Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [art] [noun] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you live at any distance from medical help , or are not within easy reach of a telephone , it might be wise to add some ‘ activated charcoal ’ to the medicine cupboard , as it can slow down the absorption of poison . |
| 2 | John Houghton , director of the Meteorological Office and chair of the IPCC 's Working Group I , said that Thatcher 's programme , if repeated worldwide , would not stop the rise in temperatures , but would slow down the rate of increase . |
| 3 | Although the structure and powers of the new committee have yet to be decided , conservationists argue that the additional bureaucracy will slow down the process of designation , cost a lot of money , reduce the power of SNH and may result in designated sites losing their status . |
| 4 | A new drug which could slow down the onset of Aids in people infected with the HIV virus is undergoing trials in America . |
| 5 | It 's not a miracle cure , but it 's hoped American trials prove it can slow down the onset of Aids . |
| 6 | I can not emphasize enough the amount of care needed in this process , so if you are in any doubt about the outcome , do not attempt it . |
| 7 | You know like , if I 'm really thirsty , I could just gulp down a glass of water or a glass of orange , just like that , but with fizzy drinks , I do n't know , I ca n't swallow them very easily , just sort of er , |
| 8 | We may consider rather the analogy of carpets being brought periodically into a shop for display and rolled out one by one on a pile . |
| 9 | You will need only a smear of oil for the face ; if you drench the skin , oil is liable to seep into your partners eyes . |
| 10 | It would tie down a lot of troops and would also give Phnom Penh the opportunity to raise international alarm at the spectre of the return of the Khmer Rouge . |
| 11 | You can track down the words of songwriters from books of librettos , record sleeves , or by playing their records or cassettes if you have a lot of time to spare . |
| 12 | We did win away a couple of times ( one was a 4–1 win at the high flying aston villa ! ) . |
| 13 | Did he know exactly the kind of dilemma she found herself in ? |
| 14 | We shall never know exactly the sequence of events in St Pierre on that morning , but we can build up a fairly accurate picture from the physical evidence of the ruins , and the reports of eyewitnesses . |
| 15 | What better way to end a dinner party than to relax and linger over a glass of port and a generous chunk of Stilton . |
| 16 | There is as noted above a real risk that the process will aggravate further the degree of imbalance that presently exists . |
| 17 | Er I think in an age of such individualism er the whole natu nature and possibility of common confession of faith becomes difficult er and I 'd simply ask that , if it 's going to go ahead and consider possibly a confession of faith , that the panel er might give consideration to the difficulties gen gen generally involved in er the , the question of common confession of faith today . |
| 18 | This is good traditional practice but the teacher should consider carefully the type of question to be asked . |
| 19 | You can just count up the number of rooms that you 're planning to do , ca n't you ? |
| 20 | Doctors do not always act out the role of doctor , which confers the right to open a consultation , to ask personal questions about health , to instruct us to do things , and to close the interaction fairly summarily . |
| 21 | I 'll root out a change of nightclothes and some fruit . |
| 22 | It 's not unknown to eventually track back the source of rumour and confusion to events at ‘ Grange Hill ’ . |
| 23 | It will also consider how the pay of schoolteachers might be more closely related to their performance , in line with the principles of the citizens charter . |
| 24 | Taking into account the fact that they made fewer comments about individual types of credit than men , women 's comments were more likely to be that they did not know how a type of credit worked than men 's ; and less likely to say that it was easy to understand and use . |
| 25 | Well if you if you could n't read it yeah you can get someone to help you but if you ca n't u usually see you know quite a lot of words . |
| 26 | Game and Games — you might get the impression that this is a shop where you could buy either a brace of grouse or a set of Monopoly . |
| 27 | It has a catalytic converter , of course , and is said to be 80% recyclable , so you do n't know where a bit of BMW will pop up next . |
| 28 | I do n't know where the work of people like Dr. Briant is leading us . |
| 29 | I also had to let people know where the line of acceptability is drawn . |
| 30 | These can include either a loss of control or a tendency to freeze in the face of attack . |