Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [vb base] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is the Minister aware that it is extremely unfortunate that once again Labour Members of Parliament in the House of Commons have to protest against racism , Nazi hooliganism and Nazi thugs operating on German soil ? |
| 2 | Of course , if two members of staff happen to fall in love and decide to marry , it would be churlish to be apportioning blame ; but what I find a major irritation are those persons — and housekeepers are particularly guilty here — who have no genuine commitment to their profession and who are essentially going from post to post looking for romance . |
| 3 | and ‘ beyond some point that has long been surpassed in crowded industrial societies , conditions of use tend to deteriorate as use becomes more widespread ’ ( pp. 2–3 ) . |
| 4 | Forecasts about the course of democracy tend to swing from optimism to despair with alarming speed . |
| 5 | A lot of people tend to look at assertion as being aggressive there 's a total difference . |
| 6 | Antarctic zooplankton is characterized by an almost complete absence of larvae of benthic animals , and surface layers are rich in individuals but poor in species ; numbers of species tend to increase with depth ( Knox , 1970 ) . |
| 7 | The cans of beans go to market by road . |
| 8 | Moderately high waves of greater length ; edges of crests begin to break into spin-drift . |
| 9 | The amount of money companies like Sun stand to save on testing and retesting applications is substantial . |
| 10 | In the far north , where the landscape is turned white in winter by snow , mammals like rabbits and birds like ptarmigan have to change from brown to white and back again when the snows melt in spring . |
| 11 | BULL CHIEF ORDERED TO COME UP WITH A PLAN TO SURVIVE WITHOUT STATE SUBSIDY … |
| 12 | BULL CHIEF ORDERED TO COME UP WITH A PLAN TO SURVIVE WITHOUT STATE SUBSIDY … |
| 13 | Some solids — ionic solids , for example tend to shatter under stress . |
| 14 | Another way of approaching organisational design is to ask questions about the functions which management in organisations need to perform in order to be successful . |
| 15 | Girls on mountains tend to come into contact with more amphibious life than our men folk , on account of our toilet arrangements . |
| 16 | More-over , the effects of imitation on performance seem to differ with respect to phonological abilities and grammatical abilities . |