Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new office is open every weekday morning and most afternoons anyone intending to visit after 1.30pm should telephone first . |
| 2 | As for the 40% match-fee fine placed upon Pakistan for their slow over rate , this is little more than half of technically should have been applied , but Mr Hunte made certain allowances . |
| 3 | First , a star with a mass of roughly will end its cycle of thermonuclear burning with an iron core which is massive enough to collapse under its own gravitational self-attraction . |
| 4 | Some feedback now Jeff said okay he 's done this course before and he 's looking for feedback to see the level of his competence at this point , but everybody er I 'm sure you will agree by the end of tomorrow will have got feedback . |
| 5 | The grandson of today may have been the beloved teacher of centuries ago . |
| 6 | While the friend of today may become the foe of tomorrow and the friend of the day after that , there is another fundamental category opposition which lumps friends and foes together as " people like us " in contrast to strangers who are " people not like us " ; indeed they are not really people at all ! |
| 7 | Without the miniaturization that they bring , the powerful personal computer of today would have remained an impossibility . |
| 8 | The airlines of today would find it difficult to compete with the luxury of meal service on Luft Hansa in 1928 . |
| 9 | I expect young people of today would rate the fair rides of the early 1920 's quite tame affairs . |
| 10 | ‘ We do n't know yet whether the young players of today will have the same problems , ’ adds Sortland , who , despite the results , will not be advising children against taking up football . |
| 11 | It is always hoped that the point-to-pointers of today will become the National Hunt stars of tomorrow , but young horses will learn nothing if they are subjected to a bumping match every time they run . |
| 12 | I hope that he and his fellow enthusiasts of today will derive as much pleasure from looking back in 50 or 60 years ' time as I do from my battered old album . |
| 13 | Clearly the average ferreter of today could make no impression worth mentioning in that type of situation . |
| 14 | NOBODY who has seen the news on television of late can have remained unmoved by the harrowing pictures of the starvation that is afflicting parts of Africa , especially Ethiopia . |
| 15 | Anyone whose car has broken down in the middle of nowhere will appreciate the value of belonging to a motoring organisation that 'll come to the rescue at any time of the day or night . |
| 16 | It 's a compromise between the straight-ahead disco that guarantees a toehold in the charts — the retread of Never Can Say Goodbye is a rather cheap cash-in on the success of Do n't Leave Me This Way — and the more varied explorations where their hearts probably lie . |
| 17 | If both NL and LD , or if both EX and CS , are switched on ; only NL and EX respectively will show on the screen : both pairs of codes appear in the same places and NL and EX take priority if both are on . |
| 18 | Anyone wishing to know more about NEAR can visit the project team office at or telephone |
| 19 | The wind coming off the North Sea along here can skin your lips , even on a day when the sun appears to be shining . |
| 20 | Feelings and situations which some people cope with adequately can become quite unbearable for others . |
| 21 | Well for now let's go to another Charlton , soccer legend , Bobby Charlton , you heard him on Richard Rielly 's programme this afternoon , he 's coming to the area next Wednesday for the press launch of the Bobby Charlton Sports Day , which will be held at the Blackbird Ley 's leisure centre on the twenty fourth of April . |
| 22 | But the kind of things people write about now will say can we do anything about the export of live cattle ? |
| 23 | Furthermore , if the world responded with sanctions , an isolated regime potentially crumbling from within might attempt to forestall public discontent by blaming outside interference for the country 's travails . |
| 24 | Humid air permeating from below can cause condensation in the roof space , particularly where there is felt under the roof tiles , which can cause the timbers to rot . |
| 25 | Piatnitsky wrote , early in November : The united front from below must remain the basic form of the Communist united front tactics . |
| 26 | Er in actual fact it 's a ten year contract , you buy er a nine year annuity , and the first premium goes to the endowment when you put the money in so let's say we er put a thousand pounds in in the , the first year , and that fund 's on an , on an annual premium . |
| 27 | However , illumination from above will produce good specimens , though it is slow-growing . |
| 28 | You would probably both benefit in the long term by coming to such a compromise as interests and contacts from outside can save you both from the trapped feeling that a dependent relationship can bring about . |
| 29 | People coming in from outside will bring in dirt and dust and damp as a matter of course so it 's advisable to have both an outer and inner door mat . |
| 30 | Admittedly the difference between understanding from inside and explaining from outside will seem to be pretty thin , if beliefs and desires can appear in scientific explanations . |