Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of particular interest to the incentive field is that responsibility for the administration of the LINK initiative , under which support is provided to stimulate collaborative research in key areas of science and technology , will be passed to the Office of Science and Technology . |
| 2 | People who foresee airplane disasters before they happen are said to have this gift . |
| 3 | Most time was spent retrieving ill-considered casts from trees , hunting in long grass for flies , cracked off . |
| 4 | No environment we allow is equipped to observe such distinctions . |
| 5 | Now introverted people hate being asked to make instantaneous reactions . |
| 6 | We shall give Her Majesty 's inspectorate powers and duties and the number of staff that the chief inspector and I think are required to fulfil those roles . |
| 7 | It is matched only by the insistence of the anonymous reviewer of the TLS that in The Lord of the Rings all the good and bad sides do is try to kill each other , so that they can not be told apart : ‘ Morally there seems nothing to choose between them . ’ |
| 8 | Even at this stage conciliation is encouraged and the EAT is enabled to take such steps as it thinks fit to enable the parties to avail themselves of the opportunity for conciliation . |
| 9 | And that 's what you 've been wanting to say all evening , Merrill thought : a nice , discreet ‘ keep off ’ instruction . |
| 10 | Because the kind of earthly and human illustrations that I 've been trying to use this morning are all bound to fall short . |
| 11 | Now the enemy 's all deflated and dead , I feel like all my friends and all the artists were like little pygmies and we 've been trying to kill this elephant all these years with little arrows , and finally tonight … |
| 12 | I 've been trying to talk some sense into her . ’ |
| 13 | For the past three months I 've been trying to buy some SIMMS for my Mesh 386SX . |
| 14 | They 've been trying to find alternative berths for incoming cargoes and negotiating the release of ships waiting to sail on the night time . |
| 15 | I 've been trying to find loose stones again . |
| 16 | I 've been trying to ring all evening ! ’ |
| 17 | erm There always has been the situation since Derek Roberts retired , and in fact his post was put in the pollution section , where there was only one E H O , the agreement then that there would be a swap straight E H O for technician swap , but food had traditionally , as long as I 've been involved have three E H Os . |
| 18 | NALGO 's members , who are mostly women , are bitter that they 've been pushed to take industrial action . |
| 19 | I 've been dying to see Five Guys Named Moe — I hear it 's really brilliant — and also one called Blood Brothers . |
| 20 | You 've been dying to speak all night . |
| 21 | I 've been told to change these procedures to . |
| 22 | ‘ Now , I 'll get you that coffee — only before that there 's something I 've been waiting to do all day . ’ |
| 23 | The trouble is , we 've been having to spend more money on bribes lately . |
| 24 | HOUSEHOLDERS in north Belfast have been warned to take extra security measures following a spate of burglaries in the area . |
| 25 | Study at such world levels can now be achieved first because enough process data have been collected to allow some degree of national and world pattern to be discerned ; secondly because international cooperation has been initiated specifically to remedy the past deficiencies of data coverage ; and thirdly because the opportunities of remote sensing are now beginning to provide further clues to the world picture . |
| 26 | Christian deputies have been trying to obtain some form of timetable for a Syrian military withdrawal before accepting political reforms , but at their fifth meeting yesterday , the 62 MPs — half of them Christians — were persuaded to debate the future powers of a Christian Maronite president . |
| 27 | Harp Lager have been trying to attract English horses and although this is never easy I 'm sure that if the right money was available , then the barriers would come down . |
| 28 | We have been trying to breed Red Pandas for some time but they are very difficult . |
| 29 | Its purpose is to examine in detail the various experimental procedures that have been said to demonstrate acquired distinctiveness and to determine which generate reliable effects that are not to be explained away in other terms . |
| 30 | Two special fun days have been arranged to allow all Journal readers the chance to enjoy the delights of Britain 's number one theme park , Alton Towers , at a discount rate . |