Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | They tend to fall within a broad category of exploitation , a genre characterised by a simplistic ethos of violent action . |
2 | They also have broad noses and sideways facing nostrils , and tend to sit in a hunched position when at rest . |
3 | The corollary is that if they eventually return to the UK , their foreign domicile will be retained until it can be ascertained that they intend to remain for an indefinite period . |
4 | It is the way we intend to proceed in a whole range of different market areas . ’ |
5 | Tubifex is collected by scooping up the mud patch containing the worms , and then washing the mud away to leave clean worms which tend to gather in a tight ball . |
6 | Rule-based parsers tend to work on a sentential basis which appears to be too much delay for users . |
7 | Here users tend to come from a wide variety of backgrounds , and press for an equally wide range of requirements . |
8 | Although both groups tend to appear as a limited disease , most cases being in stage I-IIE , the morphohistological subtype seems to be a decisive factor in dissemination , as only one case ( 5% ) of low grade/mixed grade compared with 20% of the patients with high grade were classified as stage IV . |
9 | Target-oriented programmes tend to concentrate on a small number of permanent or semi-permanent methods ( sterilisation or IUD ) to minimise dropout rates . |
10 | They can advise their clients [ customers ] on all aspects of the law although many tend to concentrate on a particular area . |
11 | They can advise their clients [ customers ] on all aspects of the law although many tend to concentrate on a particular area . |
12 | They can advise their clients [ customers ] on all aspects of the law although many tend to concentrate on a particular area . |
13 | They can advise their clients [ customers ] on all aspects of the law although many tend to concentrate on a particular area . |
14 | If they want to go for a longer period , a key worker would go out with them . ’ |
15 | ‘ If they want to go at a certain pace and not become a Top Five singles band you have to respect them for it . |
16 | I want to arrange for a commemorative postage stamp to be printed with my portrait on it . |
17 | By impacting with neighbouring particles they vibrate about a locus , and only appear to remain in a fixed position . |
18 | If you wait five years it gets slightly steeper so the force to you becomes that and so on and so forth , forty five fifty and you can see at fifty five if you want to retire at a certain age er what 's the age that you actually want to retire ? |
19 | Syllabus makers appear to suffer from a sad tendency to measure curriculum content by what is contained in the syllabus and textbooks rather than by what is , or what can be , absorbed by the learners . |
20 | Most agents prefer a term of about three years , whereas bands want to work on a yearly basis . |
21 | If we want to work at a high level of stress , however , anywhere near the potential strength of glass for instance , we must be prepared to keep the surface free from even the most microscopic cracks for , if even one crack is allowed to exceed the Griffith length , which may be only about a thousand Ångströms , catastrophic failure will occur . |
22 | These appear to relate to an earlier phase of ocean spreading during late Triassic times , and were carried to their present positions in nappes formed during the Cretaceous , as in eastern Europe . |
23 | There are members of the European parliament who s s support Strasbourg as a meeting place clearly , but the majority do not , the majority want to meet in a single city and in so doing the majority have accepted that there should be a new European parliament building in Brussels and that European parliament building now operates . |
24 | The scanner looks at different kinds of injury than the equipment which Darlington and North Tees health authority expect to receive from a national health department package announced two weeks ago . |
25 | If you are between 8 and 14 and want to participate in a dark journey of the imagination come to the VALLEY OF DOOM . |
26 | If you are between 8 and 14 and want to participate in a dark journey of the imagination come to the VALLEY OF DOOM . |
27 | If there is no-one close to home to talk to , or if you want to talk to an independent person about your worries , you could telephone ChildLine or Barnardo 's . |
28 | The crust and the immediately underlying mantle created above the asthenosphere in fact appear to behave as a semi-rigid layer called the lithosphere . |
29 | The forcefield is maximised and the dots appear to behave like a solar system , orbiting about their common centre of gravity . |
30 | These results indicate that index futures appear to conform to a general pattern of leptokurtosis . |