Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [noun] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This process and this work represent my own attempts to acknowledge my position as a feminist artist and seriously to consider my responsibility and accountability as such . |
| 2 | I 'm now playing live again , and I want the audience to see my recovery as a positive thing . |
| 3 | ‘ I want the audience to see my recovery as a positive thing ’ |
| 4 | I began to see my environment in a new light as I connected the shapes and patterns I found in it with mathematics . |
| 5 | Perhaps because I was involved with other things , perhaps because at that time I was still trying to find my feet as a bisexual and felt isolated by straight sisters and excluded by some Black lesbians . |
| 6 | It is a personal , highly subjective account which seeks to relate my experience as an Irish lesbian , my involvement in political action at that time and my subsequent emigration to England in the mid-seventies . |
| 7 | I want you to attract my attention with a full introduction to tell me . |
| 8 | I glanced at her , trying to hide my embarrassment with a swift and flippant response , but I could think of nothing to say and so I looked back at the binnacle , then up to the long moon-burnished sea ahead . |
| 9 | University students were particularly angered by the government 's refusal to meet their demands for a minimum monthly grant in line with the country 's average wage . |
| 10 | In the aftermath of Suez , Britain had no other option but to try to repair the damage done to her trans-Atlantic anchor cables and to accept her position as an offshore island of the United States . |
| 11 | Many commentators interpreted Aquino 's action as an attempt to revive her reputation as a populist and to distance herself from the charges of nepotism , corruption and incompetence which had been increasingly directed against her government by critics from both the right and the left . |
| 12 | Of all the host countries , there is the greatest possibility in Syria , as in 1949 , that the Palestine refugee population could be resettled and persuaded to accept its lot as a permanent part of the host country . |
| 13 | Russell 's fame grew and so did his practice ; in 1754 he moved permanently to the nearest local sea-town , Brighthelmstone , to encourage its development as a major treatment centre until his death in 1759 when others , less scrupulous , followed . |
| 14 | The estate 's extensive grounds offer excellent opportunities for many pleasant walks and include a small lake where guests are permitted to try their hand at a little fishing . |
| 15 | In this manner the algebraist can hope to discover which features of a given system are essential and which only incidental . |
| 16 | The Digital board , which is reviewing its international operation and cutting 25,000 jobs from a worldwide payroll of 102,000 , intends to concentrate its resources on a single computer manufacturing base for ease of access to the European market . |
| 17 | And , by the time she climbed down the wooden steps to the kiosk , she had managed to coax her lips into a sour smile . |
| 18 | Recently , Sears in the UK announced a plan to provide its suppliers with a direct link to Sears ' high street shops , such as Selfridges , using BT 's EDI Net and Global Network Services ( GNS ) , BT 's managed data network providing links to over 100 countries . |
| 19 | Like many other organisations , the Institute has decided to introduce Direct Dialling Inwards ( DDI ) to provide its customers with a direct access to services and staff . |
| 20 | This manual is intended to provide its readers with a general understanding of what LIFESPAN is , what it does and how it is used . |
| 21 | The school is designed to provide its participants with a thorough understanding of all aspects of the recording and production process , both theoretical and practical , with guest speakers outlining the opportunities and challenges facing upcoming talent . |
| 22 | Individuals have been trained to find their way through a simple maze , selecting white-painted passages and avoiding dark-painted ones by being given slight electric shocks when they made a wrong decision . |
| 23 | IBM had originally agreed to help finance the project through to the end of 1992 , and has since been helping Supercomputing Systems to meet its payroll on a week-by-week basis . |
| 24 | The established family farms were , mostly , already profitable and the farmers were looking for sufficient income to provide their families with a reasonable standard of living plus sufficient capital to re-invest in the farm and provide for retirement . |
| 25 | Instead of adopting one or other of these policies , they have tried to hide their difference beneath an uneasy and evasive compromise . |
| 26 | Slammed against his body , Caroline barely had time to catch her breath in a choked gasp before he bent to cover her mouth , his kiss so fiercely unexpected that her head fell back . |
| 27 | Only 35% of AA 's revenue came from auditing and accounting last year , which allowed the firm to increase its earnings by a reasonable 8% . |
| 28 | The firm will take on about 1,000 current cases from the council 's in-house legal department , and expects to increase its workload by an additional 1,000 new cases annually during the initial 3-year contract . |
| 29 | Caxton House and Guinness Mahon 's City offices saw frantic activity as existing investors were begged over the phone to increase their contributions in a desperate bid to bridge the gap . |
| 30 | In the first round voters had to indicate their preference for an individual candidate and for a party list . |