Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] [pron] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Experience has taught me to avoid those parts of a city with modern architecture . |
| 2 | Experience has taught me to avoid those parts of a city with modern architecture . |
| 3 | The spirit of the Lord God is upon me Because the Lord has anointed me To bring good tidings to the afflicted ; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted , To proclaim liberty to the captives And the opening of prison to those who are bound ; To proclaim the year of the Lord 's favour … |
| 4 | The doctor has forbidden him to put any weight on it . ’ |
| 5 | Since founding the chain in 1988 he has expanded it to include 17 concessions in Debenhams department stores and 20 high street shops . |
| 6 | He added : ‘ He vehemently opposes active regional policies , he has wound up a lot of the government 's aid to the North and during his term as Industry Secretary he has done nothing to create new technology and skills or back new firms and enterprise in Hartlepool . ’ |
| 7 | The veteran foreign minister , Hans-Dietrich Genscher , has done nothing to allay this idea , bluntly denying the debt his country owes to the west by declaring , ‘ There is not a capitalist Germany and a communist Germany , there is only one German nation ’ . |
| 8 | As the Prime Minister has done nothing to change that policy in his first year , is not Majorism simply Thatcherism without the courage of her convictions ? |
| 9 | There is no denying that the present government has done something to influence both sides of this equation . |
| 10 | But the Department has told her to destroy all copies , return the original and warned that further action could be taken if she ignores the advice . |
| 11 | The psychiatrist has told him to take three pints of lager . |
| 12 | But at least the money saved over the years by cycling has enabled me to afford early retirement , and escape the commuter rat-race ! |
| 13 | He says the expert tuition has enabled him to reach new notes — and opened up a whole new repertoire . |
| 14 | The generous gift of a group of Former Pupils , ‘ The Class of ‘ 38 ’ , has enabled us to provide excellent furnishings and equipment in a pleasant environment . |
| 15 | He has invited you to review that hotel 's operations with a view to restoring its position prior to any such sale . |
| 16 | They oppose the proposed changes for political reasons , believing that they form part of the task the prime minister , Michel Rocard , has set himself to reform public sector industry — reforms that many to the left of Mr Rocard believe to be inherently unsocialist . |
| 17 | This awareness has driven us to evolve new systems that can be tailored to local needs and which reflect current advances in auditing techniques . ’ |
| 18 | Just consider the idea that fear is a hungry creature that wants to feed off our energy and see how easily it has trained us to provide that nourishment at the push of an idea . |
| 19 | However , the hostility of the courts towards " unreasonable or onerous clauses " has led them to ignore this principle , where such a clause is printed on the reverse of a document , or incorporated by reference . |
| 20 | From the point of view of problem solving , I find the cube has led me to formulate many problem-solving techniques in more generality than previously and to develop a general scheme for all problems of this sort . |
| 21 | All the evidence has led us to organize this book with reference to different kinds of places . |
| 22 | Our experience with over 30 families in the North West of England has led us to doubt these assessments for expression of both polyps and carcinoma . |
| 23 | ‘ Information obtained during the course of this year 's audit has caused us to seek direct confirmation of the beneficial ownership of this shareholding , ’ say the auditors . |
| 24 | The other announcement erm is er Dr has asked me to address some delinquents , no that 's not fair , some er hard working but misguided students erm tt er who are doing a political processes course , a sort of pale imitation of this course , erm probably find none of them are here today , let's , let's , let's , let's , let's b let's not be shy now , is erm is Ian here ? |
| 25 | That 's four hundred and eighty , what we 're doing right , okay , so you 're doing trade at the moment in lectures , and er , Bob has asked you to collect some data on er , world trade in wheat and cotton , is that correct ? |
| 26 | So you 're doing trade at the moment in er agricultural economics I think Bob has asked you to prepare some data on er wheat and cotton trade . |
| 27 | Mr Denton has asked us to stress that flexibility must be the order of the day . |
| 28 | IAN HUNTER will be glad to see the back of 1992 after his third fitness problem of the season has forced him to miss another showpiece match . |
| 29 | P.S. A rainforest tree can be felled with a chainsaw in less time than it has taken you to read this letter . |
| 30 | The general SVQ in care at level II has allowed us to plug this gap . |