Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed to go on for a very long time . |
| 2 | ‘ It seemed to go on for an awfully long time . |
| 3 | In fact , ’ said Owen , his mind beginning to stray on to a quite different tack , ‘ you 're altogether extraordinary — ’ |
| 4 | Instead of the old concept of teaching , according to which the teacher , possessed of superior powers and superior knowledge , attempted to pass on to the more able of his pupils that non-practical culture which would most benefit them personally , a new class-room communication should be envisaged . |
| 5 | By the late seventeenth century , with its economic base vulnerable and its spiritual authority flouted , the Church was ill equipped to stand up to an increasingly dynamic State . |
| 6 | It should be robust enough to stand up to the most rigorous testing from the appraisal panel . |
| 7 | Once again , tax planning objectives need to be recognised and worked on during the negotiation to come up with a mutually acceptable deal . |
| 8 | Ray Angel and Brian Hodgson were entrusted to come up with a suitably electronic-sounding voice . |
| 9 | The employer said it had been attempting to tighten up on the very widespread practice of employees going for tea immediately after clocking on . |
| 10 | The German Siemens was in a stronger position in several ways ; in addition to its computer and telecommunications equipment strengths , Siemens in the late 1980S was attempting to catch up with the vertically integrated Japanese electronics companies ; it was making a major chip effort , with use by the German car industry especially in mind . |
| 11 | The Ministry of Defence objected on three grounds : the increase in nuclear missiles available to the West was operationally unnecessary and would only add to the existing nuclear overkill ; mixed manning was a formula for military disaster ; and the cost of the British share would have to come out of the already overstretched Defence budget . |
| 12 | The early campaigns seem to continue through to the very different style used today . |
| 13 | But it will be harder to crack down on the really powerful and harmful culprits in the shadow economy — the state bureaucrats who use their privileged access to goods heavily subsidized by the state to make fat profits for themselves . |
| 14 | And it was able to set off on a totally different , and more professional , tack . |
| 15 | It can be a pig to set up in the most efficient way as regards memory , because it can use a tremendous amount of the base 640k of a PC . |
| 16 | The new breed of shareholders has yet to show its skills of actually trading shares for long term appreciation and has tended to sell out at the most lucrative time . |
| 17 | One of the polarisations which took place has centred on the question of whether management development should be focused on the provision of specific tools/skills for managers ( a competency model ? ) — or whether it would be more appropriate to set out along a more generic path which emphasised the attitudinal and interpersonal aspects of management . |
| 18 | Although the right had advocated foreign withdrawal they were well aware that the retention of some American troops was needed to prevent communist domination — ‘ Under Shtikov 's proposal , [ a ] strong Korean Communist Army in [ the ] North of Korea would be free to sweep down on the virtually unarmed south and quickly over-run it . ’ |
| 19 | I turned to look back at the softly gleaming , parallel surfaces converging towards an oblong of dimly lit structures , an oblong much taller and narrower than any doorway . |
| 20 | Butler could n't adapt to his new defensive role , and Chapman began to look around for a more solid defender , not necessarily a player with much technical skill , but one who could clear accurately under pressure , feeding the ball to an inside-forward . |
| 21 | Because the fingers within her own warm hands ceased to flutter agitatedly , a brief smile flickering over the other girl 's pale face as she seemed to drift off into a more comfortable , easy sleep . |
| 22 | It was clear that he made her life happier than it had been , but she still had to put up with the desperately uncomfortable conditions and go out on her terrifying foraging expeditions . |
| 23 | In countries where the practice is officially , if apologetically , accepted , as in Sierra Leone , Zambia or Botswana , revised timings are provided in the official syllabus , but there exists no guide as to what the teacher is to leave out from an already overloaded syllabus . |
| 24 | It is n't good enough to fall back on a somewhat arbitrary list of subjects without specific aims . |
| 25 | They simply churned out dozens of reprints and impressions in a very short space of time to keep up with the ever growing demand by the Wallace clamouring public . |
| 26 | They seemed to stretch back for a very long way and Nuadu , narrowing his eyes , trying to find his bearings , thought that they must go back and back into the hillside behind the road and deep within the earth . |
| 27 | Even if this is difficult to provide , candidates should not have to wait around in a very public area . |
| 28 | This can be so even where you have not had to shop around for a more favourable report . |
| 29 | With a choice of simple current/deposit account facilities , fixed deposit accounts , or managed currency funds and a highly personalised level of private banking , you may need to shop around for the most suitable . |
| 30 | ‘ She comes up here , throws herself at a man who may or may not be her brother , but who is undoubtedly mixed up in a very unsavoury episode in his country 's history , lets him persuade her to fool around with a very dangerous drug … |