Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most will stay on for an extra year at school or go into some form of further training . |
| 2 | Sheena Falconer , senior lecturer in textiles , has been told by the principal , Dr David Kennedy , that there is room for only one textile lecturer , but that she could stay on as an ordinary lecturer — the post held by her sister , Barbara Diack . |
| 3 | If she went out into the rue du Bateau her suspicions might latch on to an innocent person coming from one of the other flats . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's called feminism , ’ said Henry , ‘ and I hope you never get it , because it is absolutely awful and it makes you swell up to an enormous size and when you have it really badly you go round bonking men on the head and blaming them for everything . |
| 5 | Rather than fall back on an increased emphasis upon managerialism based upon hierarchy and control , the Education Reform Acts should be regarded as an opportunity to review , not just in a coping way but in a maximising way , the management structures and processes of our schools . |
| 6 | In the process we may fall back on an idealized view of our own society , or take our cue from generalized impressions of ‘ Western ’ experience . |
| 7 | The purpose of having a timetable is so that all relevant information can be digested and acted upon , and so that bids do not carry on for an unreasonable length of time . |
| 8 | A DOCTOR and a student will warm up for an Arctic adventure by spending tonight in a seafood freezer . |
| 9 | Look if I take my hair off I 'm gon na finish up with an old girl with a bloody Zimmer frame . |
| 10 | The NI economy is demand-led and based on public expenditure and a recovery in consumer demand in the UK , which will follow on from an export-led recovery , mid-to-late 1994 . |
| 11 | Patrick Kelly , whom Dan would look on as an ill-educated lout , had actually spent time on her enjoyment . |
| 12 | This has to be done by the Tuesday before the weekly Friday sale so that potential buyers can then tune in to an electronic preview of the lots to be offered together with their weights , breed and feed methods . |
| 13 | Attempts to lower unemployment by means of a boost to monetary demand will work through into an increasing rate of inflation because of sticky prices and wages and increasing expectations of inflation ( i.e. there is an absence of a money illusion ) . |
| 14 | And as all sports are matched to your own ability , you can keep up with an old favourite or try your hand at something new . |
| 15 | And we made all these points clear to them , we also very much drew their drew their attention to making sure that any rules or advice they gave , did actually work out in an equal opportunity way . |
| 16 | Now we need an optimistic accountant , can somebody look out for an optimistic accountant |
| 17 | INVESTORS in Scottish Power can splash out on an extra bottle of scotch to celebrate hogmanay . |
| 18 | There are some identifiable developed deities ; there are some incongruously primitive daemons too , which may look back towards an earlier period of religious feeling ; there are also some images of divinities which seem to be relatively poorly assimilated foreign imports . |
| 19 | I glanced down at the limb I was illustratively wiggling , only to find an involuntary erection making my trousers stick out like an accusing finger . |
| 20 | During these attacks she would scream and run about in an agitated state . |
| 21 | BENTWORTH Aided School are to get a new play area which will also double up as an occasional overflow car park for the village hall . |
| 22 | Once you have an exact description of the job then you can move on to an accurate description of the ideal candidate to do it . |
| 23 | They consider that you can only move on from an unhappy experience if you have given it some meaning . |
| 24 | For the rest , if it does blow up into an open accusation , he 'll have to come clean . |
| 25 | On the gain side we might find that a choice which seems very attractive does actually miss out on an important priority . |
| 26 | ‘ My colleagues and I will be very interested , ’ he said sourly , ‘ to know what kind of propaganda that red magazine you work for can make out of an international survey of prospective parents . ’ |
| 27 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , the distance between London and Brighton is not very great , and you have even been seen in the vicinity of Brighton , so why not call in on an old friend ? |
| 28 | From the drawing or painting of a real aquarium one could go on to an imagined aquarium and allow the children to invent fishes of their own design and colour , and other water creatures , shells , etc . |
| 29 | Individuals may be more content and morale may be high , but does this necessarily lead on to an improved performance ? |
| 30 | Once a celebrity has agreed to be a guest , the researcher assigned to him or her will go along for an exploratory conversation . |