Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] [adv] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Attempts to accommodate both a sensitivity to difference and a commitment to the universalistic claims of post-Enlightenment liberalism became increasingly convoluted and forlorn . |
| 2 | In contrast , it took me months and umpteen phone calls to obtain even a brochure from a well-known American vintage manufacturer . |
| 3 | They 're thought to be from an old church , and are helping archeologists to piece together a picture of life in medieval times . |
| 4 | This is an initiative which is enabling schools to pay quite a lot of attention to vocational matters . |
| 5 | Mrs Taylor said she had been urging the Government for months to make public a report by Mr Ponsford confirming the morale problems . |
| 6 | I CAN IMAGINE THE INDIGNANT HOWLS OF protest as collectors all over the country now run to their shelves to gather together a clutch of beloved performances . |
| 7 | The difficulty , from the defendant 's point of view , is that the two agreements , instead of imposing a joint liability on him and Miss Guile to pay a deposit of £80 and monthly payments of £73.32 , on their face imposed on each of them individual and separate obligations to pay only a deposit of £40 and monthly payments of only £86.66 . |
| 8 | It 's gone well , and so there are plans to do quite a lot of touring next year , starting in March , as Brian 's album does n't come out in the States until January or February . |
| 9 | Perhaps one method would be to allow small firms to set aside a percentage of profits into a tax free investment vehicle on the understanding that it is to be used for reinvestment within 5 — 10 years . |
| 10 | I felt a little ashamed that I had never cared enough for any of my father 's relatives to give even a thought to their reactions to the prospect of an irregular addition to the family . |
| 11 | ‘ But then he avoided the congratulations of his team-mates to run quite a distance to the Middlesbrough fans . |
| 12 | The department is actively developing a programme of MSc degrees to provide both a grounding in research methodology and the opportunity to develop research competence in particular fields . |
| 13 | Whizz-Kidz , the movement for non-mobile children , is looking for 300 sponsored runners to pledge either a minimum of £1,250 which guarantees free entry and flight , or £2,250 which includes accommodation as well . |
| 14 | But would it be so absurd for those who sought refuge in tranquilisers or pep pills to try instead a course of Beethoven , Mozart or Chopin ? |
| 15 | It was not that collision with anything of that kind of size was capable of damaging the field : indeed it had been established that it would require the power of several suns to put even a dent in the electric blue haze which now surrounded and protected the vessel and its contents . |