Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [art] [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a long time it has been known that heavy drinking during pregnancy can badly affect a baby 's development so that when it is born , its face and head are deformed and it is mentally backward . |
| 2 | Endorsement by IOSCO would not only enhance the IASC 's credibility but could give it the opportunity to expand its work . |
| 3 | ‘ The acquisition of such a high quality contemporary sculpture can only enhance the city 's reputation as a centre for modern , as well as historic , artistic and cultural works . |
| 4 | There could be real connections between the spiritual injunction to glorify God and a quest for knowledge that would not only demonstrate the Creator 's power but also alleviate suffering . |
| 5 | The latter has been the main advocate of the project , which would greatly improve the republic 's electricity supply . |
| 6 | ‘ You ca n't destroy , Bronson , you can only convert a thing 's form . ’ |
| 7 | Once you are 60 , you can personally draw the wife 's pension of £32.55 a week , without reference to your husband . |
| 8 | Whereas the radio-controlled motors could only control the owl 's head , wings and eyes in simple , repetitive motions , Dynarama enabled it to fly and even to act , or at least intervene in the action , notably the frequent fights . |
| 9 | The company , whose workstation and systems business is now housed in a wholly-owned subsidiary called Axil Workstations in San Jose , California , reckons Sun Microsystems Inc will only have a month 's headstart on it in the SuperSparc market . |
| 10 | Jafaar was seeking a way in through al-Kassar to Haser and the Magharians , ostensibly to have them launder the clan 's drug profits , and , through Lasser , to explore the unholy alliance that appeared to be in the works between the Syrian and Cali cartels whereby each would not only take the other 's product but also share intelligence , smuggling routes and defensive tactics . |
| 11 | Having spotted his prey in a channel which could be fifty yards wide or more , the fisherman must literally read the fish 's mind . |
| 12 | For proof of that , one need only read the CBI 's report which , among other things , stated that recent years have seen ’ a transformation of Britain 's manufacturing base there is now a solid base on which to build . |
| 13 | Even Santa Claus — in the shape of former England captain Bobby Moore — can only manage the substitute 's spot on the England soccer team 's bench . |
| 14 | The tribunal will only allow a trader 's appeal against such a direction if it considers that Customs could not reasonably have been satisfied : for example , if Customs have ignored a relevant matter or if they have taken an irrelevant matter into account . |
| 15 | So it 's going to be erm you might only get a week 's notice if it 's going to be switched to the Saturday then I would guess . |
| 16 | If a certificate of summary administration is in force , the official receiver need only investigate the bankrupt 's conduct and affairs if he thinks fit ( s 289(5) ) The official receiver must , at least once , send a report of the state of the bankrupt 's affairs to all creditors and file a copy at court ( r 6.73 ) although the court can release him from this obligation having regard to the funds available and the interests of creditors generally ( r 6.77 ) . |
| 17 | That minute could literally save a child 's life . ’ |
| 18 | A spokesman for the Freeman Hospital said : ‘ We have donated the valves and Dave Pick is going to take them to literally save the woman 's life . |
| 19 | The trend towards rising standards certainly provides an explanation of why housework hours have shown no notable decrease in recent years ; pre-prepared foodstuffs , household machines and equipment , and cleaner more comfortable homes do not necessarily reduce the housewife 's work-load . |
| 20 | A different kind of style , and a different kind of rhetoric , is employed in passages where Dickens wants to move us with compassion : notably in Paul 's death scene , where he can afford to use simple syntax and vocabulary ( expressing the simple images of the child 's mind ) in the assurance that understatement will merely intensify the reader 's sympathy : [ 4 ] Paul had never risen from his little bed ( 1 ) . |
| 21 | Surely a recording for posterity ( as opposed to a one-off ‘ live ’ experience ) , should not merely satisfy the performer 's ego ( my ‘ Eroica ’ , my Heldenleben ) , but also the composer 's intentions s far as they can be reliably gathered from the original score . |
| 22 | This will have two major benefits : first , the amount of data transferred can be considerably reduced ; second , the presentation of any of the necessary information will greatly increase the designer 's ability to make a correct assessment of the design problem . |
| 23 | They point out that services need to be aware of carers ' histories and their responses to stress , and that retirement may not necessarily increase a person 's ability or willingness to become an informal carer . |
| 24 | However , if the GPs were to act as Health Maintenance Organizations ( HMOs ) and have a budget to cover the total care for their patients , a Type I system would give them considerable freedom of referral , but would not necessarily increase the patients ' freedom . |
| 25 | During the talks she emphasized the need for the European Communities ( EC ) to open up to Poland and the other countries of the Visegrad Three " Poland , Hungary and Czechoslovakia " and reiterated that a loan of ECU1,000 million to finance the Polish budget deficit would greatly help the country 's economy . |
| 26 | Do not necessarily accept the doctor 's word for this , you have your own duty to the client and the doctor may not have taken into account the importance of the case itself to the client 's best interest . |
| 27 | E The seller sells as beneficial owner but the transfer to the buyer shall expressly exclude the transferor 's liability under covenants for repair and decoration implied by s24(1) ( a ) of the Land Registration Act 1925 and contained in the registered lease . |
| 28 | The male domovoi traditionally lived by the front step and the female in the cellar , where she could best supervise the family 's food supply . |
| 29 | The horse that forgot about the tiger that lived in its lair at the bottom of the hill , or at any time disregarded the danger , would very soon become the tiger 's dinner , and so lack the opportunity to pass on to future generations its genes for a poor memory and a low threshold of fear . |
| 30 | A HARD-hitting TV advert will tonight spearhead the Government 's Christmas crackdown on drink-driving . |