Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neil Kinnock will be in his Islwyn constituency in South Wales where local Labour supporters expect to arrange a small party before he heads for London . |
| 2 | ‘ We want to avoid a major incident if we can possibly help it ! ’ |
| 3 | In practice processions appear to have a favoured place providing there is no actual obstruction , that they are peaceful and that police directions are observed ( see Hirst v. Chief Constable of West Yorks ( C.A. , 1986 ) ) . |
| 4 | Eddie Bleasdale , managing director of Bleasdale Computer Systems , sums up : ‘ We never want to become a big company because it is just not our scene . |
| 5 | ‘ Any developments towards integration should take this diversity into account and not seek to prescribe a uniform model when national differences do not compromise the objective of efficient and secure international settlement . ’ |
| 6 | Unless there are an appreciable number of genuine deaths from asthma in people aged over 65 this supports my belief that the annual number of deaths due to asthma nationally is nearer 500 than 2000 ( even allowing for some genuine deaths from asthma not certified as such and given that some areas such as West Cumbria and perhaps Hertfordshire seem to have a lower mortality than Norwich ) . |
| 7 | ‘ Drug barons frequently seem to have a sixth sense where the police are concerned . |
| 8 | Prepare it with your requisitions , whilst the title is still fresh in your mind and remember to make a third copy when you do n't act for your client 's mortgagee . |
| 9 | Try to see a given situation as it truly is when not enhanced by the torture inflicted by your imagination . |
| 10 | Active people tend to eat a lower-fat diet than non-exercisers . |
| 11 | These are generally either thermal or electrostatic units which tend to offer a cheaper solution than buying an interface and a good quality matrix printer but the results obtained tend to be less professional . |
| 12 | Its earliest singles had labels printed with gold ink ; these , too , tend to have a higher value than later equivalents printed in silver . |
| 13 | Such constitutions also tend to have a higher status than ordinary laws thus creating the need for a supreme body such as a supreme court with the power to declare laws passed in contravention of the constitution , invalid . |
| 14 | Cremation urns tend to have a greater volume than those accompanying inhumations predominantly in southern England . |
| 15 | Individual psychological adjustment studies , then , fail to provide a useful analysis because they do not locate the disabled person in a society which contains a whole set of beliefs , practices , and so on , surrounding disability , and fail to see the consequences of these practices as expressed in the psychology of the individual disabled person . |
| 16 | In contrast , case study materials aim to capture a real lesson as it happens in normal classroom conditions ( although it is never entirely normal to have a camera pointing at you while you go about your daily business . ) |
| 17 | Often the councillors are the same people who have gone to live in the pleasanter parts of rural England for peace and quiet , and they tend to take a dim view if local farmers apply for licences to run money-earning , but intrusive , leisure pursuits such as motor bike scrambling , model aeroplane clubs , clay pigeon shooting , go-carting and jet skiing . |
| 18 | But such organizations generally prefer to keep a low profile as they peddle Third World prostitution — hoping to attract the attention only of potential customers . |
| 19 | A HOSPITAL is giving its terminally-ill patients the advance choice to refuse resuscitation if they prefer to die a natural death once their heart stops beating . |
| 20 | ‘ Three , horses tend to make a considerable noise when they 're disturbed late at night , and four , if the stable lads did n't hear us every sentry in the bailey would . |
| 21 | Disk compressors tend to tell a few fibs when assessing how much hard disk space you 've got , hence the spurious figures |
| 22 | As I make my way through my lecture tours overseas I am frequently asked who was the best , and I have to evade a proper answer because each group had its Gibsons , but at different times . |
| 23 | — I have to find a new club as soon as i return from the USA and has spoken with Drillo , a tired-of-Leeds Frank say . |
| 24 | When you use this you are editing the event as you record it so you need to have a clear plan as to what you want to record and what you do n't . |
| 25 | That admin course is fantastic , a re er you know I was in this r building yesterday , and I can tell you , the attendance is good I mean they have to have a real reason before they do n't come . |
| 26 | Children also need to develop a specialised vocabulary so they are able to describe fully the features they find . |