Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] [pron] [adj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As can be seen , the Dutch do more than hold their own in the strong German classes , even at this level . |
| 2 | Lucy Lane enjoyed the distinction of having convinced Wycliffe that a woman could more than hold her own in the serious crimes squad and not only in rape cases . |
| 3 | Which is probably better than getting them all at the same time . |
| 4 | We tend to think of the reptiles as somehow past their ‘ prime ’ , but it would be more accurate to say that they had been displaced from the top jobs in nature , while more than holding their own in the shop floor . |
| 5 | This means that you are seen by several people , individually , in succession , rather than facing them all as a group . |
| 6 | The eyes of the round and woeful moon closed sighingly for a moment , and Rosalba took a deep breath , as if setting herself afloat on the night in her white nightdress , irresistibly reminding Caterina again of the great orb sailing in the sky like a big soft round pillow . |
| 7 | Of the second here illustrated , the Moss Provence , Miller said that it had not long been known in London and the first time he saw it ‘ was in 1727 in the garden of Dr Boerhaave near Leyden who was so good as to give me one of the plants , but from where it came I could not learn . |
| 8 | When my brother looked through his new spectacles into the Cinemascope format of the wide mirror I saw that he gently let his lower jaw fall a little so as to give himself more of the thin-faced appearance of Hank R Marvin in Summer Holiday . |
| 9 | His duties were defined as being : ‘ to attend to the opening and closing , lighting and heating , dusting , washing out and general care of the premises ; the trimming of the ivy so as to keep it clear of the spouting and the roof ; the keeping of the borders tidy ; and the cleanliness of the WCs . |
| 10 | Such reformers usually saw themselves as making it possible for the Masai to survive as a race : getting obsessed with the Masai was not inherently a passive occupation . |
| 11 | Borrowing an idea from the fiercely competitive US market , ITN has made McDonald the sole anchorman but his role seems not so much to read the news as to make it simple for the viewer before the reporter fills the story out . |
| 12 | It is clear that what Bukharin had in mind here was that the ‘ town ’ must provide consumer goods and means of production to agriculture on such a scale as to make it worthwhile for the peasants to produce more than for their own immediate needs . |
| 13 | The provisions of paragraphs ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) above shall not apply so as to make it unlawful for a motor vehicle to be fitted with an instrument or apparatus other than a two-tone horn designed to emit a sound for the purpose of informing members of the public that goods are on the vehicle for sale . |
| 14 | It can not be the cheap medals and worthless trophies they hope to accumulate and the chances of making big money are so tiny as to make it untenable as a career . |
| 15 | The fear is that the police may have overmuch regard for public order considerations and impose such stringent conditions on holding the march as to make it ineffective as a form of protest . |
| 16 | In fact , benefits are so low as to make it difficult for a woman and her children to live on them , which puts pressure on her to find another male supporter . |
| 17 | The user creates the pages by manipulating this information so as to make it pleasing to the eye , informative , amusing , or whatever effect is required . |