Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] [coord] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ten minutes to go and then … |
| 2 | For those who like a time check once in a while , it was now 9.30 hours to go and still counting down . |
| 3 | Ivanov was capable of using his considerable social skills to cultivate and subsequently exploit successfully the acquaintance of a susceptible person engaged in strategic work . |
| 4 | The long-term decline in the participation of older people , particularly older men , in the workforce can not be attributed to changes in the individual characteristics of older people themselves — their health , attitudes to work and so on . |
| 5 | They would be unable at times to concentrate or even to stay awake , It is very noticeable that Barratt required " as far as possible " the attendance of the children at school during the winter " when they are unemployed " . |
| 6 | On his death there were then no freehold estates to pass and therefore no liability to feudal dues . |
| 7 | They are , for example , given frequent opportunities to mate but only with mares . |
| 8 | They will make the models which include sheep , giraffes , elephants and rhinos , for craft and gift shops to sell but also hope to receive commissions for shop window displays and from firms wanting the models as promotional displays . |
| 9 | Where a defendant is tried before judge and jury , both have their roles to play and together they constitute the court of trial . |
| 10 | any way I got to the last one and it was two combinations combined together , so you 've got two separate combinations to do and then you 're to put those two together in with a different rule |
| 11 | A pathetic attempt to use proto-scientific methods to ascertain and then apprehend the transcendent . |
| 12 | The nip of alcohol causes the blood vessels to dilate and so warm the skin and make us comfortable in spite of being out in the cold . |
| 13 | Repeatedly the UK passed over opportunities to join or even lead the emerging European Common Market , now the European Community ( EC ) . |
| 14 | This means that these devices actually allow pregnancies to begin and then abort them , a notion out of line with biblical concepts . |
| 15 | As with Brian , and I hope myself , Terry worked on these areas to try and even off the rough edges . |
| 16 | Jackman upset seedings to qualify and convincingly beat the fourth-seeded Michelle Martin of Australia . |
| 17 | As I approached it I reached out my talons to land and perhaps the prey I was holding obscured the view for I should have seen sooner what had been put on top of the post by Men . |
| 18 | As agreed in August 1988 [ see pp. 36294-95 ] New Zealand and Australia on July 1 , 1990 , abolished all remaining barriers to trade and thus completed the closer economic relations ( CER ) agreement which provided for completely free trade in goods , services and other commercial dealings between the two countries . |
| 19 | She always had so many places to go and so many people who wanted to see her that he felt cruelly his own stolid boringness , and was not surprised that she did not spend more time with him . |
| 20 | Hooker Phil Kearns , at only 24 , is undoubtedly going to be around for many years to come and successfully led the Australian under-21 team to victory over New Zealand under 21 's four years ago . |
| 21 | The controversies and speculations will no doubt continue for many years to come and only the briefest notes will be given here to suggest some of the possibilities , without prejudice but also with realism . |
| 22 | We supposedly get a couple of days to recharge and then turn up refreshed here to shine and glitter on the first night while they 're wrecked . |
| 23 | Well-organised farmers with economic and political resources are frequently instrumental in getting their governments to organise and even partly fund conservation services , as in the predominantly German immigrant farmer community in Rio Grande de Sul of Brazil . |
| 24 | The lymph nodes are very painful and can take up to ten days to burst and then exude a thick yellow pus . |
| 25 | Commenced in 1898 the line took three years to build and finally was opened in May 1901 . |
| 26 | One way in which changing State ideology has been felt in the cities since 1979 is the determination of central governments to reduce and even eradicate public-sector policies and organizations . |
| 27 | EQUIPMENT : Trolls do not require weapons to fight but often carry a big club . |
| 28 | These gardens have taken many years to complete and now include a children 's Play area , a small lake with swans and fountains and a large sloping grassy area surrounded by trees and seats . |
| 29 | Well I do n't want to do that any more cos you 've got to wait three damn weeks nearly for the blasted things to come and then if they 're no good you 've got to send them back . |
| 30 | The phone costs a hundred and ninety nine pounds to install and then there 's a quarterly charge of about thirty pounds . |