Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adj] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did rush eternal through the darkling space , |
| 2 | We 'll cover that in the next bit of the agenda . |
| 3 | In the afternoon , workshop groups will cover each of the new general SVQ areas in more detail . |
| 4 | The bond between grandparents and grandchildren can remain strong during the difficult years of adolescence . |
| 5 | So even if you are convinced that interest rates are going to drop further and remain low for the foreseeable future , you need to be alert to find a good bargain . |
| 6 | In fact , never mind them , I do n't think some of the first-class London sides would survive . |
| 7 | They do relate this to the capitalist character of industry , and to the market economy , but the restructuring school would argue that the implication of this is that it is important to specify the particular capitalist nature of industry . |
| 8 | Sony will shortly upgrade this to the Extended Architecture standard enabling CD-ROM to beat portable CD-I to becoming the first multimedia handheld units to reach the commercial market . |
| 9 | Similarly , a graph of syntactic categories will eliminate some of the possible word sequences . |
| 10 | We must Adapt this to the continuing changes in educational standards to meet the requirements of both Students , Educationalists and Governmental bodies . |
| 11 | would make light of the whole affair , |
| 12 | A most interesting finding of this article is that plant growth is irregular , which could explain some of the apparent errors of the instrument designed here . |
| 13 | More accurate measurement of the risk factors may explain some of the remaining differences in sickness absence but other factors , as yet unrecognised , are likely to be important . |
| 14 | Despite this , one still sees lay lords investing in land — there was no possible alternative — and the need to compensate for declining returns to maintain an existing standard of living may indeed explain some of the characteristic features of fifteenth-century society , the pursuit of heiresses , the search for the patronage of a greater man , particularly the King who could grant pensions and offices , and the desire to campaign overseas . |
| 15 | ( 12 ) The histories of cease and quit are less varied but the senses found for them in earlier times help explain some of the semantic differences that will be described below . |
| 16 | Indians tell the poll-takers that their country should stay clear of the whole business . |
| 17 | To look at the enforcement of regulation may help refine some of the present conceptions of enforcement behaviour and organizational deviance , while regard for the enforcement of prohibitions may sharpen perspectives on the nature of traditional crime . |
| 18 | In a recent article Poppy Holden has reflected upon the work of several major English choirs specializing in early music and suggests that some of their directors would regard this as the ideal way to work : |
| 19 | You would then compare this with the actual price on your island , and depending upon whether your actual price is higher , lower or the same as your expectation of the average price you would supply a quantity of output which is higher , lower or the same as your natural level . |
| 20 | Though it is often suggested that Metastrongylus may transmit some of the porcine viruses , and may enhance the effect of viruses already present in the lungs , the role of the worm is not conclusively proven . |
| 21 | Tim Littler has seen to it that guests will sample some of the great wines of the world with their dinner . |
| 22 | ’ But we can answer some of the dear boy 's questions , ’ the Emissary put in , massaging my quadriceps . |
| 23 | In some senses , indeed , the great Act of 1944 did not fundamentally modify some of the basic assumptions about the nature of a ‘ good ’ secondary education . |
| 24 | Costs will fall due to the fuller exploitation of economies of scale in a truly European market . |
| 25 | Thus , where rent is payable quarterly in advance on the usual quarter days a term of " seven years from 25 March " will be construed as beginning at the first moment of 25 March , so that the first payment of rent will fall due on the first day of the term and the last payment of rent would be made in respect of a complete quarter , which ends at the last moment of the term . |
| 26 | Conversely , if the rent is payable quarterly in arrear the term will be taken to begin at the first moment of 26 March , so that the last payment of rent will fall due on the last day of the term rather than the day after its expiry by effluxion of time . |
| 27 | We 'll have to use all our rehearsal time for Luxembourg too — we ca n't possibly afford to have the full cast up here for longer than three weeks and we 'll need that for the new production . ’ |
| 28 | A mineworker may have a valuable view of the effect of the General Strike on his pit , and in his town , but may know little of the broader picture . |
| 29 | These , however , do not include that of the 18th-century antiquarian Pietro Bucelli , who decorated the base of his mansion with unmissable eclat , using bits of Etruscan cinerary urns . |
| 30 | They may know each of the 17 episodes off by heart , but The Prisoner is a television series like no other . |