Example sentences of "[coord] [to-vb] [indef pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From being a comprehensive Weltanschauung , in which there were to be found , according to Gramsci , all the elements that are needed for the construction of a new ‘ integral civilization ’ , it has come to be regarded by many thinkers as a much more limited and tentative body of thought , which is far from being able to predict , in any detail or with any certainty , the future development of society , or to offer anything but the roughest of guides to political action . |
| 2 | But Richard 's polite attempt to straighten himself and to give something like a slight bow made the damage to his lung rather worse . |
| 3 | The aim of this chapter is to explore the nature of RMI , and to understand something about the key elements ( information , cultural change ) . |
| 4 | This concept of individual timetables enables us to get away from the focus on the family or household as an undifferentiated unit , and to understand something of the complex patterns which evolve when individuals ' lives are woven together over the period of their lifetimes . |
| 5 | Like some of your more illustrious colleagues ( Ron Atkinson , Graham Taylor , etc. ) , you have a tendency to say a lot but to say nothing at the same time . |