Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last story has to do with the girlfriend of a friend . |
| 2 | They go round and round , and begin to vibrate frighteningly , so that the whole washing-machine starts to tramp across the kitchen floor , in a growing flood of hot soapy water … |
| 3 | In a machine operating at 6000 stitches per minute , the needle thread has to accelerate to a speed close to 100 mph ( 160kph ) , stop , and accelerate backwards to the same speed , and all at a cycle rate of up to 100 times per second ! |
| 4 | ‘ He is a world class player with all the attributes a striker needs to play at the top , ’ added Allison . |
| 5 | I hope this will cut down on the time your typesetter has to spend on the job and , therefore , on the final cost . |
| 6 | For now the point is that the drafter needs to know at the outset whether any of the business 's customers will fall within the definition of " consumer " : if so , care must be taken in drafting clauses excluding or limiting liability . |
| 7 | The difficulty arises partly in differentiating between what the user needs to know about the workings of the system , i.e. , how transparent the system should be so that the task can be performed effectively and efficiently . |
| 8 | * the user has perhaps to budget for the cost of the item , and will wish to maximise the value for money he or she can obtain from the expenditure ; * the user has to cope with the consequences of late delivery , faulty products , breakdowns and servicing requirements ( etc ) ; * the user will be concerned with product reliability and supplier reputation . |
| 9 | JOHN McGAHERN : Because the writer has to get beyond the self to the facts . |
| 10 | Parker , of course has to argue for the mainframe 's continued existence , but he does so persuasively with a blizzard of points seeking to prove that a ) the mainframe market is n't really in decline and b ) the mainframe will be able to evolve successfully into an indispensable network superserver . |
| 11 | Erm yes , Mr Chairman I should like to apologise to Bob for interrupting him then because er the enthusiasm about the green code business of course has to do with the Hatfield community project and is not initiated by Welwyn Hatfield when in the use er Herts County Council Paul in the community project , but nevertheless the green cone idea is the individual person , it 's not the District Council and it 's not somebody else taking a taking green erm green type away for composting . |
| 12 | A second method is through a contingency fee system whereby a lawyer agrees to act for a client on the basis that he or she will receive an agreed proportion of any damages recovered . |
| 13 | Outside the breeding season they are infrequent inland , and the local breeding stock starts to return to the coast in late June . |
| 14 | The creditor or his agent has to sign outside the box . |
| 15 | The principal example for the latter occurs when the shareholder wants to borrow on the security of his shares . |
| 16 | Worst of all , Labour wants to transfer from the House of Commons its most basic power , the power over the nation 's finances . |
| 17 | The power lead from the transformer has to go to the keyboard first and a short lead from here connects to the PCB . |
| 18 | This follows from the probable distinction between the Fort Ternan and Maboko/Nachola material : because the type species of Kenyapithecus is K. wickeri from Fort Ternan , the generic name Kenyapithecus has to remain with the Fort Ternan material and forms the root for the second tribe Kenyapithecini . |
| 19 | The Department needs to know about the incidents that staff experience as they do their work , in order to plan to make working conditions safer , and to train staff in the best ways of dealing with violence if they meet it . |
| 20 | The unfocused light has to pass through the retina on its journey to the mirror and this degrades the quality of the image . |
| 21 | However , in general , the distance the light has to travel from the source to the screen via the two slits will be different . |
| 22 | It can also include information that any lawyer wants to share with the rest of the team . |
| 23 | The President wants to travel to the Republic for a very special day . |
| 24 | At the moment , under English law , data is not property , and damage or theft has to relate to the medium on which it is stored . |
| 25 | Whatever the reason for a refusal , the church musician has to abide by the publisher 's decision . |
| 26 | The second aim of college has to do with the encouragement of individual difference and the development of personality . |
| 27 | In any event , the idea that Lazarsfeld had discovered a ubiquitous method of social research has to fall by the wayside . |
| 28 | If a visitor or medical practitioner has to talk to a resident through you , make sure you consult them and do n't answer for them . |
| 29 | 4 The defender prepares to strike to the kidneys . |
| 30 | Your face will become pinker because of increased blood circulation — when masks dry , they ‘ pinch ’ the skin and blood tends to rush to the surface . |