Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] [adj] [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the recognition of spoken words is affected by preceding context then we would expect that this highly familiar context should be sufficient to rule out trestle and tress as possible candidates , despite their consistency with the partial word tres … . |
| 2 | Then we shall show that this more subtle procedure is a valid way of estimating a macroeconomic model which incorporates rational expectations and that it allows us to test rational expectations conditional on the economic model with which it is combined . |
| 3 | He could n't believe that this normally timid creature could be capable of such aggression . |
| 4 | The company may already have a mainframe computer with a data processing department and the manager might suggest that some potentially suitable software packages be evaluated and that obtaining a ready-made package should be considerably less expensive than writing one from scratch . |
| 5 | So one can only surmise that this rather authoritarian sign is aimed at people whose knuckles scrape the tarmac . |
| 6 | We must conclude that this uniquely valid account of King Lear only became available to us with the theory of cognitive metaphor and the publication of Freeman 's paper . |
| 7 | So it was that the affairs of Bedford 's House of Industry came under scrutiny by a Mr. Adey who wrote to the then mayor , Dr. George Witt , saying that he ‘ would certainly recommend that that nearly useless building , at present , should be taken advantage of to form an extensive union of parishes for workhouse purposes ’ . |
| 8 | The declaration , with its renewed emphasis on the importance of unity and on the obstacles to it , reads like the triumph of hope over experience : ‘ We urge our clergy and faithful not to neglect or undervalue that certain yet imperfect communion we already share . |
| 9 | The disribution of votes would probably mean that any really appalling player from the 70s would get a similar number of votes to a pretty poor player from more recent years . |