Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [art] [noun] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Will this be a problem , or merely a challenge to discover new historiographical methods ?
2 One of the most poignant losses any human being faces is having to leave one 's home and sometimes even one 's country because of war , racism , famine or simply the drive to get decent economic opportunities .
3 Those who would buy more than unc logically opt for the two-part tariff and thereby the right to buy extra units at
4 It is all good fun and just the thing to encourage not-especially-musical people to discover that real singers make everything sound great .
5 The extensive crystallization implies shallow magma storage and hence the opportunity to assimilate surrounding rock .
6 The invention of writing and particularly the attempt to create autonomous text has resulted in a realignment of the two primary functions of language .
7 There are many commercial interests in Kyle and constant activity along the coastline : there are hotels , banks , shops , an information centre and even a gasholder to remind urban visitors of the life they have left .
8 There 'll be free recipe leaflets , wall charts and maybe a chance to sample Tandoori Chicken or Bread and Butter pudding .
9 Burton had no middle-class expectations , and certainly no desire to ape aristocratic ways he was not heir to .
10 Reduced need for official reserves With floating , there should in theory be no need for official intervention in foreign exchange markets , and therefore no need to accumulate large stocks of official reserves .
11 This may be true in the rise of European nationalism , although the need for a uniform language arises also because of the competition between States and therefore the drive to establish single national markets .
12 Since our beliefs strongly influence our actions , getting them right is socially very important , and therefore the freedom to question received wisdom , especially in fields that affect the behaviour of large numbers of people is , indeed , in the liberal view , a hugely important means , if not a vital precondition , of ensuring that ‘ the interests of weaker individuals and groups ’ are not harmed by ‘ the irresponsible attitudes and actions of the more powerful ’ .
13 The five-year-olds in her experiment showed not only the ability to use causal connectives in the intentional mode , but also the ability to use linguistic expressions which refer to intentions , such as wanted to and was going to .
14 It appears to us to be wide enough to cover the mind 's activities in all its aspects , not only the perception of physical acts and matters and the ability to form a rational judgment whether an act is right or wrong , but also the ability to exercise will-power to control physical acts in accordance with that rational judgment .
15 It was acknowledged that some of the party 's previous policies had been potentially divisive , and the review was widely seen as both an attempt to attract new voters and as a means of attracting potential coalition partners from among the opposition parties .
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