Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 A lot of people use them , families with young children and elderly people who all need to get to the shops .
2 He added : ‘ You only have to look at the figures for fire deaths in hotels to see this is not a problem .
3 If anyone wants to judge the competence of government in industry they only have to look at the results of our nationalised companies as a guide .
4 If you want an illustration of that you only have to look at the words of President Reagan .
5 You only have to look at the restaurants that are popular now — bistros , even the workman 's cafe . ’
6 Even though I only have to walk around the dancers , he 's taking no chances .
7 Whether Hastings is invited to take on the role of Scottish captain is for the future , but he acknowledges the good fortune he has enjoyed in playing under such inspiring leadership : ‘ You only need to look at the names of players who have captained Scotland to be aware of the tremendous honour it represents .
8 When I was working at British Airways we used to do a lot of technical training and erm it was sort of on er airline regulation , stuff like that and you could always tell the activists cos they did n't really want to all they wanted to do was to get on the computers and actually trying out things out themselves , they piece of furniture the activists do n't want to read the instructions , they want to start putting it together and then they 'd learn from actually putting it together rather than them reading the instructions and regulation training you could always tell the activist cos they sort of always like chopping every bit , they just want to they just want to get on the computers and start inputting numbers and they 'll actually learn , they , they prefer to do that and then somebody can come round and help them out when they get into trouble rather than some of the other which perhaps like to more up front and that 's the activist .
9 Individual petty conflicts therefore easily accumulate to add to the differences already apparent between locals and newcomers in terms of background and life-styles .
10 Circadian ( twenty-four hour ) fluctuations in performance thus seem to combine with the effects of a cumulative sleep loss in a cycle of degradation of efficiency on the night shift .
11 Right it goes to show it 's working so if I just get rid of the earphones .
12 Then he said , ‘ Just try to concentrate on the patients .
13 Elizabeth Schwarzkopf was another " must " even though the ticket cost a " phenomenal amount " to the girl whose own first public appearance had been in a best dress made from the contents of the poor box .
14 Most comfort eaters enjoy it while they 're eating , but the downside is they soon start to pile on the pounds .
15 You just have to look through the gospels to see many examples of the authority of Jesus .
16 Those who want to argue with his approach just have to look at the trophies he won .
17 People outside the church are often not content ; you just have to look at the pressures from the mass media .
18 Write out large headings so that if possible you just need to glance at the headings to remind you of what to say .
19 I think I need a man older than myself because I always seem to see through the boys I meet .
20 And a whole host of other countries — North Korea , Chile , the Solomon Islands , Colombia — hardly ever get counted by the practitioners of the dismal science , despite their admirably Pacific qualities .
21 Then she injects them into the nostrils of an unfortunate sheep where they quickly start feeding on the membranes lining their host 's sinuses .
22 Now while it may be difficult to gainsay the claim that these are the things on which it would be most worth spending time if there was ever no further need to struggle for the basics of human survival and comfort , life seems to be trivialised if culture and personal relations are held up as the be all and end all of what really matters .
23 You always have to manoeuvre between the powers of wickedness and madness . ’
24 To get anywhere near an understanding of News Corporation 's accounts , you usually have to wait for the figures it is obliged to file with America 's Securities and Exchange Commission .
25 This is bad for everyone ; the local authority complains that their money spent on the facility has been wasted , and motorists complain because they still have to get round the cyclists .
26 In the Sprinkleroom the patients eventually get dressed in the clothes provided , which , though seldom very clean , are at least always pertinently cut .
27 At least once a week I also like to sit in a Magistrates or Crown Court observing different dramas of life — and sometimes death .
28 However , the baby is equipped with mechanisms which allow it to respond to the physical difficulties of birth — the breathing response etc. — and it is probable that mechanisms also exist to cope with the circumstances of being thrust into a new world .
29 Down in Alcester they probably need shaking by the hals .
30 I mean the question that has to be faced is that when you talk about cutting the costs in local government you also have to talk about the services which councils deliver , and you ca n't get something for nothing .
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