Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The doubters had failed to take into account Alcock 's remarkable visual acuity , but photographs taken at professional observatories , and by space probes , have verified the details of his observations . |
| 2 | But of course it should be noted that most people are conditioned by many years of experience in which traders have tended to gloss over interest rates . |
| 3 | Elsewhere socialist parties have had to compete in multiparty and proportional electoral systems and usually share power in government . |
| 4 | Apparently forged from a mad mixture of screamingly right-on individuals from West Coast hardcore outfits , Rage Against The Machine are everything millions of moshpit enthusiasts have come to expect from music , only several times better . |
| 5 | The reclamation venture provides just one example of the resourcefulness which engineers have to display to succeed in tin mining in Cornwall . |
| 6 | All these legislative changes have made it increasingly difficult for local authorities to avoid appearing to lurch from crisis to crisis . |
| 7 | John Evans has covered cricket , football , rugby , tennis , swimming and many other sporting events in the past , but in the last five years has tended to concentrate on athletics . |
| 8 | The trade union representing the workforce at these plants had threatened to go on strike if their jobs are put at risk . |
| 9 | A core group of individuals does seem to stay in association with each other over extended periods , although there may be some coming and going within that time . |
| 10 | Fish stocks have continued to decrease despite expenditure of over $1 billion during the last decade in building fish ladders , screens over turbine intakes and hatcheries . |
| 11 | Predictably , the middle classes have tended to move into owner-occupation , while council tenants tend to be the lower-paid and lower-status workers ( Ginsburg , 1979 , p. 138 ) . |
| 12 | In fact , the possibility that mercury vapour lights attract more insects than sodium lights has led to concern from bat enthusiasts when a change to sodium lighting has been proposed in some places . |
| 13 | He indicated a diagnostic panel , where several red lights had begun to blink in confirmation of his words . |
| 14 | Although government and rebels had met briefly in 1987 , it was the first time that army officers had agreed to talk with URNG representatives . |
| 15 | The national conference ended on Aug. 28 after delegates had continued to meet in defiance of an attempt by President Gnassingbe Eyadema to suspend its proceedings two days earlier . |
| 16 | Ever since 1969 , when he had his first show , his cartoonish black-and-white paintings have managed to comment without mercy or a smidgen of socially redeeming tact on , among other things , men 's — and women 's — looks ( Warhol 's nosejob painting must be an important icon in his private gallery ) ; issues of health ( a hilarious series of men in the throes of having heart attacks ) ; bestiality ( pert Fifties housewife on her knees doing something unspeakable to a poodle with her arm ) and religion ( famous Biblical figure on the cross getting a pie in the face ) . |
| 17 | Brown and his colleagues ( 1986a ) have also pointed out that many studies have failed to take into account the current circumstances of their samples . |
| 18 | ‘ But I still do n't see what the distance between humps and dips has got to do with colour ? |
| 19 | Police chiefs give support to review of justice system |
| 20 | This can be seen to underlie economic change in the UK in that the older industrialized regions have tended to suffer in relation to the expanding regions of the south of England . |
| 21 | Many pregnant mums enjoy swimming to keep in shape , but have trouble finding anything stylish to wear in the pool . |
| 22 | Obviously the main justification for location shooting is for outdoor work , but , given the costs of set-building , it is often realistic to film indoor material in a ‘ real ’ house — it is a moot point how ‘ lived-in ’ it ought to look : studio sets do tend to look like studio sets , but real houses are often too run-down to provide the slightly artificial air of super-tidiness which many commercials strive for and which at least some consumers seem to respond to . |
| 23 | The Earls Court Boat Show last month saw the launching of a GPS set called the Pronav for £1,495 , including VAT , and other sets have begun to tumble in price . |
| 24 | However , official figures suggest that more girls have tended to stay at school to secondary level than boys , both in the homelands and in DET areas . |
| 25 | On Saturday they lost to Bath by 20 points to nil … and here 's a fact to blow your socks off it was the first time in 16 years and 420 games that the cherry and whites have failed to score at home |
| 26 | Two men running to market to look for food had been killed at the crossroads by a sniper . |
| 27 | True the first formers had had to go to bed an hour earlier , but they all voted it was worth it , Gwendoline felt vicious about the whole affair , she 'd determining not to be put off by her first day there . |
| 28 | Quatar announced in February 1988 that both sides had agreed to resort to arbitration by the ICJ . |
| 29 | Even allowing for the reluctance of the courts to subject operational police decisions to judicial review , it may be apparent that the police have failed to take into account in their decision making a relevant consideration , or have taken into account an irrelevant one , which would leave the decision open to review . |
| 30 | Unlike older people , these children have to learn to cope with recovery as they grow up . |