Example sentences of "[coord] [vb -s] [art] [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.

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1 The government also orders , or turns a blind eye to , more violent methods of keeping opponents quiet .
2 When someone complains that he has a toothache , or attributes a similar condition to another person , what exactly is he saying ?
3 Whether one agrees , disagrees or maintains a neutral attitude to this technique is a matter of personal choice , but how one would respond to a professional call to administer this procedure is a different situation entirely .
4 It neither assumes a detailed medical knowledge nor adopts a patronising tone to those ‘ who should know better ; ’ the balance struck is admirable .
5 On the contrary , their vision , as Eisenman says , is ‘ violently apocalyptic ’ , and constitutes a theological corollary to the violent action for which the Zealots are held responsible .
6 Mike , born in 1938 , did his national service in the RAF ; after early retirement from a teaching career he devotes himself full-time to his lifelong interest in the organisational and OOB aspects of almost all periods of military and naval history , and offers a paid service to researchers in his field of interest .
7 The Foundation One course , held over two weekends , covers the nutritional principles of vegetarian cooking and offers a thorough introduction to wholefood ingredients .
8 You now know that local government is a satisfying career choice and offers an exciting challenge to the solicitor .
9 My son is immensely proud of them , and offers the following advice to gardeners worried about their technique : ‘ Growing pretty flowers is easy if you fill your wellies full of muddy stuff and squish it down a lot . ’
10 This view of our purpose prevents frustration at loss of ‘ role within the church ’ and encourages a fresh commitment to evangelism as a way of life .
11 This boot is slightly more flexible than the K-SB3 L GTX , is more generously sized and has a distinct curve to its sole .
12 ‘ The firm is very departmentalised and has a strong commitment to legal aid work .
13 Thus could a parent make a fairly reasonable answer which would acknowledge that the child is not silly , and has a perfect right to be treated in an adult way when he asks a serious question .
14 Each of our forces is autonomous and has a different approach to security .
15 Eau de Cologne mint is M.x piperita citrata , and has a purple tinge to the stems and dark green leaves , and purple runners .
16 The registered nurse tutor is involved in the education of the learner throughout training , and has a heavy commitment to teaching in the school of nursing .
17 Obviously this is highly selective , and has an uncertain relationship to non-documentary reality ; this might be called the problem of ‘ rose-tinted documentation ’ .
18 The town predates Richmond in Surrey , whatever the latter may say , and has an unshakeable claim to be the home of the ‘ sweet lass of Richmond Hill ’ , Frances I'Anson .
19 She brushes my hair behind my ears and holds the top bit to one side .
20 Dornford Lane itself has an extension which actually by-passes Woodstock to the east and joins the main road to Oxford ( A 34 ) further south at Begbroke .
21 Since the Judicature Act , just as much as before it , if A sells the property to C , who knows nothing of the trust , and transfers the legal ownership to him , B's rights to the property are destroyed ; he can only look to A for compensation for the breach of trust .
22 The pin is switched high by the Q output of a D-type flip-flop , IC3 , when D10 lights and passes a high input to the reset , pin 6 , of IC3 .
23 It is a late-maturing breed and bears a superficial resemblance to the Limousin , whose region is fairly close to that of the Parthenais , but it is larger , bulls standing at about 138cm and weighing on average 1,050kg , and cows 135cm and 775kg .
24 The cost of the call reduces the profit position when S < E and limits the maximum profit to E — C. On the other hand the potential unlimited loss on the short share when S> E is almost exactly offset by the potentially unlimited profit of the purchased call .
25 Lempel Ziv Welch algorithm ( LZW ) : this uses a larger coding space than necessary for the symbols to be transmitted , and allocates the extra codes to sequences of symbols which occur in the message .
26 A squat square chimney at Stone Edge , north-west of the village , marks the site of a lead-smelting mill established in the eighteenth century , and entertains a dubious claim to be the earliest industrial chimney in England .
27 The chapter on ‘ The Created God and Crime and Punishment ’ enlarges upon this , and introduces a new approach to the subject .
28 When sequences are similar the team will indicate their preferences so a rough cut can be made by the editor , who joins all the desired sequences together and cuts the whole thing to the exact time .
29 The selection of Dewi Morris ahead of Robert Jones is mystifying and exacerbates the potential problems to be experienced at half-back .
30 My survey departs from sociological tradition and takes a new approach to women 's domestic situation by looking at housework as a job and seeing it as work , analogous to any other kind of work in modern society .
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