Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] a [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nutritionists and doctors agree that the food we eat has an enormous amount to do with the way we look and feel . |
| 2 | Releasing her , he said , ‘ For someone who 's supposedly about to breathe her last , you appear to have an awful lot to say for yourself . |
| 3 | Far from talking of the plutonium problem , desperate Russian nuclear engineers , encouraged by the plutonium industry in France and Britain , want to begin a new programme to build fast reactors running on plutonium , undaunted by difficulties the West has had with such technology . |
| 4 | ‘ I hope to launch a public appeal to help them and to open a Post Office account . |
| 5 | I have already mentioned that right-handed pilots seem to have a natural tendency to turn left . |
| 6 | We intend to form a new consortium to continue this type of work in a bid to the EC under ESPRIT 111 . |
| 7 | Some people like to have a sharp canter to warm up for the steeplechase , I prefer not to . |
| 8 | But the situation was now so critical , and the time for restoring confidence so short , that , very reluctantly , I agreed that each Party must sink its political programme temporarily and combine to pursue an economic policy to save the nation from bankruptcy . |
| 9 | If you decide to use an active sentence to describe Figure 14 , you might create a frame such as ‘ The N V-ed the N with a N ’ : this is the right kind of frame for an active sentence with three nouns and a verb . |
| 10 | The row over Digital Equipment Corp 's decision to end manufacturing in Galway and try to find a new tenant to take over the manufacturing plant — which DEC owns , will not die down , and now the European Commission is to investigate Irish allegations that the UK government lured DEC into keeping its Ayr plant open at the expense of Galway : Commerce & Technology Minister Seamus Brennan , in Brussels for a meeting of European Community industry ministers , said Dublin had asked Competition Commissioner Karel van Miert to probe media reports that DEC had been offered inducements to keep the Ayr plant open — but no-one seems to have said just what these alleged inducements are ; the UK government on Friday denied the allegations , saying any assistance it might or might not have given would have been fully in accordance with Community rules , and invited Community auditors to ‘ come and look at the books any time ’ . |
| 11 | Stop whatever you are doing and try to find a quiet place to sit down . |
| 12 | If so , try to find a different position to suit you both . |
| 13 | Another little tip which I use gives a neat finish to front bands , which often are not level at top and/or bottom . |
| 14 | I think we really do need a well-known patron to get our work recognised , preferably somebody who loves Labradors ! |
| 15 | However , you do need a clear eye to pick up recurring patterns and themes in the room . |
| 16 | The criminal courts do possess a discretionary power to make compensation orders where a supplier is prosecuted to conviction in the case of personal injury loss or damage ( s35 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 as amended by s67 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 ) . |
| 17 | But those old ideas do take a long time to die . |
| 18 | You do take a long time to come out has not reached the non strikers and er , some said he had a little reading from who . |
| 19 | The effects on the body do take a little while to show themselves and sometimes there will be periods when you seem to take three steps forward and two backward . |
| 20 | The point we wish to make is that , even when these other factors are taken into account , decisions for which the courts are themselves directly responsible do have a major part to play in determining imprisonment rates . |
| 21 | However , all the Rottweiler clubs do have a National Council to oversee all affairs dealing with Rottweilers . |
| 22 | However , those in public relations do have a clear duty to consider the effects of their campaigns in the public sector for they operate with the powerful forces of media , information , social groups , and opinion formers . |
| 23 | ‘ But they do have a big country to govern . ’ |
| 24 | Pointes can and do have an enormous part to play in classical ballet because there are so many ways in which they can be used to give character and variety to a role . |
| 25 | They do have an inbuilt desire to lay down dominance over one another . |
| 26 | Which , very simply , means you agree to make a regular donation to Save the Children for four years or more . |
| 27 | Development banks tend to take a long time to evaluate a project and are likely to impose conditions such as putting out all construction and equipment contracts to competitive tender . |
| 28 | We 've developed a new design to make your selection of CompuAdd PC systems , peripherals and accessories all the easier . |
| 29 | ‘ You 've come a long way to do just that . ’ |
| 30 | I 've come a long way to make a reconciliation with him , and I do n't want interference from some snooty cocktail waitress . |