Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] [pron] [noun] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In burgh politics the habit of taking quarrels to law made the ability to suspend a legal process or to threaten its resumption a regular tool of the Administration 's local managers . |
| 2 | In addition , retinoic acid is insoluble in water and so would remain where we put it in the limb for some time ; this was important because we already knew that to exert its effect the grafted polarizing region needed more than 12 hours . |
| 3 | as if to signal their displeasure the Dutch parliament passed a constitutional amendment in 1952 incorporating West New Guinea into the Netherlands and closing off further discussion of the issue . |
| 4 | In the second half of 1934 and in 1935 the movement all but collapsed as a national force , and to revive its fortunes the fascist political programme was de-emphasized and instead more attention was paid to fomenting local and regional grievances in populist campaigns . |
| 5 | as if to underline his words a creaming beam wave appeared in the middle distance , suddenly becoming apparent that it was a freak . |
| 6 | The UK wants the citizens of its colony to be involved in settling their future and to give their legislators the final word on any deal . |
| 7 | The Data System is just part of a massive development programme to keep us in front and to offer our clients the best licensed taxi service there is . |
| 8 | He was , as usual , quietly spoken , but not , like Herbert Read , inclined to whisper , as if to lend his utterances an added confidentiality . |
| 9 | Do you wake up regularly to a deafening snore and feel there is no alternative but to give your partner a hefty prod ? |