Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [to-vb] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CASS was also encouraging the development of part-time degrees , a policy which won an expression of DES approval for these and other CNAA efforts in this direction , since they would appeal to married women wishing to return to study ( and presumably helping to solve a shortage of school teachers ) . |
| 2 | I squeezed into a minute dining-room , where there were no TV sets and nervously tried to join a group of people . |
| 3 | Arab peacemakers will presumably seek to find a successor to Muawad . |
| 4 | Arab peacemakers will presumably seek to find a successor to Muawad . |
| 5 | But this omission is a consequence of my claim that individualism is fundamentally designed to sustain a conception of individuals as agents . |
| 6 | Sandwich was better situated to meet a threat from Scandinavia ; Wight , where Harold 's ships awaited William the Conqueror long and unsuccessfully in the summer of 1066 , implies a connection with the south or west , and perhaps particularly Normandy . |
| 7 | From his present position , Larsen would be better placed to keep a lookout for trouble and provide backup . |
| 8 | Outside investors are apparently clamouring to have a share of the service , which is expected to launch later this year . |
| 9 | This short chapter is only intended to offer a taste of the topic . |
| 10 | And yet this awareness does not need to take any of our precious time ; it merely needs to become a part of what we are doing anyway . |
| 11 | She encouraged the rich to take holidays within Iran , so tried to foster a sense of Iranian culture and a national pride among a people notoriously liable to succumb to self-pity and paranoia . |
| 12 | Whereas in Northamptonshire the tutor-organiser saw himself as a professional liaising with other professionals in areas where voluntary participation was barely appropriate , his colleague in Essex was apparently expected to spend a lot of time in routine organising work which voluntary members could readily take over when she eventually resigned . |
| 13 | This method is , however , a little long-winded if you only want to edit a couple of lines . |
| 14 | Some parents only want to adopt a child of two black parents , that is of African , Afro-Caribbean or Asian origin . |
| 15 | She only has to express a hint of yearning for a food , fad or fantasy for her fans to start racing after them too . |
| 16 | The critic necessarily has to take a manifesto into account . |
| 17 | Their ancestors had scorned and derided Vincent and now they were rich from Van Gogh postcards and souvenirs bought by people like Skye , who only came to catch a whisper of his ghost . |
| 18 | Five of those arrested in July were apparently meeting to plan a commemoration of the anniversary of the death of the PALIPEHUTU leader , Remy Gahutu , in prison in Tanzania in August 1990 . |
| 19 | Most of these potential customers are buying shrink-wrapped applications and dental practices are not suddenly going to employ a couple of CICS programmers to develop and maintain a bespoke system . |
| 20 | I would 've said that , but last night this meeting said they 'd very much like to see a officer in a car because they do n't see anybody at the moment |
| 21 | I would very much like to see a copy of this book and also , if possible , some sample units from the second book : ‘ Talking about the Past ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ I would very much like to have a meeting with you in the New Year , Stephen . |
| 23 | Just take the back off and and you 've only got to undo a couple of clips and take the pump off . |
| 24 | I mean we 've only got to have a look at the recent events in London went on about the insurances over the bombings over the weekend have n't we ? |
| 25 | In fact , I was only going to stay a couple of years and move on , but … but I met you and I knew right from the beginning what was going to happen to me ; and it 's grown over these months during our supposedly accidental meetings here . |
| 26 | On this job , however , it is only used to give a view of the smouldering remains of the skip and lorry . |
| 27 | I mean one member of the committee has produced something which I rather think you might all like to have a look at it . |
| 28 | Professional and amateur artists have all agreed to lend a hand in a bid to make this year 's festival the seventh one of the best yet . |
| 29 | He observed St-Germain-des Pres from a little distance , was distressed by its tendency towards abstraction , took his new mistress Francoise Gilot from its fringes , and so thought to teach a lesson in painting to both her and her contemporaries . |
| 30 | 1 The present House of Lords is seen as a wrecking chamber with a built-in Conservative majority and a crippling power of delay that only exists to put a brake on a reforming Socialist government . |