Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Theodosiou was the first to go for stamping in the 72nd minute and Greg Downs followed after protesting at a penalty decision . |
| 2 | We will tell you all you need to know about surviving despite the twentieth-century diet , and the real facts about obesity . |
| 3 | The major theorists on acting , on the other hand , such as Diderot ( 1957 ) , Stanislavsky ( 1937 ) , Brecht ( 1973 ) , Craig ( 1962 ) , Artaud ( 1970 ) and Brook ( 1968 ) tend to be interested in a particular theatrical style while writers on theatre such as Weissman ( 1965 ) and Barish ( 1966 ) choose to write about acting from a psychoanalytical point of view . |
| 4 | To provide a service within the community by providing a safe , secure environment in which the individual 's rights and needs are recognised , by assisting clients to adjust to living in a communal setting and providing support for clients using professional agencies and the resources of the department . |
| 5 | He intends to concentrate on writing for the next year , with a summer break to make an irreverent beginner 's Guide to Opera , co-written with his colleague Paul Whitehouse . |
| 6 | Pearl uses none of the electronic or ‘ sound enhancing ’ techniques currently fashionable , and aims to concentrate on extracting from the original grooves the essence of music . |
| 7 | Chancellor Kohl wants this process finished by 1991 , which could mean that Britain would have to choose between agreeing on a new treaty for a supranational monetary union or risk being left behind by the rest of the EC months before the next British general election . |
| 8 | Chancellor Kohl wants this process finished by 1991 , which could mean that Britain would have to choose between agreeing on a new treaty for monetary union or risk being left behind months before the next British general election . |
| 9 | In another experiment , by Semler , females were allowed to choose between mating with a normal red-bellied male or with a male of the ordinary non-breeding stickleback green colour . |
| 10 | Answer ( b ) is an example of ellipsis because does can not be said to substitute for sing in the above question . |
| 11 | The Sargasso Sea is also said to have been the site of the ancient lost island of Atlantis where the eels could have once again found fresh water and been able to feed after spawning in the nearby sea . |
| 12 | It is misleading to talk of thinking as a mental activity . |
| 13 | The release of power is triggered by ( a ) keeping the knees and toes aligned throughout the backswing and ( b ) by keeping your head just inside your right foot to guard against falling into a reverse pivot . |
| 14 | then it may be appropriate for it to progress to operating at the skilful stage . |
| 15 | For example , you may be able to get a grant to help with putting in a hot water system if you do not have one . |
| 16 | For example , you can get a grant to help with putting in a hot water system if you do not already have one . |
| 17 | To focus on moving toward a world-wide business ; |
| 18 | Mr Mutambara tried to escape by jumping from a second-floor window , but he was caught and taken to hospital with unspecified injuries . |
| 19 | Trying to escape by going to the only other bar in Woodstock , where I was chased around a table by The Psychedelic Furs because I had given them a bad review in a music paper . |
| 20 | Knowing that it is possible to hedge by entering into a forward contract therefore seems to be the thing to do , in conjunction with the proposal just outlined . |
| 21 | This brought a swift end to the Marquis 's exploits and he and La Tour had to go into hiding for the next few years . |
| 22 | The bureau is looking for people with a spare six hours a week who would be able to cope with working in a busy office . |
| 23 | This chapter is therefore an invitation of sorts — an invitation to pause before plunging into the specific issues that follow and to consider some of the broader questions about the nature of education management . |
| 24 | They aim to put in writing in a clear and precise form — similar to job descriptions covering many thousands of other jobs around the country — the duties and qualities required to be judge . |
| 25 | I recognise that we have a great deal of work to do in planning for the next steps in taking our strategy forward . |
| 26 | So often I have been forced to submit to playing on the worst courts or not at all . |
| 27 | It was certainly and opportunity for the churches together to look at the world situation in conversation together and thus , to deepen the faith which have to proclaim at arriving at a common understanding of the situation . |
| 28 | This appears to be the first contradiction which the bishops later sought to resolve by withdrawing from the direct contact method . |
| 29 | The loss of reformist energy on the domestic front was another potential problem ( as de Gaulle seemed to acknowledge in returning to the old theme of participation in 1966 – 67 ) . |
| 30 | Och , just round to my Mother 's , basically , just to get out the house — I 've never been one just to sit in listening to the Central Heating switching itself off and on . |