Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To acknowledge any such standard would be , in effect , to accept a principle that might lead to a lesser religious or other liberty , if not to a loss of freedom altogether to advance many of one 's spiritual ends . |
| 2 | These later evolved into tribes , and these in turn swelled in size and complexity eventually to become fully-fledged states . |
| 3 | Leave it in and twist small sections of hair together to achieve better curl formation . |
| 4 | ‘ We managed to keep a live feel to the record firstly by not using any click tracks ; we recorded drums and acoustic rhythm guitar together to start each song off . |
| 5 | So when we say we want the laws of physics perhaps to stay constant in time , when we observe these objects a long way away we 're observing the laws of physics as they were a long time ago . |
| 6 | Th there , there is a , there is a problem erm in that the invitation from Aida in this case to er issue a statement in general conformity erm confers on , on this committee the opportunity only to withhold that statement if there are elements of plan which significantly fall outside for one reason or other the , the terms of the structure plan and the points that have been mentioned in the er in paragraphs two point four to two point nine in , in er your officer 's views er are not such that the er plan is er unable to be afforded that statement of general conformity . |
| 7 | Craig Kendall , 12 , who suffers from a rare bone disease , grew his hair long to stop spiteful playground taunts . |
| 8 | The Court of Appeal held that as the main purpose of Mr Stark 's contract had merely been the regular and efficient distribution of newspapers and since there was no evidence he should personally engage in distribution , it followed that the contract was not a ‘ contract personally to execute any work or labour ’ and therefore Mrs Gunning was not employed under such a contract . |
| 9 | ‘ McIniff was blackguard enough to do that but you 'd think that at least he 'd be ashamed to tell it . ’ |
| 10 | What a diddy — and I just lit up a roll-up in a no-smoking carriage , but the woman opposite was kind enough to point this out to me , saving me further financial embarrassment and financial loss … now I know why tourists are regarded as idiots the world over , it 's because they are . |
| 11 | Approaching the lodging house it looks as if the old harridan has got a gang together to repel unwelcome boarders . |
| 12 | Next , Joan Oliphant-Fraser the Dame of Champagne and author of the book The Champagne Diet will discuss the benefits of drinking champagne daily to stay happy and healthy . |
| 13 | Finally , we will add a fourth part below to make complete four-part harmony . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | But Dawn Run was back alongside by the next fence only to suffer another reverse when clouting the fifth from home . |
| 16 | Kylie thinks she 's Lolita , Morrissey 's currently trying to ignore a hideous truth dark enough to match that of Dorian Gray , and Bob Geldof was Jesus Christ before breakfast . |
| 17 | But their colouring was identical ; white skin , black hair , eyes dark enough to look black beneath our artificial stars . |
| 18 | He was much respected for his knowledge of golf courses , but was a throwback to the days when caddies wore old macs or tweed overcoats , slept rough in the summer , and in October committed a misdemeanour mild enough to ensure six months in jail to see them through the winter and send them out sobered up and refreshed for the new golf season . |
| 19 | The signing of Tendulkar was described as a whitewash merely to cover racial bias . |
| 20 | We now had to grapple with problems of ethics , with questions of morality and of personal philosophy , as we tried to draw a simple police code of practice together to frame those new deviancies created in the 1960s by the Acts of Parliament relating to drug use . |
| 21 | Despite formidable predictions for the growth of low-alcohol ale when brewers imagined that the ‘ less is more ’ formula would apply to anything , no brand has yet provided momentum enough to sustain firm growth . |
| 22 | Welcome back:Speedway fans are making a last ditch attempt tonight to save one of the sport 's most influential clubs . |
| 23 | He suggested that , in the vast majority of cases , the procedure was accessible to unrepresented appellants ( though he did concede that they should receive assistance ) and that it would be undesirable to extend legal aid generally to cover such appeals ( Micklethwait , 1976 ) . |
| 24 | Other people can be motivated into activity year-in-year-out just to acquire more and more money . |
| 25 | It was taking all her powers of concentration just to keep warm . |
| 26 | I 'll have to get this on tape just to prove that |
| 27 | Any normal man would find it a pleasure just to sit still and look at her , drinking her in . |
| 28 | There was no intention ever to remove these , nor the few that were established on the central ridge dominating the West Bank . |
| 29 | She shrugged the cardigan aside to reveal red shoulder epaulettes . |
| 30 | SEVEN police officers charged after a demonstration at Mr Rupert Murdoch 's News International headquarters in Wapping , east London , won their attempt yesterday to halt criminal proceedings against them . |