatly affect the progress of work on a site . |
| 16 | The bar does not greatly affect the orbits of stars and clouds that are confined by the Galaxy 's potential to r30 pc ; the smallest orbits in Fig. 5 a form a neatly nested sequence of only slightly eccentric ellipses . |
| 17 | If Gran wakes , she 'll only want a glass of water . ’ |
| 18 | I thought I 'd better make a cup of coffee . |
| 19 | And in many abolitionist minds this would ultimately lead to emancipation ; slaves would not only gradually become more able to live in freedom but better conditions would so enhance the population of labourers in the West Indies that it would be cheaper to employ workers on a waged basis than as slaves . |
| 20 | One view is that the rising indebtedness might suddenly trigger a loss of confidence , with the consequential withdrawal of funds from the USA and massive sale of US dollars ; the exchange rate for the dollar would collapse , and with it would collapse the value of dollar-denominated assets held by non-US residents . |
| 21 | That is an opted out school as against the standard state school , which is subject to the overall policies of the Local Education Authority , and indeed it is funded by the Local Education Authority through a formula , and the amount of money that is put into that formula will obviously affect the amount of money the school has to spend , so it 's providing the same range of education within the National Curriculum , but it is not beholden to the Local Authority — that 's the basic difference . |
| 22 | Two days later the Communists saw the new grouping as an " essentially disruptive organisation which can only hinder the development of unity between existing political parties and organisations against the Chamberlain Government " . |
| 23 | This orientation of reader judgement applies to all of the nodes in the network in the same way , disregarding the authorial-judgement ( JU ) orientation which would obviously double the number of parameters ( such an author orientation would be textually constituted by , for example , an interview with a writer on his or her own books ) . |
| 24 | Finance did not much affect the organisation of businesses , though it might influence their policy . |
| 25 | the outcome of these disputes will not only affect the standard of living of the parties and their children , but will help to determine such matters as future accommodation , need to rely on state benefits , scope for obtaining employment , and even the prospects of re-marriage . |
| 26 | The question " Were you speaking Patois or English just then ? " will not necessarily make a lot of sense to a member of the London Caribbean community , any more than the questions " Why did you say that in Patois ? " or " How would the effect of that be different if you said it in ordinary English ? " . |
| 27 | History shows that the long-term effect of altering the price of motorised travel does not necessarily affect the amount of money people and organisations spend on transport . |
| 28 | Responses to disruptive behaviour must not only recognise the importance of factors in the pupil and his background , but also the relevance of factors in the school itself . |
| 29 | We will obviously need a period of consultation in government before we introduce legislation . |
| 30 | Anti-road campaigners called for the government to guarantee long-term protection for Oxleas Wood and pointed out that the change of mind did not necessarily signal a change of policy , with the government 's £23,000 million roads programme continuing to threaten 160 sites of special scientific interest , many of them more valuable than Oxleas Wood . |