Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The CEGB could rely on the Treasury to oppose the expenditure to reduce pollution which did most damage in remote Welsh hills , Scottish lochs and other countries . |
| 2 | But the family say they 'd rather stay in temporary digs . |
| 3 | So , the final stage in Darwin 's argumentation concerns how a species meeting those three criteria would eventually arise with prolonged isolation and divergence . |
| 4 | Under the 1975 Pensions Act , invalidity pensioners will eventually qualify for inflation-proofed earnings-related pensions . |
| 5 | They can not only compensate for declining liquor sales , but can even arrest and reverse that trend . |
| 6 | The right-wing ideologue Frederich Hayek wrote : ‘ Obligations can only exist towards known and identifiable individuals . |
| 7 | ‘ I could only think of stupid , unimportant questions . |
| 8 | Organisation development ‘ is a complex educational strategy intended to change the beliefs , attitudes , values and structure of organisations so that they can better adapt to new technologies , markets and challenges and to the dizzying rate of change itself . ’ |
| 9 | It could only make for bad blood between the Li clan and himself and shatter the age-old ties between their families . |
| 10 | He had lost none of his ability — it can not suddenly disappear without physical cause . |
| 11 | Almost fainting from lack of air , she could only answer in choked gasps . |
| 12 | No longer is the customer at the end of the line , nor does the supplier only relate to raw materials . |
| 13 | But statistics do not necessarily make for good intelligence . |
| 14 | Good science does not necessarily make for good philosophy . |
| 15 | THERE was an article in The Times the other day which said that good spelling did not necessarily make for good writing . |
| 16 | We can all think of other examples . |
| 17 | However , since the company itself can only act through human agents , a transaction carried out for the benefit of the company , will mean that those acting for it will be liable under the CSA 1985 . |
| 18 | Tracy has a thing I can only describe as Non-specific pain . |
| 19 | Yes , I , I 'd give you two , one is my favourite of all shrub roses which is Fantan la tour which has what one can only describe as loosened sort of shaggy shell pink flowers with the most exquisite perfume , it 's a , it 's an untidy flower like the old shrub roses really should be the best of them erm and a very pale shell pink , a wonderful variety , not particularly repeat flowering , relatively short flowering season but so wonderful when it is in flower and the other one , er she says she does n't like red , now is n't really red , it 's a very very deep reddish purple and it 's a variety called Tuscany Superb and I grow Tuscany Superb in my garden alongside er some fennel , a foliage fennel plant and the feathery fennel together with , almost the aniseed aroma of the fennel together with these deep deep purple flowers of Tuscany Superb is absolutely wonderful , it 's actually on the edge of my herb garden . |
| 20 | When Bill Koch 's latest boat , Kanza , halted Conner 's run of four wins , it was evident Conner can only win by superior sailing not superior speed . |
| 21 | What this meal means in real terms is a member does n't necessarily know for sure why they have lost . |
| 22 | Yet they can only survive in warm or temperate climes , and it would be to their advantage to grow bigger . |
| 23 | Until now historians believed that the woolly mammoths of that time could only survive in freezing conditions . |
| 24 | Brando is like a creature from a different world and time , a lumbering dinosaur who can perhaps only survive in post-modern MTV Hollywood as a kind of comic carnival turn . |
| 25 | Natural selection favours the habit in stickleback males because female sticklebacks will only mate with territorial males . |
| 26 | Then the hardy ‘ theme venue crawler ’ could literally fall into nearby Bertie 's . |
| 27 | Because of the size of the Recital Room , the Concert Halls could only appeal to limited groups of musicians . |
| 28 | Appeals If an Industrial Tribunal 's decision goes against you , you can only appeal in limited circumstances . |
| 29 | But his theme — that Labour would concentrate on supply-side deficiencies of the British economy -was one which would naturally appeal to non-political parents and teachers and to business people seeking literate and numerate employees . |
| 30 | He was n't sure that a god of any kind would make asides to the audience , let along speak in Middle English and quote Wordsworth . |