Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] [adv] [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rays pass through a hole in the iris , called the pupil , which opens or closes automatically to alter the amount of light entering the eye , just as the diaphragm of a camera adjusts its aperture . |
| 2 | The marketing agents , Telemundi , have found themselves with the unenviable task of selling an event that has yet to capture the imagination of public and sponsors in a soccer-mad-country at a time when all media resources are concentrated on the approaching Olympic Games . |
| 3 | Such ambiguities only add to the difficulties of a plan that has still to win the approval of the Bosnian Serbs . |
| 4 | Furthermore , ever since it became an independent department it has wanted to stop being merely a postman between the Treasury and the recipients of funds , and aspires instead to set the policy framework . |
| 5 | Very quietly one gets up and goes noiselessly to check the bolt 's on the door . |
| 6 | Previous studies have shown that ET-1 is a mitogen for fibroblasts and acts synergistically to amplify the response of these cells to other growth factors . |
| 7 | One way of doing this is to structure your paragraph as : First sentence ( topic sentence ) , makes the main claim of the paragraph ( and tries also to link the paragraph with what came before ) + subsequent sentences : justify or illustrate the claim ; |
| 8 | Similarly , a child who creates dangerous mayhem in the kitchen can not do so if he or she is taught and learns never to enter the kitchen . |
| 9 | The counsellor must not only understand that this is the way the counsellee 's life is predicted and determined , but has eventually to help the individual develop a more positive set of expectations . |
| 10 | A " customer " is a person with or for whom a firm carries on , or merely intends to carry on , " regulated business " or other business carried on in connection with that regulated business ; the reference to " other business " does not make someone a customer if he would not otherwise be but seems merely to extend the scope of the activities covered by the COB Rules . |