Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I feel that the weak point in the imagery is in the use of ‘ pathetic fallacy and this is clearly shown when Pip is about to meet his benefactor and there is a raging storm outside to show change |
| 2 | After a full day of sightseeing , it made it a pleasant change not to see the ground . |
| 3 | The evening was an enjoyable affair and it made a pleasant change not to have to leave Sally behind . |
| 4 | er er so what he 's done , he 's kept that money back to cover his self in case the tax say like they want twenty five percent . |
| 5 | Alternatively , any firm which has made a definite decision not to seek authorisation must ensure that it understands what constitutes investment business and , having established that it can refer clients to suitable authorised independent advisers , avoid further involvement like the plague . |
| 6 | But , despite his popularity and wealth of talent , Moss never won coveted World Drivers ' Championship and is , undoubtedly , the greatest driver never to have won the title . |
| 7 | There are also some useful and amusing guidelines in Darrell Huff 's perennial best-seller How to Lie with Statistics ( 1973 ) . |
| 8 | The cost of a range of goods and services remained unchanged , however , this list including medical supplies , petrol and electricity , and also coffee and vodka ( the controversial decision not to raise the vodka price was justified in terms of preventing an upsurge in illegal distillation , as had happened when the price had been raised during the anti-alcohol campaign started in 1985 — see p. 35844 ) . |
| 9 | The neo-classical assumption of an underlying tendency towards equality is , however , most hotly disputed by a school of thought which would argue , by contrast , that the very fact of uneven development at any one time creates further processes which make that inequality hard to counter . |
| 10 | like it you know , you , you can spend a lot of bloody money just to try and improve |
| 11 | ‘ The consequence of the combined decision not to recruit expert staff or to invest in extensive training could be considerable . |
| 12 | One interesting reaction was that in stating , for example , that science should be taught to all pupils in some form or other in the last two years of schooling for 10–20 per cent of the time ( in addition to a broad course up to age 13 years ) , the DES was implicitly committing itself to increased resources , in terms of teachers and facilities . |
| 13 | He had left the squalid little office that afternoon never to return . |
| 14 | The old Grenfell charm must have been working even under all that hair not to mention the scruffy beard . ’ |
| 15 | I am delighted that it has now decided to co-operate with the Government and solve a problem that I brought the regional affairs committee of the European Parliament over to look at 14 years ago . |
| 16 | Archie Moore , one of the finest light-heavyweights ever to step into the ring , was 39 years old before he finally got ( and seized ) his chance to win the world title in 1952 . |
| 17 | If Mellor can learn from that experience sufficiently to bring some soundly-constructed strategy to the review of the BBC 's charter in 1996 , then Major will have succeeded in the introduction of some long-termism , at least some medium-termism , in two areas that badly need it . |
| 18 | Place the dough on greased baking sheets , raising the edges of each piece slightly to contain the topping . |
| 19 | There you are , fifty pound again to start this one . |
| 20 | Fifty pound again to start it . |
| 21 | The archetype of faith is Abraham , who went out at God 's command though he did not know where he was going , and who was prepared at that command even to sacrifice his own son . |
| 22 | If the maintenance of confidentiality is of critical importance consider notifying members of the MAS department how to respond to telephone enquiries . |
| 23 | But the researchers also reported ‘ an irritating tendency for some Ugandan subjects not to answer questions directly . |
| 24 | To see that this is the case , annotate each term below to say whether it belongs to the typical register of the birthday card or the register of the legal contract ( even if you have never seen a legal contract you can probably do this ) . |
| 25 | Robyn could barely think , let alone string coherent words together to form an answer . |
| 26 | A foolish general might surround his Pump Wagon with friendly units only to see the machine crunch through his own lines in the first turn ! |
| 27 | He returned eight months later to sleep with her . |
| 28 | First Division strugglers County were trying to recoup most of the £225,000 they paid eight months ago to prise Wilson from Stamford Bridge . |
| 29 | Suzanne left school eight months ago to look for a job . |
| 30 | Local authorities did buy in places in voluntary and private Homes occasionally to meet the needs of clients referred to them , but this declined by 1980 . |