Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the therapist encouraged the couple to think of ways of being positive in their behaviour towards each other , Ann agreed to wear more attractive clothes , and Charles to show her more consideration and affection by praising her appearance , and expressing positive feelings towards her . |
| 2 | Nurses are admirably placed to carry out clinical research . |
| 3 | And so , from 1958 onwards , these characters became my dolls , and their way , of life and the houses they inhabited became so real to me that it was quite a shock when I occasionally returned to the place which had started it all , Wood Green , near Witney . |
| 4 | Consequently , in the limited time allotted , I will endeavour to emphasise how important such facilities and services are to the community . |
| 5 | A disabled woman in Wigan has won £10,000 damages from the council after it failed to carry out necessary adaptations to her home . |
| 6 | For many of these theories computational systems have been developed using very small lexicons that have been sanitised of ambiguity and dealing with a conveniently simple set of grammatical constructions . |
| 7 | They may also want to gather together other material to suit their own modifications and preferences , if any ( eg blackboard and copies of their own examples ) . |
| 8 | I think Mr what I would like to see , I do n't want to go too far into the history , but I would just like to be sure that er bearing in mind this complex history given on behalf of those you are representing , that the views you are putting forward are the er current views of the Parish Council as expressed in their formal minutes . |
| 9 | He does n't want to go too far down to the South . |
| 10 | He 'll want to see how important it is , make sure Cropper has n't been there … ’ |
| 11 | Lucker falls asleep after commenting that he does n't want to see how mini-cab drivers supplement their incomes . |
| 12 | Many commentaries without such an explicit and analytical statement , bewail the lack of political will , expertise or rational planning , without offering any explanation as to why these qualities frequently do not exist to carry out effective conservation . |
| 13 | For finance leases entered into after 11 April 1991 , the Inland Revenue 's statement of practice SP3/91 grants lessees tax deductions on the finance charges in the lease ( calculated in accordance with SSAP 21 ) and on the accounting depreciation charge on the asset ( calculated using generally accepted principles ) . |
| 14 | In addition , improved therapeutic agents with more specific and controlled effects on platelet metabolism may be developed allowing more effective intervention . |
| 15 | I am wondering , I suppose , although I hate to sound impossibly naïve , whether there might be anything in your religion , in your beliefs , or your understanding of belief , that might help me with this , that might help me to come to terms with it ? |
| 16 | What sorts of people tend to become politically active and who tend to remain relatively inert ? |
| 17 | However , even when legal principles are committed to one constitutional document , set out in legal codes or reiterated by judges over time , they tend to remain highly ambiguous and not worth the paper they are printed on until somebody — the judiciary — interprets and defers to them in their judgments , and somebody else — the executive — enforces those judgments . |
| 18 | Part of the problem is that most of us do n't know very much about mental illness and we tend to see very negative images around us and on television . |
| 19 | It is important that they should understand that they are not being examined to see how ignorant they are but that you are trying , with their help , to help them to become good spellers . |
| 20 | Indeed , I intend to remain very close to the development of the trust and to its inception on 1 April to ensure that all that has been promised will be delivered . |
| 21 | The therapist helped them to agree to carry out mutual tasks which were that they would spend one day out together during the next weekend and visit a friend together on another day during the week . |
| 22 | I do n't want to sound unduly negative , but I simply could n't see what there was to mourn . |
| 23 | I do n't want to sound overly possessive but , bloody hell , the Pentagon is my concern . ’ |
| 24 | I do n't want to sound too flame-eyed and low-blink-rate about it — and , all right , I know I 'm a real simp in many areas — but I 'd say I was way ahead of Tod on this basic question of human difference . |
| 25 | He did n't want to sound too eager and knowledgeable , but Bruno would n't believe him as a country bumpkin . |
| 26 | Why should we want to sound more professional ? |
| 27 | You may want to light up different parts of the garden at different times of the year as different plants and shrubs come into flower . |
| 28 | France has had seventeen constitutions since 1789 and , as the figure suggests , seems rather to enjoy drawing up new ones . |
| 29 | We took it in turns to see how close we could get . |
| 30 | MacDonald 's rescue plan for Norton involves bringing in new sources of finance , selling the German FUS subsidiary ( he says he 'll get £100,000 — Norton paid £8 million ) , and designing ( personally ) a new , lower-cost bike to replace the F1 . |