Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [adv prt] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ten days later , Falkenhayn was on the telephone himself , expressing the fear that the British were after all about to attempt a relief operation , ‘ and probably a landing attempt ’ It was hardly surprising that on April 17th Rupprecht — irritated and not keen to be involved in another of Falkenhayn 's half-measure offensives that he deplored — coolly declined his invitation to attack the British , pointing to the strong reinforcements now in the line . |
| 2 | And then they were gon na have cut most of that off to replace |
| 3 | So one of your responses would be to bring in the privatization card and put a lot of this out to tender ? |
| 4 | Without NFS support , environments with large numbers of Unix systems already using NFS will have to choose between changing all of these over to support DCE or being unable to integrate NT systems into these environments easily . |
| 5 | Lord Geraint , the former MP who has had a lifetime 's experience as a sheep farmer and dealer , warned however that there were many things to be done again to safeguard the interests of those about to start farming . |
| 6 | An absence of information to aid the identification of those about to face a stressful event who would as a consequence be particularly susceptible to psychiatric disorder is obviously a good enough reason for not considering preventive intervention . |
| 7 | Education was encouraged by the General Education Act of 1870 ; and made compulsory in 1876 up to age 10 and to age 14 according to the Act of 1880 . |
| 8 | SCOTLAND 'S Johnny Kemp hit back from 3–0 down to beat Thomas Ang of Singapore 5–4 and reach the semi-finals of the World Amateur Snooker Championship in Malta . |
| 9 | The 28-year-old Merseysider battled back from 2-0 down to finish a 5-3 victor over Thailand 's James Wattana . |
| 10 | Shurin , who beat world number five Neal Foulds 4-1 in the last round , came from 2-0 down to lead 3-2 and 4-3 . |
| 11 | United came back from 2-0 down to beat Torquay — 3 cheers for them . |
| 12 | On Saturday he fought back from 3-0 down to defeat Steve Davis in a thrilling semi final . |
| 13 | The Australians looked to be heading out of the championship when New Zealand 's Peter Belliss and Gary Lawson took the opening set 7-1 and then recovered from 0-6 down to add the second 7-6 . |
| 14 | The second set unfolded in much the same way , with the Herts player — who recently scored another major success when he beat the nationally-ranked Neil Dyson in a county friendly — rally from 4–5 down to hold his serve and make it all-square , before breaking Ainley 's service in the following set to go 6–5 ahead . |
| 15 | STEVE DAVIS drew level with Stephen Hendry at the top of the Matchroom League when he came from 3–2 down to beat Tony Drago , of Malta , 5–3 at the Dome in Doncaster . |
| 16 | Earlier , Price came from 3-1 down to beat last year 's runner-up , Mark Johnston-Allan , 5-3. 930219 |
| 17 | The late and lovely Ronnie Peterson , one of the sport 's true gentlemen , and in 1976 about to become , after a disastrous season , Mario 's team-mate , said laconically that Chapman 's creation of ‘ marginal ’ cars — that is , of cars stripped of weight and precaution — was ‘ something you just had to accept ’ . |
| 18 | He and Andrew Wills were fully tested in their quarter-final by Dennis Baker and former international John Wennington , from Thornaby , who clawed their way back from 17–11 down to level at 18–18 . |
| 19 | Alongside him , Chris Bryan also staged a marvellous late recovery , coming back from 14–11 down to win 21–16 . |
| 20 | Foulds came back from 4-0 down to take the match into a decider . |
| 21 | Foulds came back from 4-0 down to take the match into a decider . |
| 22 | In answer to a common question from those about to embark on the F-Plan : No , it is not necessary to exercise in order to shed weight . |
| 23 | Willie Thorne came from 3-2 down to beat Jimmy Michie 5-3. — PA |
| 24 | The other semi-final saw Newtownabbey side Palm Grove come from 5–3 down to snatch a first leg 7–5 win over Ballynahinch side Montalto Rangers . |
| 25 | An air of anticipation was less familiar , but Halifax exceeded all expectations by mounting a thrilling recovery , coming back from 16-4 down to earn a replay . |
| 26 | The East Lothian man took the third set 7-1 , came from 1-4 down to take the next 7-4 and then opened the decider with three singles . |
| 27 | He came back from four down to halve with Paul Neverton , who plays off scratch . |
| 28 | Indeed , the understrength Lithuanians , who had fought back from two down to get their first Group Three point in Belfast , could have inflicted similar embarrassment on the Republic . |
| 29 | Birch hit back from 3–1 down to level at 3–3 against the Cue Masters star but scored only 21 points in the final two frames . |
| 30 | Ownership is not available only to those about to raise their own mortgage or for those whose parents are able to do so for them |