Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perceived discrepancy between behaviour and standard triggers change designed to reduce such discrepancy . |
| 2 | The language that has developed to express these ideas is becoming increasingly more difficult for those outside the immediate discussion to understand . |
| 3 | This approach emphasises that abuse is rare simply because the idea of a fiduciary relationship ( a relationship where there is a special duty of trust and care ) , and the consequent fiduciary law that has developed to protect this sort of relationship , would neither have evolved nor survived until today . |
| 4 | The Committee is sensitive to the concerns of local residents about the disruption they experience when major events take place at the stadium , and has undertaken to pursue all possible steps to maximise the use of public transport to take crowds to and from matches . |
| 5 | In Johannesburg , in South Africa , the white-run council has voted to allow all races to live together in the city . |
| 6 | Britain 's biggest teaching union , the NUT , has voted to boycott this year 's new curriculum schools tests . |
| 7 | Strangely , in writing off pop programmes as a lost cause , British TV seems to have ignored the example of MTV , which has come to define that genre across much of the world . |
| 8 | The voyage of HMS Beagle has come to eclipse those of the series of scientific voyages to which it belonged , because of the eminence of its naturalist-passenger . |
| 9 | The importance of ensuring a high turnout amongst E C nationals surely warrants something more than the complacency and drift that has come to characterise this government 's whole policy towards the European community . |
| 10 | ‘ I think the time has come to call this assignment over , ’ she said quietly . |
| 11 | Yes , the chicken and egg syndrome is interesting because and I agree it is a viscious circle , but in fact you do n't make new omelettes unless you do break some eggs , and I think the time has come to break some eggs and I think that 's what I 'm advocating is that it will come from the teacher because the teacher is the guiding light of what happens in the classroom , and if the teacher has it in the back of their mind there will be no science , then there will be no science . |
| 12 | Yes , the chicken and egg syndrome is interesting because and I agree it is a vicious circle , but in fact you do n't make new omelettes unless you do break some eggs , and I think the time has come to break some eggs and I think that 's what I 'm advocating is that it will come from the teacher because the teacher is the guiding light of what happens in the classroom , and if the teacher has it in the back of their mind there will be no science , then there will be no science . |
| 13 | It was not even ‘ love of life ’ — that is more like it , but the phrase has come to mean many things that could ( happily ) not be predicated of her . |
| 14 | Latterly the word ‘ harpy ’ has come to mean any person who is cruel or merciless , or who hungrily tries to appropriate the food or belongings of a weaker person . |
| 15 | The Russian occupation of Berlin in 1945 did not ‘ mean ’ the start of the cold war at the time , although , with hindsight , it has come to mean this . |
| 16 | At the same time the emergence of GCSE English has come to mean more than mere changes of emphasis at the upper end of secondary schools . |
| 17 | And I affirm that the time has come to express this truth in the life of the Church , and that is not going to go away . |
| 18 | I affirm that the time has come to express this truth in the life of the Church . |
| 19 | ‘ There was a time when I planned to live for ever , but the time has come to change those plans . ’ |
| 20 | I have no idea why it has come to bear that name . |
| 21 | So much so that I think the time has come to discard those tests which have proved so elusive . |
| 22 | Bureaucracy has come to have such enormous significance for government in communist states that some analysts claim that the whole political system warrants the epithet ‘ bureaucratic ’ . |
| 23 | Now I realise , with growing apprehension , that my fertile years will soon be over and that the time has come to make another choice . |
| 24 | Until now , though , we have glossed over descriptions of shot sizes , and the time has come to make these clearer . |
| 25 | ‘ Cynics say — cynics have already said — when your preaching is done , when your lofty words have gone with the wind , when the media has departed to tell another tale , the world will forget . |
| 26 | The success of the concept of franchising is self-evident as it has grown to encompass more and more business sectors . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , this wide-ranging set of inquiries does illustrate that the level of concern has risen to incorporate many of the lawyers ' traditional users and allies . |
| 28 | I wonder whether the Treasury Minister has applied to make such a statement , because this concerns the Treasury as well as the Department of Trade and Industry ? |
| 29 | Bob 's TV company , Planet 24 , has applied to convert another house , in Highgate , North London . |
| 30 | China has fiercely opposed the introduction of democracy to Hong Kong , and has threatened to reverse any moves in that direction made by Britain before 1997 . |