Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [adv] [to-vb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although a habitat may be manipulated particularly to encourage a bird species or group of species , this would involve the conservation of other forms of wildlife essential to that bird 's existence . |
| 2 | If a related question ( eg ‘ Have you received any training or instruction in setting up or keeping accounts ’ ) resulted in a negative answer , then this could be pursued further to find a way of improving the situation ; for example by arranging for accounting instructions to be held at the EPH , or by ensuring that newcomers received formal or informal training in accounting procedures , and so on . |
| 3 | From a boat it can be squeezed enough to get a grip on it , and when it hits the water it sinks in a big brown cloud . |
| 4 | Occasionally , a student — perhaps in mathematics or logic — can be seen actually to make a contribution to the research literature , but that is so rare as to appear precocious . |
| 5 | For a striking effect , several stems should be grown together to form a cluster . |
| 6 | Turn the right side ( smooth side of knitting ) to the inside and fold it so the two side edges of the knitting can be sewn together to make a tube . |
| 7 | This will also affect how far the stick has to be moved forwards to effect a recovery . |
| 8 | Remembering a scratch match played in 1879 , which had provided plenty of fun for both players and spectators , Bill Lister had an idea : ‘ Thinks I ta meself , if nobbut t' tradesmen cud be gotten together to play a match once a year , ah 'm sewer it wod goa , an' 'specially if it war ta tak' place at t' feast . ’ |
| 9 | A small generator can be used primarily to stop a battery discharging and it will only be able to recharge a battery if it is small and has a long time in which to do it . |
| 10 | Common law legislation can be used here to force a landlord to make repairs . |
| 11 | Pupils in all bands had more difficulty when decimals were involved and when the 30cm ruler had to be used twice to take a measurement . |
| 12 | Facts which are individually correct may be used together to distort a picture . |
| 13 | Though the head needs to bubble with enthusiasm reasonable requests will sometimes need to be refused solely to keep a balance and not let pressures get out of hand . |
| 14 | The pool constructed from a liner can be as large and irregular as the gardener fancies and yet can be adapted simply to accommodate a bog garden as well . |
| 15 | In the extreme case of abundant sediment and weak marine action , the levees on either side of the distributaries may be prolonged seawards to give a digitate delta , for example the Mississippi . |
| 16 | It was felt that units from different countries should be brought together to form a force of brigade size ( about 5,000 men ) , operating together under the NATO banner . |
| 17 | Pupils may be asked directly to describe a rule for predicting how many matches would be needed for any number of boxes , or they may instead be asked how many would be needed for , say , 500 boxes and then asked about their methods as referred to below . |
| 18 | The earth had to be scraped away to uncover a trap door . |
| 19 | The search space in TRACE II is also three-dimensional in that several distinct levels of linguistic description are represented , and the information from all these sources must be combined dynamically to form an interpretation . |
| 20 | Their findings will now be put together to form a database for firms investing in the area , telling them about the people 's skills and abilities . |
| 21 | The vans could be operated singly , or could be coupled together to form a train , for which purpose they were provided with gangways . |
| 22 | A woman wanting to work in construction will find it difficult to enter ‘ a man 's world ’ , and most employers will be taken aback to find a man attending for interview as a secretary or child-minder . |
| 23 | In their eighties , they were still living in Norham Gardens , the North Oxford avenue that leads to Lady Margaret Hall , the women 's college where they had studied and taught ; they had been among the first women students to be allowed officially to take a degree , though woman sat the examinations in order to make the point after the college 's foundation in 1878 . |