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

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1 Nutrition is the process by which the body acquires all the foodstuffs it needs to keep it in good working order and converts them into energy , new body tissue and those substances necessary to keep all the body processes ( metabolism ) going .
2 I see alright well or I I invite members of the jury , the council wants to address me on some point of law which need n't concern you , so if you take a short break please .
3 and if he wants to send them as one consignment , but now the value is twenty five thousand pounds collectively you can ring up Stubbings and as , or get your F and A to do this for you , Finance and Admin , ring up Stubbings and can you give me a special rate for these goods and ar , can you give me what I can charge them for special coverage to take it higher than our normal coverage of fifteen thousand pound ?
4 No he wants to tape us on some sort of tape .
5 Although the thing is initially being tested under OS/2 2.0 and AIX , IBM plans to incorporate it in future operating systems and to do versions of the Distributed System Object Model for other systems — and the Taligent Inc joint venture with Apple Computer Inc also has licence to the technology .
6 Scaevola refuses to interpret it in this way .
7 That the German audience is not deaf to beauty of tone production as some have been so foolish to pretend , is shown by the enormous enthusiasm with which Battistini is greeted when he sings in Germany , to say nothing of Caruso , although one hesitates to mention him in such proximity to so transcendent an artist as Battistini . ’
8 If Councillor wants to go and get a G B H haircut it tends to confuse us on this side of the er as to exactly what we are debating .
9 One of the things that never ceases to amaze me about any technology is that once you have it you always expect it to do more .
10 Bob Hoover 's North American P-51D Old Yeller was put up for action , but with a $1 million reserve Hoover gets to fly it for another year .
11 Third , the author has generally seen little or nothing of the actual restoration work , yet , once it is finished , presumes to assess it with unshakeable authority .
12 Neither of them seems to find it in any way remarkable .
13 Lady Elizabeth Hoby was a striking woman in more ways than one ; her portrait seems to endow her with more strength and resolution than actual good looks .
14 Whatever tasks a doctor performs , whether routine or unusual , he seems to measure it against this standard of ‘ the great save ’ .
15 St Matthew 's seems to suit her for some reason .
16 Keeping braillers , typewriters and even magnifiers in their cases , or at least under covers when not in use , helps to maintain them in good condition , since dust and grime can cause damaged surfaces .
17 At a given signal the egg is passed by sleight-of-hand to one of the members of the triad , who endeavours to move it by bodily force across the white lines of winter …
18 cheques payable to a person who wishes to pass it through another person 's bank account , e.g. if they have no bank account of their own ;
19 It still retains all its working parts and would require only minimum repairs to put it into full working order .
20 he tries to do it with one finger but he 's just not quite strong enough
21 So they can be the deciding factor in what your programme 's going to be , so it pays to keep them in good trim .
22 Freud seeks to use it in this book as if it were a purely biological concept , and furthermore , one which is found among all living organisms .
23 And the immune system normally functions to protect us in this way , and is regulated in such a manner that it does not attack bits of oneself , but only legitimate foreign targets , and thereby is our ally .
24 This argument was later extended with respect to the experience of living in the modern metropolis , which Simmel suggests provides for a massive intensification of stimulation and experience , but which threatens to overwhelm us as objective culture ( 1950 : 409–24 ) .
25 5.5.3 the Landlord shall be entitled which shall be forfeited and become the property of the Landlord where the Tenant fails to remove them within 5 working days of receipt from the Landlord of a notice in writing to do so
26 President Brad Burnham says the amount of information FlashPort generates about a programme as it attempts to translate it from one platform to another has presented him with pricing and packaging issues .
27 We then see the goal , hopeful chip into the box , Rush attempts to take it to one side on the half volley with Fairclough bearing down , misses it completely , flies up and hits him in the shoulder .
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