Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] [noun pl] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The ego knows that if it has to make choices in the world of actuality it can not keep its cake and eat it too ; the id does not .
2 As recently announced , the government plans to sell shares in the East Japan Railway ( JR East ) later this year and in Japan Tobacco early in 1994 .
3 MPs have attacked Government plans to make cuts in the army .
4 I have a Matchman Hooktier which tends to put kinks in the hook length , especially when I use very fine lines .
5 Writing out notes helps to fix items in the memory , but it is not a good idea to use notes in a TV interview , as one of the effects of television is to diminish the speaker 's authority if he has to refer to notes continually .
6 In " Beginnings , middles , and ends " Nash seeks to establish patterns in the writing of popfiction stories concerning plot development and characterisation .
7 It seeks to assist individuals in the process of defining their own problems and difficulties , in increasing their personal knowledge of self .
8 This gets the oil hot enough to evaporate any moisture that reacts to form acids in the engine .
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