Example sentences of "[vb infin] [art] [adj] [conj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Could you please expose the scandalous and tasteless way in which the Queen has announced the celebration of her accession 40 years ago ? |
2 | The extension of Soviet control over all of Korea would enhance the political and strategic position of the Soviet Union with respect to both China and Japan , and adversely affect the position of the US in those areas and throughout the Far East . |
3 | Why make the wet and stormy trek to Otters ' Bay ? |
4 | ‘ Language as the origin of history ’ : on what basis does Derrida make the startling and radical claim that writing as transcendence constitutes the condition of all historicity ? |
5 | The project will prepare the conceptual and methodological basis for a longer-term enquiry into such issues and test it in one or more pilot studies . |
6 | There are various factors which may affect the emotional and intellectual development of their children . |
7 | The Gln51 Glu mutation in E. coli HPr introduces an extra negative charge and would affect the electrostatic and/or conformational microenvironment of the active centre , resulting in a significant change in the biological activity of HPr . |
8 | Nor , in our opinion , does it affect the contractual or equitable right of a mortgagee to retain his costs out of the mortgaged property . |
9 | I mean , I do n't know the deaf and dumb alphabet . ’ |
10 | But here also we can not predict how the couplet will proceed ; not only do we not yet know the grammatical or syntactic pattern of the next line , or its lexical contents , but , more importantly , we do not know what kind of a relationship what we have read will bear to what we have yet to read . |
11 | Most children will need the skilled and active support of their teachers , in all subjects , in building their confidence and developing the transactional skills and language which are necessary both across the curriculum and in adult life . |
12 | Such information would include the economic and financial state of the business , its forecast development , the present and anticipated pattern of employment and its investment prospects . |
13 | Many early-music groups in England are required to work in a rapid manner because they do not enjoy the governmental or industrial sponsorship that allows some Continental ensembles to rehearse in a more leisurely ( and in a more experimental ) fashion . |
14 | All entrants will receive a 50p voucher redeemable against any future purchase of Guinness Original , so everyone can enjoy the distinctive and satisfying taste of this special beer . |
15 | All entrants will receive a 50p voucher redeemable against any future purchase of Guinness Original , so everyone can enjoy the distinctive and satisfying taste of this special beer . |
16 | ‘ I did not enjoy the insufficient and coarse relation of shapes , ’ he wrote . |
17 | For holiday or business , you can enjoy the relaxed and comfortable atmosphere at Dudley House . |
18 | So far as NATO was concerned , de Gaulle recognised the value of alliances in traditional diplomacy but believed that they should also preserve the military and diplomatic independence of their members . |
19 | We then , following Flory , must consider the topological and spatial network junction neighbours . |
20 | Ochs ( 1979c ) , in an extended discussion of the notion , notes " The scope of context is not easy to define one must consider the social and psychological world in which the language user operates at any given tame " ( p. 1 ) , " it includes minimally , language users ' beliefs and assumptions about temporal , spatial , and social settings ; prior , ongoing , and future actions ( verbal , non-verbal ) , and the state of knowledge and attentiveness of those participating in the social interaction in hand " ( p.5 ) . |
21 | The 58-year-old Haydn took this to mean that Mozart feared that his friend might not survive the long and hazardous journey . |
22 | The High Court had allowed its interlocutory procedures to be used as devices for enabling the Government to postpone and to preview an entirely innocuous public-interest programme , in the absence of any concrete evidence that the broadcast would contravene the civil or criminal law . |
23 | A further area of insight suggested ( ibid. ) is to recognise and respect the ideal or inner age of the person ; how old does he/she feel inside today ? |
24 | So we will need a tolerant and patient horse if we want to use it as a school horse , or a plough horse , or even a dressage horse . |
25 | It should be possible to live in any one of them without staff , though some might need a large and willing family to maintain them . |
26 | The chemist Compte ( 1798–1857 ) expressed it in quite brutal terms : ‘ If mathematical analysis should ever hold prominent place in chemistry — an aberration which is happily almost impossible — it would occasion a rapid and widespread degeneration of that science ’ . |
27 | The set-up was fine when life expectancy was barely thirty years , but with modern advances in medtech ensuring that all solvent citizens can enjoy a full and active life well into their 100s , one set of milk teeth and one set of adult teeth just is n't enough . |
28 | And it was striking that in both instances the referenda did stimulate a serious and extensive debate about the matters which were to be decided on — or at least voted on . |
29 | To perceive that fiction can describe a known and shared experience — to accept , in effect , the chief claim of realism — is to perceive that , in the end , no single or simple doctrine , whether Marxist , Christian or other , can do the whole job . |
30 | The system 's triumphant enemies need to ask how a Europe without trade barriers ( which , one presumes , they favour ) can survive a large and persistent increase in exchange-rate volatility . |