Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The board turns well to start with but then I just head downwind . ’ |
| 2 | One version is shaped with grooves just inside the lips , into which plasterboard fits neatly to complete the arch shape . |
| 3 | ‘ We chose sponsorship through ActionAid because of the personal link with a child and the fact that the money goes directly to help the child 's family and village . |
| 4 | Professional preparation needs therefore to include an understanding of the role of language in human relationships and this should include non-verbal interaction . |
| 5 | Privatisation threatens if the Tories return to power ; their new-found enthusiasm for rail has still to find clear expression in funding priorities ; and commuter grousing continues unabated . |
| 6 | The 32-year-old Londoner has yet to secure a contract with the team for 1994 , and after finishing second to fellow Williams ' driver Alain Prost in yesterday 's opening qualifying session , said : ‘ I have had a fantastic opportunity with this team and I believe they will be the team to beat again next year . |
| 7 | What kind of slump is it when England 's most expensive striker has yet to go more than two games without a goal ? |
| 8 | The continued existence of financial boycotts , for example by the EC and the USA , attests to the fact that real change has yet to come . |
| 9 | And ordinary soldiers , writing to relatives from the Front in April 1940 , spoke naïvely of their belief that ‘ as long as we have the front soldier Adolf Hitler , there will be only loyalty , bravery , and justice for his people ’ , and that ‘ the most beautiful day in the life of our Führer has still to come ’ , the day on which ‘ all peoples have recovered their freedom , peace , and equality ’ . |
| 10 | Shell has yet to discuss a contract with Davis , but said : ‘ I have no problem with that . |
| 11 | Split rings enough to position along each vertical row of tape , and spaced according to the size of the finished pleat ( e.g. , every 20cm ( 8in ) for a 10cm ( 4in ) pleat ) . |
| 12 | It is a matter which Parliament has yet to debate . |
| 13 | A scheme to share the costs between insurers and taxpayers has been agreed to , but Parliament has yet to approve it . |
| 14 | They point out that Parliament has yet to approve the changes which would allow it to go ahead . |
| 15 | The user has also to construct a path through the relations thus setting up the linkages required at run time . |
| 16 | The options are provided in the menu : the user has only to select the option required by pressing the appropriate key ( following the question mark ) . |
| 17 | * the user has perhaps to budget for the cost of the item , and will wish to maximise the value for money he or she can obtain from the expenditure ; * the user has to cope with the consequences of late delivery , faulty products , breakdowns and servicing requirements ( etc ) ; * the user will be concerned with product reliability and supplier reputation . |
| 18 | But in other ways the recession has still to nibble , yet alone bite . |
| 19 | What a lack of self-confidence this implies : the present wants both to patronise the past by adjudicating on its political acceptability , and also to be flattered by it , to be patted on the back and told to keep up the good work . |
| 20 | It is for the HVS–E1 climber that the crag has most to offer though , and a short tour along the edge taking in the following climbs will not disappoint . |
| 21 | The Ministry of Agriculture , Forestry and Fisheries is expected to use its supercomputer for the rice genome project at the National Institute of Agrobiological Resources in Tsukuba , but the ministry has yet to reveal its plans . |
| 22 | A long , hard struggle lies ahead to convert the achievements of the intifada into real movement towards a diplomatic settlement . |
| 23 | A long , hard struggle lies ahead to convert the achievements of the intifada into real movement towards a diplomatic settlement . |
| 24 | Ndembu explain that the mukula here represents the wish of the tribal elders that the circumcision wounds should heal quickly and cleanly for , as they observe , the mukula gum coagulates rapidly to form what looks like a scab . |
| 25 | After Gersau the boat crosses diagonally to call at Treib , a pier beside a picturesque timber boatman 's cottage , adjacent to the bottom station of the funicular line that runs to the mountain terrace of Seelisberg . |
| 26 | The Malleny Park side has yet to decide on its final line-up but will relish the opportunity to end the season in a flourish at home and push themselves into third position . |
| 27 | Mr Levin says that the Time Warner-US West deal needs only to win ‘ some fairly minor approvals ’ from regulators . |
| 28 | Consultants will remain free to refer patients to a specialist in another hospital although the department has yet to decide the mechanism for payment . |
| 29 | If the old property has been sold but the employee has yet to complete buying the new , hotel and meal expenses may be payable for the employee and family in the new location . |
| 30 | Mathematics is a wonderful subject but the physicist has always to ask himself whether he is using those mathematical constructs which are truly appropriate to the way the world is . |