Example sentences of "[to-vb] [det] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had succeeded in putting Luke out of her thoughts by concentrating purely on each present moment , each new impression , with the same degree of single-mindedness that he himself was capable of , and with a sense of pleasant anticipation she studied her map and set out to see some of the art treasures . |
| 2 | An effort to restore half of the production funds failed in the full Senate . |
| 3 | The importance of the Union Treaty was emphasised by Gorbachev 's invitation to the presidents of the RSFSR and Kazakhstan to attend some of the summit meetings in Moscow on July 30-31 [ see pp. 38320-21 ] with US President Bush . |
| 4 | In one of the most recent textbooks ( Goudie , 1981b ) the approach adopted was to review the impact of man on environment and processes generally but in this section the purpose is much narrower : to indicate some of the research investigations pursued by physical geographers and to refer to the attitudes which this engendered . |
| 5 | And in exceptional circumstances , microscopic intestinal parasites have survived to indicate some of the health problems that people suffered . |
| 6 | Despite some conciliatory moves on both sides ( notably , an offer to meet some of the pay claims , though not , significantly , on piece rates ) the masters remained adamant on the main demand of reduced hours . |
| 7 | As the weeks and months went by and the war seemed turning in favour of the Allies , I became more and more attached to the Semmens household , even to the point of getting to know some of the family friends such as Mrs Helen Margo and her sister , who owned and managed a shop of Oriental goods on Howe Street . |
| 8 | It is through change that we grow and discover ourselves , that we begin to actualise some of the myriad possibilities of our lives . |
| 9 | Packet stuffings are quick to use , but it 's a good idea to make them up drier than instructed to absorb some of the turkey juices . |
| 10 | I have now visited the clinics twice and have come to know many of the volunteer workers from Australia , France , Holland and Britain as well as many of the patients living in the Calcutta slums . |
| 11 | Recently , I obtained a saw rabbeter ( sic ) for my Bridges drill but , unfortunately , was unable to find any of the moulding cutters ( STD825-829 ) . |
| 12 | In theory there is sufficient geothermal energy under Cornwall to meet most of the electricity requirements of southern England . |
| 13 | Some brushes are also angled and this can make it easier to reach some of the tooth surfaces , in the more difficult-to-reach places . |
| 14 | What I missed most at this occa , on this occasion was the opportunity for bible study , but I think getting pe er , a visitor of another kind there was able to visit some of the bible studies each morning . |
| 15 | The magnitude y d is the demand for goods which would materialize if households actually managed to sell all of the labour services which they notionally offer . |
| 16 | If my hon. Friend has a chance to visit any of the executive agencies , as I do , he will be very impressed by the way that they are tackling their tasks . |
| 17 | It can do this because the capacity of an input neuron to activate any of the output neurons increases every time the ‘ output pattern generator ’ activates the output neuron simultaneously with external activation of the input neuron . |
| 18 | This will reduce the village 's dependence on firewood , which is in short supply , and help to alleviate some of the health problems associated with living in confined and smoky conditions . |
| 19 | This was done in about 1650 by cutting straight canals to bypass some of the river meanders and so allow the flood waters of the rivers to reach the sea more easily . |
| 20 | When I was researching the history of the Shropshire parish of Myddle I was able to trace some of the farming families back beyond the beginning of the parish register by using lists of manorial court jurors dating from 1528 . |
| 21 | She liked the tall lady , and she was very curious to hear all about the Brownie girls who , although real , worked magic as the Brownie folk used to do . |
| 22 | To include all of the family members it may be necessary to ask explicitly for one member 's opinion . |
| 23 | What has not been appreciated until recently , however , is that it is possible to see many of the land boundaries of the territorial divisions and ‘ estates ’ of this period on Dartmoor . |
| 24 | Being able to use some of the University facilities . |
| 25 | This may have played some role in the big decline in the profitability of Japanese industry over the same period as Japanese exporters were forced to accept lower profit margins , but there will have been some compensating improvement in the profitability of import-competing industries in the United States and Europe as Japanese exporters found themselves obliged to raise their prices to recoup some of the cost increases . |
| 26 | ‘ Ah well , in that case , I 'd better let you know that I 've asked Paul Spence to do some of the revision classes for your part of the course . ’ |
| 27 | Under a 1937 agreement , PAA was allowed to operate two flights a week to the UK : it continued to do this during the war years , unmatched by BOAC . |
| 28 | How nice it was to be able to use all of the pedestrian walkways and see the beauty of them just as the planners visualised . |
| 29 | You will require Marketing privilege to use any of the Product options under index 5.0.0 . |
| 30 | We are prepared to question some of the cult phrases of the sixties and seventies and the level of involvement they advocated . |