Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] [pers pn] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There can be little doubt that the survey since its modern inception has had a major impact on social research , and any history of social research has to award it a salient place . |
| 2 | The arts minister , Jordi Sole Tura , wants to give it the ornate edifice that currently houses the ministry of agriculture . |
| 3 | If the woman says ‘ yes ’ to ( a ) the interviewer wants to ask her a whole list of questions about her life . |
| 4 | The National Association of the Self-employed and Small Businesses wants to make it a criminal offence to issue cheques that are returned unpaid because no funds are available in the drawer 's account . |
| 5 | ‘ Nobody who spends £500 on a jacket wants to discard it the following year , ’ he believes , insisting that no Armani design dates before it dies of old age . |
| 6 | Mr Veazey , 52 , plans to rename it The New Belmont Club and introduce social club type cabaret . |
| 7 | Our parents live some distance away , she only gets to see them every few weeks , but I 'm close to hand , I 'm here to listen . |
| 8 | The most irritating thing about Rytasha — and there were many — was that , though she does not speak their language , she presumes to teach them a spurious form of their own religion . |
| 9 | Since a day return to Ribblehead may be something of a unilateral occasion , the collection aims to give it a proper station in life . |
| 10 | For an autobiography which purports to tell us the real story behind the sacking of George Davies from the Next empire which he founded , What Next is on the naive side . |
| 11 | That 's no longer true and the Tour de France itself helps to show us a new society . |
| 12 | Actually some groups in current Western society wear what could almost be termed a uniform , in that it serves to give them a distinct identity , for example skinheads , hippies , and the tinted , spiked hair brigade ; in fact these non-verbal cues can influence interaction to such an extent that one has to be careful to avoid stereotyping , sometimes quite erroneously . |
| 13 | He recognizes that it might be regarded in a pejorative sense as indicating a readiness to compromise and to accept something inferior , but he uses the term , nevertheless , for the want of a better word and tries to give it a different connotation . |
| 14 | how the , she expects to get her A level exams I just do n't know . |
| 15 | GLASS giant Pilkington continues to find it a hard grind . |
| 16 | The Wild Mammals ( Protection ) Bill seeks to make it a criminal offence to inflict cruelty on any wild animal and , in particular , to outlaw all hunting with dogs and the use of all snares . |
| 17 | ‘ If the EC decides to make it a vulnerable zone under the directive the Department of Agriculture will be required to do something about it , ’ he said . |
| 18 | If a black pupil comes to see her a few times she automatically labels them as troublemakers . |
| 19 | The district nurse comes to give her the monthly vitamin injections for her anaemia — takes about ten seconds and she 's gone . |
| 20 | He demonstrates his belief to the union that problems can be overcome , and if he fails to convince them the first time he 'll try again and again . |