Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [art] [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I suspect part of the reason behind the council buying the ground in 1983 ? was so they could knock down the old rugby league stadium .
2 While the United States would yield a constant strategic threat to the Soviet homeland the USSR would yield only a first strike threat to the American fleet .
3 Yet , although that directive will need only a qualified majority vote , it is unlikely to whisk through the council .
4 I have never seen anyone fall down a disused mine shaft .
5 No-one can predict with any degree of certainty how interest rates will rise and fall over a 5 year period .
6 For this you will need both a plain writing nozzle and a basket-weave nozzle .
7 In any case , the Dwarfs saw in the savage human tribes potential allies to help them fight the Orcs and , ultimately , to help them win back the lost Dwarf fortresses .
8 With the selection of some anti-O'Neill candidates in the 1970 Stormont elections and the Westminster elections of the same year , the conservatives sensed that they could win back the Unionist Party machine .
9 One of the major concerns is to ensure security ( as far as possible ) and quality of service , rather than simply seek out the highest interest rate or the lowest charges on offer .
10 Our existence would lack even an Adamic fig leaf of meaning if we ignored our capacity to glide over our past , coalescing and juxtaposing our memories , irrespective of their temporal spatial or circumstantial labels .
11 ‘ Do you know where the General Post Office is ? ’ he asked .
12 You should describe where the potential risk lies and how it could develop .
13 However , this does not persist over a long time scale and is often not to be observed at all .
14 The former England captain could not break down a determined Arsenal side who were playing for their places in the forthcoming FA Cup semi final against Tottenham .
15 They attack high-protein leaves , more acidic ones having less available protein , the optimum pH for the fungus ( pH 5 ) being reached when the material is mixed with the ants ' acidic faeces : then the fungus can break down the hydrolysable tannin/protein complexes .
16 All right I 'll bring in a sixty minute tape ask him tonight , okay and I 'll bring in a sixty and a ninety minute , okay .
17 They 'll also bring in an independent security auditor to estimate its effectiveness : Eagle will be installed on the user 's Sparc or RS/6000 .
18 ‘ I could send in a fake mailing shot .
19 All too easily they feared , a recce might leave traces of the visit which , even if the lone navigator was not captured , could give away the intended landing point for an assault force .
20 No fish should be kept in this tank , as they will snap up the fragile-shelled baby snails .
21 This would give double the required output voltage which could easily cause damage to the power supply components and beyond .
22 Figure 5.4 does , however , show clearly the particular income disadvantage of elderly people living alone .
23 Based on a syllabus for children in their first year of English , Wizadora helps the teacher conjure up a rich learning experience from the basic elements of language covered at primary level .
24 Even at its most basic it can break up a plain stocking stitch garment or it can be used as an all-over pattern there are numerous ways of arranging the cables to form different patterns .
25 I 've promised we 'll bring back a young hog deer . "
26 They intend to introduce a shift towards preventative medicine and will bring back the free eye test and dental check ups axed by the Conservatives .
27 It will also carry out a year-long research project into pupils ' choices at 16 for Staffordshire County Council .
28 We will carry out a full defence review but we ca n't promise where the cuts may be reversed
29 Robodoc , a mechanical arm with a drill on the end , helped surgeons carry out a complicated hip replacement .
30 We have expanded the programme in terms of the number of centres where treatment is provided , and at the beginning of next year we shall carry out the first heart transplant operations in Scotland .
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