Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Claudia drifted back slowly to see Roman watching her with a closed expression that sent shivers running through her , banishing the ecstasy of his lovemaking . |
| 2 | The course is under constant review and is planned flexibly to enable tutors to respond to the needs of particular groups of students , but the following three paragraphs itemise some of the particular emphases given to language during the three years . |
| 3 | History students who appear to be confused about why they are studying the subject do little to encourage others to study it as a full GCSE subject or at an advanced level . |
| 4 | He went on to obtain plates centred on about 1300 selected areas scattered uniformly over 75 per cent of the whole sky , on which he was able to recognise some 44000 galaxies down to apparent magnitude about 20 . |
| 5 | The WID then went on to encourage women to increase their productivity and saw their poverty as a reflection on underdevelopment , and not a result of their social status . |
| 6 | His thin elbows and shoulder blades hit the sides of the cart at frequent intervals so that he would wake suddenly , only to fall back exhausted into a chaotically dream-filled sleep . |
| 7 | Much other printed ephemera can be picked up just as cheaply , a boon market for collectors sharp enough to spot history mirrored in the disposable scraps of everyday life . |
| 8 | If he had lived long enough to see Henry crowned king at Westminster he would have been able to carry out his plan of leaving Anjou to his second son Geoffrey . |
| 9 | The Homicide Act requires evidence that D was provoked to lose self-control : this is wide enough to include things said or done by persons other than the deceased , and acts done against persons other than D ( e.g. where D is provoked to kill someone who has just committed a sexual offence upon D 's son , daughter , wife , etc . ) . |
| 10 | This is the story of Okonkwo , the strong son of a feckless father who builds a position of respect and authority for himself in the tribe — only to see things fall apart as he is undermined by the arrival of whites . |
| 11 | Since the pioneering work of Henry Clifton Sorby ( 1851 ) , slices of rock ground thin enough to transmit light have been the staple material of sedimentary petrography . |
| 12 | She glanced down suddenly to see Kirsty looking up at her . |
| 13 | By the 1290s the priory 's financial base was secure enough to enable Eastry to invest in the local land market and , after the expulsion of the Jews , to acquire the former Jewish tenements in the city of Canterbury . |
| 14 | Although there is a certain administrative convenience and a clear saving in costs from trying to make policy rules explicit enough to enable firms to proceed without formal clearance , notification systems are an effective information-gathering process and they do enable policy-makers to respond flexibly to new developments in business practice . |
| 15 | Equally , if farmers are to be more subject to market forces , the planning system must be flexible and sensitive enough to enable farmers to diversify . |
| 16 | The second method is to use a waiting list so that only those whose condition is mild enough to enable care to continue at home will be admitted . |
| 17 | Another person died on the same day and at least eight people were hospitalized with bullet wounds after police had moved in to smash barricades erected by demonstrators at Pec . |
| 18 | The Olympus CUE range of image analysers is designed to offer " off the shelf " solutions to many requirements yet remains flexible enough to accept tailor made programming . |
| 19 | Either the five had to be willing to take these alone , or they had to yield somewhat to encourage France to return . |
| 20 | Alison Hillhouse , Scottish director of Action on Smoking and Health , said the 10p rise was not enough to encourage smokers to stop and deter youngsters from starting . |
| 21 | Alison Hillhouse , Scottish director of Action on Smoking and Health , said the 10p rise was not enough to encourage smokers to stop and deter youngsters from starting . |
| 22 | CHEESE AND TOMATO : Hard cheese is n't moist enough to encourage bugs to grow , and tomatoes are rarely contaminated from their greenhouses . |
| 23 | It remained now only to encourage Charlie to talk , and here there was no difficulty . |
| 24 | If , however , he were to arrive only to find Madeleine promised to someone else , he would have to suffer again those bitter pangs of regret he 'd endured before he came out to Blue Ash Farm . |
| 25 | I whipped the key out and turned to run through the Square only to find Shifty-Eyes standing blocking the pavement . |
| 26 | They had the most horrendous ten days waiting for the tests , only to find Richard had n't got it . |
| 27 | He washed and dressed quietly and stole into the kitchen , only to find Zelah making coffee . |
| 28 | My land is heavily stocked , and one acre of cereals is not enough to provide winter keep for cattle , sheep , poultry , and horses . |
| 29 | I was fortunate enough to obtain permission to go , but I had waited until arriving at Rizé before applying for it . |
| 30 | In a Vulcanian eruption , the ejected material comes in the form of solid blocks and highly-fragmented ash , and the explosions are often powerful enough to heave blocks weighing many tons clear of the crater while smaller ones may be thrown for a kilometre or more . |