Example sentences of "[adj] to [verb] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said nothing , forked another fish , swallowed it with the same indifference he might appropriate to putting out the rubbish . |
| 2 | Eccleshall , from a scenic village north-west of the county town , are more accustomed to propping up the league than heading it . |
| 3 | We have become accustomed to writing off the engineering industry as one of the casualties in the reshaping of British industry during the 1970s and 1980s . |
| 4 | I will name some of D Q M's prior to setting up the meeting . |
| 5 | Apart from burn marks on her clothes and hair , the only noticeable effect of the explosion was a dried , strained voice and occasional coughing , due to breathing in the smoke . |
| 6 | ‘ This government 's policies are not conducive to bringing about the end of the recession , ’ he said bluntly . |
| 7 | Doing so , they argue , would be tantamount to giving up the intifada and accepting the continuation of military rule , without a firm promise that Israel would eventually withdraw . |
| 8 | Medical researchers believe they could be close to pinning down the cause of hereditary asthma . |
| 9 | If you only have a very limited amount of clerical back-up at least see that this is devoted to taking away the paper and putting it where you will be able to find it again if necessary . |
| 10 | Another eight months was devoted to working out the spacing between characters . |
| 11 | Much of the book is devoted to demonstrating scientifically the progress of students using the Progress Chart of Social and Personal Development ( PAC ) which Gunzburg pioneered and which was meticulously used at Wentwood . |