Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [prep] a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using EBG , one might observe just one species , a sparrow , and deduce that any bird with short wings and a short beak could survive comfortably on a diet of seeds and insects . |
| 2 | Elementals often appear as a moving light or a change in temperature , or they may take the form of an animal or bird and make it behave oddly for a period of time . |
| 3 | For them stations would act principally as a means of access to the labour market in mines , farms , and towns , not as a route to the world market for their produce . |
| 4 | However , each represents a recognisable stage of achievement , so that the student can build progressively towards a range of demanding and useful competences . |
| 5 | Mind you , I suspect she 'll only stay ashore for a couple of hours , but that 's better than nothing at all . ’ |
| 6 | The unity of the discipline is to some extent an external facade , a matter of appearance ; from the inside , it may appear rather as a constellation of specialisms , more or less closely related . |
| 7 | The aim of Heidrick and Struggles ' approach is to build a team that can truly work and integrate together over a number of years . |
| 8 | Moreover , if the tables are to be turned , the USSR will do so at a time of her choosing , rather than wait for the hour of maximum danger to herself . |
| 9 | Those of us who believe that our future and national interest lie in such a course do not do so in a spirit of emotional faith or constitutional adventurism ; rather , we take a hard-headed view of where our economic interests lie and where the money will come from in the years ahead . |
| 10 | When the time came to act in Algeria , he could then do so from a position of strength rather than weakness . |
| 11 | ‘ I reckon , though , that James and I would probably do better with a dose of that injection you 've just given Sandy . ’ |
| 12 | Remember , even if you do not have any specific ailments you will still benefit greatly from a course of lessons , perhaps preventing much pain or discomfort later on in life . |
| 13 | For example , a site may consist largely of a number of postholes , all dating to the Neolithic period . |
| 14 | On her unlucky nights she really would benefit enormously from a gift of blood . |
| 15 | It will do now in a couple of years time . |
| 16 | The slightest alteration in the chemical balance would result immediately in a race of exploded beetles . |
| 17 | It will grow well in a mixture of mud and unwashed sand or gravel . |
| 18 | The submerged form will grow well in a mixture of unwashed sand . |
| 19 | Most seemed to know what one should do there in a variety of situations in order to be an accepted member . |
| 20 | Thus the term " criterion " can refer either to a description of the knowledge and skills possessed by the learner or the score which has to be reached in order to qualify for the description . |
| 21 | The labour which rural families can devote to export crops will not grow significantly as a proportion of the total and — except where export crops have a very high value , as in the case of horticulture — they will grow only slowly , if at all . |
| 22 | Rectal discharge may occur rarely as a result of infection of the back passage , but again infection of this site is usually asymptomatic . |
| 23 | It showed how categorisation by discipline installations , painting , photography and so on can still work effectively as a way of organising an exhibition . |
| 24 | Chris Hinsley started off as a successful commercial author of arcade games for home computers , and many of Taos 's concepts spring from his original need to produce code that would transfer easily between a plethora of machines . |
| 25 | Chris Hinsley started off as a successful commercial author of arcade games for home computers , and many of Taos 's concepts spring from his original need to produce code that would transfer easily between a plethora of machines . |
| 26 | Once that has been completed the scaffolding will be removed and the Banco di Roma will provide indefinitely for a team of gardeners and maintenance officers to keep the upper walls free of weeds that grow in the crevices , loosening small bits of masonry and concrete that are then dislodged by birds or lizards . |
| 27 | A scientist I know is amazed how often his eight year-old son can see immediately through a tangle of ideas in a problem — the directness and uncomplicatedness and openness of the child is a huge asset which many adults have lost . |
| 28 | Jack Hailman found that a herring gull chick will initially peck equally at a model of a herring gull adult , or of a laughing gull ( which is quite different , its head being mainly black , unlike the white herring gull ) . |
| 29 | Although some degree of ’ tailoring ’ of individual systems may be possible ( or even desirable in some cases ) , the basic techniques on which the system relies must work consistently across a range of domains . |
| 30 | It will work initially from a base of existing systems and CAD/CAM standards established by the former Soviet Union which were exported to the republics and East European satellites . |