Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As is often the case , some last-minute idea blossoms while what had seemed a brilliant solution and been pondered for ages falls quite flat . |
| 2 | Only after receiving assurances that the Emperor would neither be embarrassed nor be expected to apologize for atrocities committed by Japanese forces did Miyazawa consent to the visit . |
| 3 | For instance , the high rate of scientific and technological development in the field of semiconductors during the past two or three decades has meant that technological forecasting has become a crucial part of sales and market forecasting for companies manufacturing electronic and telecommunication products , computers etc . |
| 4 | but the mystery will remain for years to come . |
| 5 | Some people had to wait for parents to pick them up . |
| 6 | Luiza and Freddi have n't worked all winter , so feel they might just as well rent out their Salzburg apartment and come up here to wait for rehearsals to begin . |
| 7 | Male and female responses to the static models could have differed because crested auklet males tend to wait for females to approach , then aggressively reject unwanted partners , whereas females are more active in seeking out and approaching males ( although both sexes show either type of behaviour ) . |
| 8 | She said how convenient it would have been for her , instead of having to wait for chaps to go out and kill rabbits and deer and all that , and for the peasants to bring in the vegetables ; she 'd much rather have been able just to nip down to the shops and buy what she needed , when she needed it . |
| 9 | There is no need to wait for technologists to develop new , efficient equipment — you can already buy devices that will save energy and money . |
| 10 | Birth parents have to wait for adoptees to choose to contact them and may therefore experience feelings of desperation and anticipation around the time when the adoptee would be 18 years old . |
| 11 | Is now a good time to buy an annuity , or would it be better to wait for rates to go back up again ? |
| 12 | This was essential because if there is a possibility of obstruction developing it is inappropriate in this patient group to wait for symptoms to develop . |
| 13 | Judge McKinnon had been widely criticized for comments made during his hearing of a case of inciting racial hatred . |
| 14 | So he will talk up his investment tax credits and a break on capital gains tax for shares held in some small companies for at least five years . |
| 15 | Indeed , 85 per cent of architects questioned in 1985 felt that rules on competing for fees had no effect . |
| 16 | These changes in teaching approach have developed through teachers coming together to question and challenge their own and each others ' assumptions about mathematics learning and teaching . |
| 17 | But in recent years we noticed that some candidates were writing to us — or their employers were writing — to say that certificates had n't been received for modules completed one or more years previously . |
| 18 | Hand-knitted sweaters are hot fashion items this winter , and can be treasured for years to come . |
| 19 | The various theories of war have attempted to explain its incidence , scale and intensity in terms of such influences ; and in the case of modem war Marxist thinkers have distinguished between wars arising from imperialist rivalries , those resulting from conflicts between socialist and capitalist countries , and anti-colonial wars of liberation , while other social theorists have emphasized the strength of nationalism and the rivalry between nation states , pointing out that national interests may give rise to military confrontations and the use of armed force even among ‘ socialist ’ countries , as was the case in Hungary ( 1956 ) and Czechoslovakia ( 1968 ) , and briefly in the relations between the Soviet Union and China . |
| 20 | Whilst it is accepted that the department has done exceptionally well in getting every member of the school who does Art to provide themselves with pencils , rubbers and sketch pads , it is felt that the time is now right for the department to expand this and push for pupils to provide paints for themselves . |
| 21 | At the Gardner ten years later , two robbers disguised as police overpowered guards , handcuffed them , bound them with tape , and cut canvases from frames before escaping with thirteen works . |
| 22 | There are not going to be agents of the DES disguised as pupils planted in every classroom , and teachers , renowned for their creativity , can exercise some of it on discovering creative interpretations of the law . |
| 23 | In a separate adjudication yesterday , Boots was rebuked for claims made for its Farley 's Junior Milk , a formula it recommends for babies over six months old . |
| 24 | used to go , used to go for runs did n't he ? |
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