Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eliot goes on to wish for a combination of religious , anthropological , and neurological knowledge as exemplified by Rome , Cambridge , and Harley Street . |
| 2 | He begins by presenting the information content of several protein families and goes on to deal with a variety of subjects , such as the evolution of the genetic code , neurobiology , the primaeval soup , black holes and cosmology . |
| 3 | One has only to return from a trip to the Continent , for example , to see what a shabby and second-rate country Britain has become . |
| 4 | The ‘ son of super-group ’ has yet to settle on a name . |
| 5 | If , for example , your company uses PCs extensively but the obvious choice in software happens only to run on a Unix workstation then so long as the files can be transported between the two systems there is no penalty in selecting an ‘ alien ’ hardware platform . |
| 6 | One pair float on the top of the water while a third hangs below to act as a root . |
| 7 | The corruption of the security forces seems straight forward in the beginning , but as the plot unfolds , the facts of torture , a shoot-to-kill policy , and the silencing of information in Northern Ireland seems only to serve as a backdrop to the political intrigue . |
| 8 | A trap door in the wall then swings open and the Voord tumbles through to perish in a pool of acid hundreds of feet below the centre of the pyramid . |
| 9 | In a game that 's becoming the ultimate team sport , rivalling American football in the search for statistical truths , Campese seems increasingly to operate on a track of his own , to his own individual creed . |
| 10 | As David Frost said , ‘ sometimes the most powerful men in the world can be really nervous of an interview , and sometimes it helps just to throw in a question to keep people quiet at the beginning . |
| 11 | If the carer moves in to look after a couple ( eg elderly parents ) on the death of one spouse the tenancy goes to the surviving spouse . |
| 12 | Moreover , if a pilot decides not to launch in a situation like this , he must never be overruled or criticised for playing it safe . |
| 13 | If it decides not to apply for an emergency protection , child assessment , care or supervision order it must consider whether it would be appropriate to review the case at a later date ( s47(7) ( a ) ) . |
| 14 | If it decides not to apply for an order it must inform the court in writing . |
| 15 | ‘ The fact that a woman sleeps with a woman does n't mean she forgets how to sleep with a man . |
| 16 | I mean , the fact that a woman sleeps with a woman does n't mean she forgets how to sleep with a man . |
| 17 | There 's only myself and Adam , you know , barring Mrs Elswick as comes in to cook of an afternoon . ’ |
| 18 | Ruether , who is by training a historian , and politically of left-wing convictions , quickly comes simply to embark on a description of certain threads which she believes to have run through history . |
| 19 | Everyone knows how to sleep with a bloke , or they soon find out , but when do you hear about family planning ? |
| 20 | The truly empathetic New Man positions himself by the head of his partner 's bed , knows when to go for a walk in the park and , reverting to a traditional male role , protects the woman from unwanted intruders . |