Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It will be a pleasant change to do so . ’ |
| 2 | The research programme was thus to have a broad base to provide broadly applicable results . |
| 3 | Pulling over to the right lane to turn right down the Royston Bypass |
| 4 | When war broke out in 1914 , Harrison was sent to France to join the British Expeditionary Force and regarded this as a heaven-sent opportunity to move away from the subject of the venereal diseases . |
| 5 | If any wonder whether they made the right decision to come home and marry a British man , Dolly Howard who danced round the world had the wittiest appreciation of the difference between the continental men and the boys back home : |
| 6 | Another suggestion was that the electrolysis caused the liquid level to drop as more of the liquid turned into gas ; this exposed the top of the palladium above the liquid surface and gas began to leak out , releasing in a rush the considerable energy that had been stored with the trapped deuterium , sending the temperature up above the melting point ( 1554 degrees Celsius ) or even boiling at 3000 degrees . |
| 7 | had been given ample opportunity to respond constructively but had palpably failed to do so . |
| 8 | In other words , we must motivate our learner to think , and give her ample opportunity to do so . |
| 9 | You 've had ample opportunity to do so . |
| 10 | The US company Du Pont acknowledged the same day that it had exported to Iraq a special lubricant used for nuclear weapons but stressed that permission to do so had been granted by the US government in 1989 . |
| 11 | if they just bring one , I shall say well I 've got choice then to say well is this this week 's or last week 's , now I do n't want to give them that opportunity to say well she 's worrying about one week 's wages , I mean Jan could love that and that 's given him chance to bring er , whereas if it pops through the door , or he comes |
| 12 | We had the opportunity to make a fundamental change , and I could not believe that we would allow that opportunity to slip away . |
| 13 | I am so very very glad to have had that opportunity to help both Brian and SUSIE when they stayed that month with me — and only wish I saw more of her . |
| 14 | I resolved to take the first thing that came along and from that base to look further afield if need be . |
| 15 | A greenhouse offers an unparalleled opportunity to extend both the season of growing and variety of plants you can raise . |
| 16 | The complete freedom to work entirely in an individual way eludes most artists . |
| 17 | It seems that it was a hasty decision to take away the armoured car , which had become inseparable from the city 's history . |
| 18 | on that point er would the er minister indicate whether or not the British government supports the attitude of the French government because of course the British government at the time of the Edinburgh summit were wholly in favour of the agreement to require the European parliament to meet both in Brussels and in Strasbourg and therefore I assume that there 's an identity of interest between the British government and the French government on this question since the French government are maintaining their er opposition to the er six extra seats simply because they want to see a new parliament building constructed in Strasbourg , is that a position that the British government supports ? |
| 19 | These highly intelligent androids , perfect except for their total inability to think creatively , had devised a super robot which they intended should lead them . |
| 20 | But it would be wishful thinking to explain away all , or even most , of the increase as an artefact of recording changes . |
| 21 | He may be willing to use his new powers as executive president to brush aside resistance . |
| 22 | Royal icing takes a little practice to spread evenly and pipe , but the results are well worth the effort . |
| 23 | So I got a hundred and fifty pound to go there . |
| 24 | Cornelius made a vain attempt to do so . |
| 25 | I think where the dilemma emerges is in finding equity for an entity that may have had its balance sheet shot to hell in the recession but may now have a strong future to go forward on . |
| 26 | He made a half-hearted attempt to brush away my hand . |
| 27 | The most common error from the top of the backswing is for the right arm and shoulder to push forward , for the right side to unwind prematurely , and for the cut across , out-to-in action to be set . |
| 28 | ‘ So , yes , I would be prepared to resist any kind of armed attempt to take away the liberty which I have to determine my own way in the future . ’ |
| 29 | They may take a toasted sandwich to eat outside . |
| 30 | As a conscious exercise in boosting public morale at a difficult time there was a real danger of over-indulgence in wishful thinking ; it would be a cruel delusion to anticipate too many rabbits out of the hat , only to be fobbed off by the patter of the conjurer . |