Example sentences of "[adv] be [verb] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This family was the second detected and our practice has since been modified to make a disclosure no sooner than 6 weeks . |
| 2 | Abnormal fibrous tissue overgrowth has long been known to affect a number of widely separate organ systems . |
| 3 | Defective cell adhesion has long been thought to play a part in the invasive and metastatic behaviour of neoplastic cells . |
| 4 | This can obviously be extended to allow a range of different sizes of operation code field , so that we can provide more operation codes for less secondary information ( such as operand fields ) in a fixed instruction length . |
| 5 | For them , all other things being equal , they will only be selected to make a sacrifice , where the benefit is twice the cost . |
| 6 | Sometimes , if elderly relatives are living at a distance , it is not possible to be certain , in spite of advice from us , and help from neighbours with the shopping , that they are eating properly , but if they can only be persuaded to drink a pint of milk every day and eat some fresh citrus fruit , wholemeal bread , cheese or eggs , margarine or butter and a bowl of bran cereal , we shall know that they can not come to any serious harm from a dietary point of view , even though a much more varied diet would be more suitable . |
| 7 | Deprived of a swim , Henrietta decided to wash her hair but the bathroom tap could only be persuaded to emit a trickle of dark brown water , after which it coughed , spluttered and ran dry . |
| 8 | Single people or couples living alone were encouraged to join a cookery pool , saving fuel by pooling rations and take it in turns to cook meals for other people in the group . |
| 9 | Skills learned in decommissioning AEA 's own facilities , at sites from Winfrith in Dorset to Dounreay in Scotland , have already been used to assist a number of pharmaceutical organisation in planning and implementing their own decommissioning operations . |
| 10 | Her musical career continues — she has just been asked to write a song for a new album by Belinda Carlisle . |
| 11 | Brosnan has just been asked to adorn a Birmingham building with his burnished , living metal . |
| 12 | He 'd just been trying to squeeze a split-shot on to his line and it had popped out of his fingers . |
| 13 | And although , as we saw , initial anxieties about another war were largely overcome by easy and painless victories , the start of the war can nevertheless be seen to mark a caesura in the development of the ‘ Hitler myth ’ . |
| 14 | You will normally be asked to pay a deposit for tools and equipment ( often in the form of a cheque which is returned to you when you-return the goods ) . |
| 15 | The retention will normally be released to satisfy a claim against the vendor . |
| 16 | ‘ But , ’ said Clumhach in one of his huge whispers , ‘ you get the feeling that you could easily be made to feel a fool by them , do n't you ? ’ |
| 17 | Jaq , for his part , wondered whether he too was merely an iota , or had genuinely been promoted to become a moulder of destiny . |
| 18 | Have you ever been tempted to put a couple of booby trap techniques in there on purpose , just to screw up the poor guy transcribing it ? |
| 19 | The Chief Executive will usually be invited to meet a Minister of the Department to discuss the report . |
| 20 | An appetitive CR must usually be expected to suffer a loss , therefore , when the context is changed . |
| 21 | Although a common seal may still be used to execute a document , a document signed by a director and the secretary , or by two directors , and expressed ( in whatever form of words ) to be executed by the company will have the same effect as if executed under the common seal of the company . |
| 22 | One may , after all , competently drive a car without understanding much about the principles of the internal combustion engine ; one may use a typewriter or a word-processor without being able to make or mend one ; one may quickly be taught to use a computer , and make simple programs without being a master of , or even a beginner in , computer science . |
| 23 | As I have already said , book knowledge should always be used to provide a starting-point . |
| 24 | Then come the children for whom the nightly forage produces not only improvised toys but anything which can conceivably be sold to raise a bit of cash . |
| 25 | Could we possibly be going to have a bridleway instead of a new cross-town route ? |
| 26 | The Vendor can not possibly be expected to have a view as to whether or not the Business is a party to any agreements which fall within these categories . |
| 27 | Chomsky ( 1957 : 100 ) goes even further , for he holds that to is a morpheme that " can hardly be said to have a meaning in any independent sense " . |
| 28 | It was a relief not to have to soothe and propitiate an experienced detective who could hardly be expected to welcome a commander from the new C1 squad intruding on his patch . |
| 29 | It was claimed that the population of these desert ascetics was equal to that of the Nile towns , but religious fervour can hardly be trusted to have a head for figures . |
| 30 | ‘ The most resistant and decisive discourse within modernism ’ , abstract painting , despite its coming-of age , is gradually being redefined to encompass a range of diverse media and approaches which are no longer limited to the strict confines of paint on canvas . |