Example sentences of "[coord] [to-vb] [adv prt] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were two options available at this stage — either to manually tag the corpus or to try out some automatic determination of the tags . |
| 2 | They have caused fear and suspicion and encouraged people to look for abuse where there is none , or to dress up actual sexual abuse of children with ‘ satanic ’ imputations . |
| 3 | There is a continual need to appraise existing techniques , to seek refinements and to search out new instrumental methods of examination which have more to offer in speed , accuracy or range of elements found . |
| 4 | The agency will also have powers to charge private companies for " permits to pollute " , and to carry out such environmental monitoring work as is required by law . |
| 5 | requiring the defendant to comply with the abatement or prohibition notice or otherwise abate the nuisance in a specified time , and to carry out any necessary works , |
| 6 | The many and varied attempts by governments both to take over foreign assets and to set up new state-owned businesses , have seldom been successful . |
| 7 | To establish how the advisors shall report on their activities to the investors , and to set out any other conditions which the investors may wish to establish . |
| 8 | Joint commitments were also given to promote human rights , to respect international law , to support an international summit on children , to protect the environment and to call on further international assistance to fight the spread of cholera and drug trafficking . |
| 9 | The same power has been used to control potentially unruly crowds going to football matches , and to turn back would-be picketing miners at some distance from the scene where they wished to express their displeasure . |
| 10 | And what I find interesting is that it 's the sheer vitality of the English sound — it 's not just the Liverpool sound , it 's the English sound — the vitality , the sensuality , the letting one 's hair down quality , that is exactly what the Continentals admired in Dunstable , and strangely enough in a way what Elgar 's got — this incredible sort of desire not to be over formal and to break down certain formal barriers which seems to be so characteristic of English music . |
| 11 | The aim of Kundalini Yoga is to intercept the normal oscillation of polarized life-energy by the practice of controlled breathing , and to close down these two channels forcing the life-energy into the Brahma Nadi , the hair-thin central duct situated within the Sushumna Kundalini . |
| 12 | Our intention has not been to present any firm typology so much as to indicate the possibilities for variations in visionary style , and to map out some important dimensions of visionary leadership . |