Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout the 1980s , it battled to achieve two crucial , strategic shifts : to reduce its dependence on bulk , low-margin , commodity chemicals which tend to swing wildly with the economic cycle — in favour of high value-added , high-margin ‘ effect ’ chemicals ; and to cut the share of sales accounted for by the UK . |
| 2 | Words about words tend to float off into a mysterious space of their own — though I hope most of those we have used have been firmly pinned down . |
| 3 | The fish tend to spawn all around the same time and pay attention to their own broods — equally the parents will see off any attempt by another pair to eat their brood . |
| 4 | Insurance defence lawyers , however , tend to concentrate more on the legal process and procedure . |
| 5 | Skills develop and change to compensate partially for the changing capacities . |
| 6 | Er if you want to go back to the same people . |
| 7 | You want to go out for a wee wee puss ? |
| 8 | A magnificent bookplate of 1899 with , on the male side ( left in picture ) , twelve quarterings , some of which appear to go back to the 13th century . |
| 9 | Androgyny was expect to go along with a broad , flexible and effective repertoire of behaviours , and well-adjusted emotions . |
| 10 | I think , John , I want to come back to the basic one , and that is , as a customer , if you 're handed what you think is an extended warranty to cover you for all sorts of things erm then you 're very disappointed if you find that most of the things that are going to go wrong with your car are excluded . |
| 11 | In terms of progressing or taking part in the discussion , can I suggest that if you want to come in on a particular item , you put your name board up like that , so that we can readily observe it er and equally , our friend who is looking after the microphones can make sure that the vol the volume of your microphone is turned up at the appropriate time . |
| 12 | If you want to find out about the better side of cruising catamarans , phone for details . |
| 13 | So what 's interesting here is that they seem to be having a conversation about un the university matters , the history department and so on but in fact there 's this kind of subtext going on here in which both of them want to find out about the other person 's children and both of them are being very mysterious and avoiding the question . |
| 14 | If you want to know more about the Aquarian electronic thermostat drop me a line at |
| 15 | However , I want to concentrate here on the technical work that the Faculty does on behalf , not only of its members , but of the Institute membership as a whole . |
| 16 | The basic assumption of geometric perspective is that although parallel lines never meet , they appear to do so at a vanishing point , on a distant backcloth . |
| 17 | I 've forgotten my troubles ; now I want to climb just for the good performance itself . |
| 18 | When it goes past I want to run over to the other side of the bridge , but there 's too much traffic to cross the road , so I just watch the trail of water it leaves behind . |
| 19 | Many women , through no fault of their own , appear to start off on the wrong foot . |
| 20 | However , the grouting can easily get discoloured and dirty-looking , so it might bc better to start off with a dark grouting from the beginning . |
| 21 | And then a rite of reconciliation for those who 've lapsed from church membership , or from the practice of their religion , and want to start again in a purposeful manner . |
| 22 | ‘ There are a few details I want to clear up with the other girls , ’ she told me . |
| 23 | Both Civic Forum and Solidarity want to hang on to the one-nation sense of anti-communism ( and anti-Sovietism ) . |
| 24 | A couple of miles down the road at London Irish they still want to hold on to the Irish connection , even if that leads to qualification by reading The Irish Times . |
| 25 | These appear to die off after a few weeks in the water , but this is not actually the case . |
| 26 | ‘ Unless you want to end up in the Mediterranean . ’ |
| 27 | BUSINESSMEN who want to get ahead in the 1990s should move into the soft drinks , fruit and vegetables or household insurance markets , according to a report published today . |
| 28 | But the Gypsies say they just want to get on with the local people . |
| 29 | But the Gypsies say they just want to get on with the local people . |
| 30 | However , the northern geometric deigns , again , appear to owe little to the latter . |