Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other members of the family are often important in at least stimulating an awareness of the possibilities of sport and , at most , actively encouraging the brother or sister to take up the sport . |
| 2 | There is a very basic hostel here , for serious , long-range walkers , and in summer you can hire horses or ponies to ride about on the surrounding , pine-covered hillsides . |
| 3 | There is no trim , mixture , flaps , prop control or gyros to worry about , so with a final tug at the harness , one can only glare balefully at the JAP again , decide that it has kept going thus far and may therefore be relied upon to continue doing so for a few minutes longer , and prepare to commit aviation . |
| 4 | He had lost his watch back in Victorian London and so had no clear idea of time ; it may have taken minutes or hours to get back to the hole in time . |
| 5 | Siraj-ud-Daula could not have been defeated — if that is the word for the collapse of his army — and destroyed if he had not alienated his subjects by being unreliable and vacillating , without any signs of charm or kindness to make up for it , but the decisive fact was that the British had fought him , while his subjects had only deserted him and waited to see who would win . |
| 6 | We will introduce a new grant , paid through TECs , to help employers , voluntary groups or schools to set up after-school care and holiday arrangements . |
| 7 | At the Manor today it 's been all quiet … the postman has delivered more applications … the board will meet either Friday or Saturday to draw up a shortlist … |
| 8 | At the Manor today it 's been all quiet … the postman has delivered more applications … the board will meet either Friday or Saturday to draw up a shortlist … |
| 9 | The Army had no capital ships or aircraft to worry about : manpower was its principal concern . |
| 10 | Tickets will also be valid for travel by normal service train from Bournemouth , Southampton and Basingstoke up to London for the special , and the return working will stop at Southampton & Basingstoke to set down . |
| 11 | He must n't give in ; he must n't allow temper or panic to take over ; he just must n't break , no matter how great the provocation . |
| 12 | To begin with , its uses are somewhat limited by its bland taste — even enthusiasts agree that it needs to absorb flavours in a recipe such as a stir-fry or casserole to draw out its best qualities : though arguably it has slightly more taste and texture than tofu , tempeh and TVP . |
| 13 | The new legislation included : ( i ) a law on private enterprise , which allowed individuals to start companies without restrictions on the numbers of employees ; ( ii ) a law on state enterprises , which allowed state-owned companies to offer shares to their workforces ; ( iii ) a law on shareholding , which allowed foreign individuals or companies to own up to 100 per cent of Czechoslovak-based companies ; ( iv ) a law on industrial relations , enshrining employee and trade-union rights ; and ( v ) provisions for the creation of industrial courts to settle commercial disputes . |
| 14 | Once in a while she allowed Gaston or Marius to drive over to Reine and take her back to one or other of their houses for Sunday lunch . |
| 15 | With a single currency in place , that could no more happen than the Government of the United Kingdom could today allow Wales or Scotland to go off and fight a war of its own . |
| 16 | English painters never did the same , clustering at Hastings or Margate or Eastbourne to gaze out at a grumpy , monotonous Channel . |
| 17 | Fees take months or years to come in , and quite a proportion are never recovered . |
| 18 | Frankly , I do n't think he has the moral power or courage to stand up to Dublin and take Dublin on . |
| 19 | If you find any , put them in a small box or jar to hatch out . |
| 20 | Or you could make it into a picture for a baby or toddler to hang on their bedroom wall . |
| 21 | I 've picked A minor ( or C major ) for our four examples , as this is a common key for jamming and there are no sharps or flats to worry about when reading the licks . |
| 22 | Gently slide your hands up the back of the skull as you allow his or head to come back down gently . |
| 23 | It can be equally disastrous for them and for others if they make a permanent arrangement on impulse and encourage a relative or friend to give up their own home and move in with them because they are under stress and feel that they may not be able to continue to live alone . |
| 24 | I then had a choice of going to either Cambridge or Stansted to take on fuel ready for the transit to the airshow the following day . |
| 25 | an opportunity to tackle a problem or task which they might not otherwise have the time or resources to take on ; |
| 26 | While the Duke of Richmond and a few others remained calm , seeing the essentially limited nature of the outbreaks , some landowners , like Sir Godfrey Webster , temporarily returned from exile , thoroughly enjoyed themselves galloping around the country at night with troops of dragoons or coastguards to hunt down troublemakers . |
| 27 | Here we have a co-production of mini-series ambitions , but without the necessary budget or pomposity to puff out to epic proportions . |
| 28 | Step-family life is multi-dimensional and multi-faceted , making it a complex arena for parents and children to live in , or practitioners to work in . |
| 29 | Southwestern Bell Corp and the Panasonic unit of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd have developed a new personal communication service but we all have to wait until next Tuesday or Wednesday to find out what the service will be . |
| 30 | No statements or admissions to go on , but only probability , only likelihood . |