Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [adj] [conj] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In corporatist accounts the question of which elites are penetrating which can remain empirically contingent and a critical area for research . |
| 2 | A haulier must register for VAT if there are reasonable grounds for believing that its contracts will bring in more than a certain sum per year . |
| 3 | It would not matter so much if a Turkish president were just a figurehead . |
| 4 | Seven years old … second time round the clock … charecterful … but it 'll fetch as much as a new one would in Britain . |
| 5 | If you 're going away , wear clear or pale nail varnish — it will look much better than a dark colour with a tan . |
| 6 | This raises a lump which may become as big as a small orange . |
| 7 | Well I 'll be wearing a distressed leather jacket , black jeans , a new short haircut which makes me look really hard and a large stomach . |
| 8 | All of which helps to explain why Mr Kohl 's chances of winning re-election do not look as bad as a shrinking economy , growing budget deficit , and foreign-policy gridlock might lead you to expect . |
| 9 | The louder it is , the more distant the object it can detect and the bats produce clicks which , if translated into frequencies that we can hear , would sound as loud as a pneumatic drill . |
| 10 | Comparisons between the rugs of certain groups are more difficult because they are produced in such a diverse range of qualities that the gulf between the best and worst pieces may be greater than that between the groups themselves : e.g. , the lowest grade of workshop Kerman may cost slightly less than a good quality Russian Shirvan , but the finest workshop Kermans can be over five times the price . |
| 11 | We can not quote here more than a short paragraph , but the whole of chapters 10 and 14 of The Group should be required reading for those whose profession it is to advise parents ( McCarthy , 1963 ) . |
| 12 | If the user decided on very large keys — and IBM allows up to 256 bytes , for example — the track index might take up more than a single track . |
| 13 | Your determination to ‘ get it right ’ will impress far more than a false sense of confidence or a reluctance to admit you could do with assistance . |
| 14 | In order to turn the National Gallery into a viable concern , he will need to find private sponsorship and patronage , but although a Friends society has been launched , attracting sponsorship will prove extremely difficult until a new tax law designed to encourage personal and corporate donations to culture and sport is introduced . |
| 15 | It did not seem so cute after a massive explosion ripped apart the pilot plant ( ironically as it was being shut down for the last time ) and killed two of Dequasie 's colleagues . |
| 16 | It is even difficult to say that a very rich person could be compensated in money terms ; thus , however heinous the libel , such a person should get not more than a nominal sum and his costs . |
| 17 | Nor is it sensible to argue , as the Treasury has , that a European system of central banks in charge of a single currency might prove more inflationary than a fixed exchange rate system where each monetary authority competed to provide a stable benchmark of value . |
| 18 | If I remember correctly , the woman I held in my arms back in that little make-up room did n't put up more than a token fight . ’ |