Example sentences of "[coord] [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The account of global politics that I have given here derives in part from such a paradigm , in which I emphasize the importance throughout the twentieth century of the opposition between capitalism and socialism , and more generally between those processes and policies which tend either to increase or to diminish inequality in its diverse forms , within societies and in the world as a whole . |
| 2 | The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust was established to administer the western portion , which includes a concentration of historic buildings , and to promote knowledge of its archaeological , historical and architectural significance . |
| 3 | It is an ideal way for less advantaged libraries to develop training programmes , and to acquire confidence in their own ability to plan and execute internal training . |
| 4 | Having grabbed the initiative , Washington brusquely rebuffed the USSR when , anxious to gain credit in the Middle East and to distract attention from its own armed intervention in Hungary , it proposed joint action with the USA against the Anglo-French operation . |
| 5 | This expands into a tendency for men to seek variety , to be adventurous and restless , and to prefer novelty in their daily lives . |
| 6 | This step was welcomed by the Cinematograph Times , which could not resist pointing out that ‘ much of the criticism directed against the art expressed in the cinema originates from the small class not yet accustomed to modern outlook ’ who assumes ‘ that no art can exist or progress that does not begin with their patronage ’ and ‘ who do not yet appreciate that the masses today are fully competent to judge and to give expression to their own tastes ’ . |
| 7 | Robyn pauses , to allow the racing pens to catch up with her discourse , and to give emphasis to her next sentence : |
| 8 | Mr Clinton seemed eager to heal wounds and to overcome dissatisfaction within his own party . |
| 9 | He had initiated the case in April 1992 , and in July a Florida juvenile court had ruled that , under the state 's constitution , he was entitled to sue his mother for neglect and to seek adoption by his foster parents . |
| 10 | The courses are intended to provide hotel and restaurant staff with the language necessary to answer clients ' queries and to supply information on their own initiative . |
| 11 | We are able to become objective observers of the patterns of play and to take pleasure in their endless variations on central themes . |
| 12 | The Abortion and National Health Service ( Family Planning ) Acts made conditions significantly easier for women to take advantage of increased social freedoms and to take control over their own sexuality , while the Sexual Offences Act ended a ten-year battle to decriminalize homosexual acts between men . |
| 13 | To seduce Dennis 's swinging wife had been a welcome compensation for my social and financial humiliations , but to lay siege to his frigid , guilt-stricken widow was a very different matter . |