Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [vb base] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I 've just been saying about the importance of time and movement in Proust 's novel give rise I think to a further question . |
| 2 | In a later chapter I refer to the modern notions of witchcraft and satanism which receive such wide publicity today . |
| 3 | The typical finding of a left hemifield superiority in facial recognition is , however , consistent with other findings reviewed in this chapter which point to a relative dominance of the right hemisphere in dealing with non-verbal events in general and visuo-spatial processes in particular . |
| 4 | Difficult for bread-and-butter manufacturers , never mind the makers of cars so far off the scale ( up to £80,000 for the 600SEL Merc and twice that for the Bentley ) that by any rational thinking they belong to a different era altogether — one without recession , a war just over and all the current uncertainties . |
| 5 | So now if I need a ‘ new ’ piece of equipment I go to a reputable second-hand wood working machinery dealer . |
| 6 | In an urgent ruling yesterday , the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg ordered the government immediately to repeal specific clauses of the act which relate to the Spanish presence , on the grounds that they illegally discriminate against foreigners . |
| 7 | ‘ We will use whatever influence we have to the full to ensure , for example , that you do n't tax middle-managers with a 49 per cent rate at £27,000 , and you do n't tax people above £40,000 with a combined 59 per cent rate . |
| 8 | She says when other people see a badly behaved child they jump to the wrong conclusions . |
| 9 | We do n't grill up here , they look after that in the basement as you 'll probably soon discover , unless of course you go to the lower basement . |
| 10 | If you have a low income and no more than £8,000 savings , you may qualify for Income Support , which is paid weekly and tops up any Income you have to a level set by the Government . |
| 11 | You may decide that you wish to eat less in future and send the money you save to a worthy cause — but it 's far too late to do anything now with that extra roast potato or the last spoonful of pudding . |
| 12 | ‘ I would like to make clear the importance I attach to the continued availability of advice , from within and outside the NHS , in contributing to the development of the health service in Scotland , ’ said Lord Fraser . |
| 13 | Two expiry times are specified in the configuration file which relate to the last time the module was entered or read from LIFESPAN ; ie. the ‘ time since last access ’ . |
| 14 | It forbade the granting of academic tenure ( see Chapter 7 ) to new university academic staff ; withdrew tenure from staff in post who move to a different university or accept promotion within the same university . |
| 15 | Economics , sociology , mathematics , law and accounting were suggested as the essential subjects , and although colleges could provide liberal studies also , ‘ we would stress the importance we attach to a liberal treatment of the whole curriculum ’ . |
| 16 | For things they want daily or several times a week they go to the local village , or in a town they go to the local suburban shops , or the ‘ corner ’ shop . |
| 17 | It is notable that the US Congress has recently granted President Bush fast-track authority to negotiate both the Uruguay Round and the North American Free Trade Area , showing the importance they attach to a favourable outcome in both . |
| 18 | Individuals will also vary in the importance they attach to a particular time-cue . |
| 19 | It is a tribute I suppose to the English language that there are so many forms of circumlocution that it is remarkably easy to persuade yourself that you have made a bold statement , or conveyed the bad news , whilst in reality there is no conceivable possibility that the recipient has actually understood what you are talking about . |
| 20 | I mean one of the problems with probation I think to a certain extent is that er obviously if you get these people who keep going into prison and coming out again , er it 's really pretty difficult to erm er influence their behaviour positively probably . |
| 21 | In this way , they develop patterns of behaviour which conform to the social norm . |
| 22 | Students are required to successfully complete all assignment which contribute to the overall mark for the area of study . |
| 23 | Do yourself and the community a favour by taking the rusty iron and junk you find to the nearest litter bin . |
| 24 | For the latter , the term God is the main religious symbol for the Ground of Being while , for the former , God is the name we give to the mysterious power that pervades the universe and not a symbol in the Tillichian sense . |
| 25 | A third witness , you understand , adds no further dimension but only spreads it thinner , and a fourth thinner still , and the more witnesses there are the thinner it gets and the more reasonable it becomes until it is as thin as reality , the name we give to the common experience … |
| 26 | On the contrary , the older I get , the greater priority I give to a loving relationship . |
| 27 | At the end of Charles Bridge you come to the beautiful gateway into the Old Town built between 1370 and 1410 by the workshops of Peter Parler . |
| 28 | For things they want daily or several times a week they go to the local village , or in a town they go to the local suburban shops , or the ‘ corner ’ shop . |
| 29 | Which is why in the iron and steelmaking trade they refer to the molten iron as hot metal . |
| 30 | Or like the Vicar they keep to the straight path because vice is more arduous than virtue . |