Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She knows the kinds of places she likes to work , sleep and eat in , and will instinctively seek out the right type of office , hotel , or restaurant .
2 Recommendations were made that would eventually phase out the broad gauge .
3 Do n't entirely rule out the ultimate staging of a joint men 's and women 's event .
4 Better carry off an embarrassing situation with as much panache as she could muster .
5 Foucault thus does not merely set up an alternative history , but contends that that alternative is part of a displacement that is in the process of replacing the history that preceded it .
6 Your shopping receipts will suddenly take on a new significance !
7 Your shopping receipts will suddenly take on a new significance !
8 On the contrary , if the student body were to take its right to learn ( Lernfreiheit ) seriously , and were to be vigilant in seeing that it enjoyed the kinds of academic freedom I spelt out earlier , it would necessarily take on an assertive role .
9 ‘ The policy of peaceful coexistence … does not only hold back the revolutionary struggle , but promotes its upsurge … the might of the Soviet Union serves as a decisive obstacle in the way of imperialist plans for unleashing a new world war . ’
10 I can only pick up the linguistic crumbs .
11 Even then , they would only put in a brief appearance in puddings and cakes at Thanksgiving and Christmas .
12 I can only point out the immoral lifestyle that accompanied his profession and the evidence of spiritual deceit .
13 A sociology of the unconscious would not only point out the unintended consequences of social action , where these are grasped and comprehended in terms of conscious intentions which are then misunderstood , or reinterpreted , by other groups within the social relationships , and which result in outcomes which neither the original intender nor the others could have foreseen .
14 Another issue , which commentators are keen to see debated widely , is the question of whether the Institute can effectively carry out the dual roles of protecting the interests of both the public and its members .
15 I agree , and I hope Gloucestershire will eventually bring in a legal budget .
16 New occasions of conflict were now appearing and would eventually break up the long peace , and as this became clearer so did the essentially competitive nature of the European system .
17 It seems that many people , perhaps without even thinking about it , would rather do down the other player than cooperate with the other player to do down the banker .
18 In this way you will soon build up a comprehensive set of notes for revision .
19 We can thus build up a hierarchical data structure in storage , of fields of characters ( terminated by a word mark ) grouped together in items or records .
20 Almost — but I could just make out a narrow stretch half-way over where the water flowed smooth and fast with each swell .
21 Along it , Theodora could just make out a lone rider heading back to the stable .
22 Blanche could just make out a flabby shape in the back seat .
23 Robert could just make out a thin line of boys struggling through the trees at the edge of the horizon .
24 It even had a name , he could just make out the tiny print .
25 As he gazed out , down the enormous length of the ship , he could just make out the dark outline against the lighter sea , and the rectangular shapes of the deck-covered containers .
26 Between the ranks of bared heads ( one or another of which would occasionally turn to take a quick glance of inspection at his own face ) he could just make out the graceful figure of Mrs Wright herself , kneeling on a hassock in front of the table .
27 By peering hard in the same direction , I could just make out the faint flicker of a distant plane .
28 Yes , through the gloom she could just make out the dried-up fountain in the middle of it , and , straight ahead , the huge studded doors of a church .
29 He lifted his head and , in the semi-darkness , she could just make out the wry smile that touched the corners of his mouth .
30 Through the middle kitchen window he could just make out the open gate , the wooden ramp covering the steps and the first huge saddle-back sow ambling down into the yard .
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