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 | At first the simple machines available could only detect down a few inches , and — amongst other operating difficulties — encounters with tufts of grass caused them to constantly give off false signals . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | Your shopping receipts will suddenly take on a new significance ! |
8 | Your shopping receipts will suddenly take on a new significance ! |
9 | 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 . |
10 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
11 | However , she could only get up a little way before she tumbled backwards , as the jar had a heavy glass base which proved impossible to overbalance . |
12 | I can only pick up the linguistic crumbs . |
13 | It was , therefore , with a certain displeasure , that I received , one Friday evening , Nigel 's announcement that he had been sent details of a converted mill in Wales and we 'd better drive up the next morning to take a look at it . |
14 | Even then , they would only put in a brief appearance in puddings and cakes at Thanksgiving and Christmas . |
15 | I can only point out the immoral lifestyle that accompanied his profession and the evidence of spiritual deceit . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | I agree , and I hope Gloucestershire will eventually bring in a legal budget . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | In this way you will soon build up a comprehensive set of notes for revision . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | Almost — but I could just make out a narrow stretch half-way over where the water flowed smooth and fast with each swell . |
24 | Along it , Theodora could just make out a lone rider heading back to the stable . |
25 | The drop down to half-moon Rhossili Bay below me was almost sheer , and the sea was striped with shimmering blue and white as endlessly long parallel lines of surf moved in slow motion towards the expanse of sand , on which I could just make out a few figures as tiny specks . |
26 | Blanche could just make out a flabby shape in the back seat . |
27 | Robert could just make out a thin line of boys struggling through the trees at the edge of the horizon . |
28 | It even had a name , he could just make out the tiny print . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | 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 . |