Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Q : I think that is because people see it as an act of desperation when an actress agrees to appear in a nude magazine like Playboy .
2 He crawls , in a shame of abasement , when he longs to leap like a flung wave , like a cloud of starlings .
3 In a hidden variable theory , with everything determinate , each electron in the two-slit experiment of Chapter 4 has to go through a definite slit .
4 Anyone nominated for a partnership now has to go through a two-day assessment and take part in simulated exercises that test the ability to display initiative in seeking new business .
5 I do n't think so she 's erm slow , she 's , she 's like erm , she has to go to a special school
6 From these studies we 've developed criteria to identify who needs to go to a coronary care unit and who does n't .
7 Harris argues , however , that a van like a Transit has to appeal to a wide cross-section of operators , and that means the design has to be a compromise .
8 Recruitment clearly has to continue at a high level so as to maintain C&P 's scientific excellence [ and relevance ! ] .
9 Now supposing a local authority that wants to go into a open countryside in its local plan , E two would stand in the way of that .
10 Man also has to cope with a great range of natural disasters , like earthquakes , hurricanes and volcanoes — other topics studied in Geography .
11 like on i well no , no , you have to , you the net has to fall over a certain part of the creature .
12 Thus SMC corresponds to plant with a maximum capacity Q ' and SMC 2 to plant with a maximum capacity Q 2 .
13 One day she wants to work within a sporting authority that cares for its athletes .
14 Rainbow atempts to hide behind a broad-shouldered patriarch in a kaftan .
15 This may be the case literally when a French speaker has to communicate with a non-French speaker but , even within a common language , usage varies enormously .
16 On the one hand , the state has to ensure the continuation of the accumulation of capital ; on the other , it has to appear as a neutral arbiter of interests , thereby preserving its own legitimacy .
17 Who stands to benefit from a growing reservoir of divided unprotected workers ?
18 Faced with such a question the theorist has to repair to a mental laboratory where he conducts thought experiments .
19 Good music resembles good speech : a sentence needs to work towards a main point and then decline before beginning again , while in a whole speech we have to prepare for and build towards the main point of the argument .
20 To enter the Kingdom of Heaven one has to come as a little child , with an attitude of trust , and prepared to be teachable and flexible ( Matt.
21 C.1 which are brought after a certain period because the Vendor would otherwise have a contingent liability for six years which is unacceptable ; the Vendor wants to know after a reasonable period that it is free from any further claims .
22 If , to be a successful physicist , one has to conform to a certain code of behaviour , what are the implications for women who , by definition , do not conform to our conventional ideal of ‘ physicist ’ ?
23 Nobody wants to listen to a new singer . ’
24 suddenly the greengrocer/manager has to choose between a safe livelihood and dedicating often sixteen or seventeen hours a day to the hurdle race of the music business .
25 The assumption that criticism has to lead to a negative evaluation is particularly unfortunate in higher education .
26 If a product fails to sell well , the company may be left with a lot of unwanted stock which it has to sell at a reduced price
27 The greatest oak still has to grow from a tiny acorn .
28 As cholesterol is insoluble in water , it has to combine with a soluble protein in order to form a soluble lipoprotein .
29 Isotonic drinks The party is over Soviet statues The icons of communism topple Smart drugs Safe , legal and absolutely useless John Major First anniversary of the coup Gazza crop Who wants to look like a Roman emperor ?
30 These are not , however , the same kind of truth ; for the first holds for all time and every place , whereas the second has to do with a specific event which as a matter of fact took place at a particular point in history .
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