Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | They consider that you can only move on from an unhappy experience if you have given it some meaning . |
| 2 | Individuals may be more content and morale may be high , but does this necessarily lead on to an improved performance ? |
| 3 | The purpose of having a timetable is so that all relevant information can be digested and acted upon , and so that bids do not carry on for an unreasonable length of time . |
| 4 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , the distance between London and Brighton is not very great , and you have even been seen in the vicinity of Brighton , so why not call in on an old friend ? |
| 5 | I have been telling them about the different sensitivity which Asian women have to their babies and the fact that you ca n't just go up to an Asian woman with the diet leaflet and say you should be giving your baby Cod Liver Oil , because 90 per cent of Asians in Wandsworth are vegetarians . |
| 6 | You can easily change back from an improper fraction to a mixed number by dividing the denominator into the numerator and putting the remainder over the denominator . |
| 7 | Without the roots of extensive planning ‘ these developments did not add up to an articulate challenge to the restoration of bourgeois rule in Japan ’ ( Armstrong , Glynn and Harrison 1984 p.39 ) . |
| 8 | Do not turn up with an extra child to be fitted in to the same appointment . |
| 9 | No foe should ever sneak up on an exhausted Marine slumbering during prolonged combat . |
| 10 | BENTWORTH Aided School are to get a new play area which will also double up as an occasional overflow car park for the village hall . |
| 11 | ‘ If someone has been living on the streets for a number of years he ca n't switch over to an organized life in a couple of days … it is too sudden . |
| 12 | PSD itself will then provide up to an additional £8.50 per week towards excess travelling costs . |
| 13 | This has to be done by the Tuesday before the weekly Friday sale so that potential buyers can then tune in to an electronic preview of the lots to be offered together with their weights , breed and feed methods . |
| 14 | And we made all these points clear to them , we also very much drew their drew their attention to making sure that any rules or advice they gave , did actually work out in an equal opportunity way . |
| 15 | On the gain side we might find that a choice which seems very attractive does actually miss out on an important priority . |
| 16 | Friends of hers who already have babies tend to speak frankly and moan openly , with a lengthy litany of ‘ nevers ’ : ‘ You 'll never go out for an impromptu evening … sleep through the night … read a book in the bath … go to the loo in peace again ! ’ |
| 17 | and you could actually come up with an equitable total in terms of |