Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing in soft conventionalism guarantees , or even promotes , the ideal of protected expectations , that past decisions will be relied on to justify collective force only so far as their authority and their terms are made uncontroversial by widely accepted conventions . |
| 2 | His brothers aged 8 and 10 , whose school was a long walk in the opposite direction , had to be relied on to take this responsibility when their father could not . |
| 3 | From time to time the Tanganyika government proposed excision of parts of Masailand for the use of other tribes , and Masai District Officers could be relied on to oppose these proposals . |
| 4 | But where there 's a will a bet ca n't be far behind and the local bookmakers can be relied on to provide ante-post prices the day before . |
| 5 | While direct participation in government by personnel from big business has characteristically declined in modern liberal democracies ( except in the USA ) , the state apparatus remains staffed overwhelmingly by strata of society who can be relied on to adopt pro-capitalist stances on economic and industrial issues — for example , members of professions , lawyers , accountants and farmers . |
| 6 | The son , apparently , claimed that the partnership had been formed expressly to prevent this happening . |
| 7 | As one rather disillusioned Protestant Unionist put it : ‘ they were a party who believed in their God given right to rule this country ’ and they were not about to give up that right , especially as they could see signs of regaining control of their own party . |
| 8 | Farmers given right to leave collective farms with allotment of land and equipment . |
| 9 | Remarkably , by the time the boy reached London , contrary to the general prognosis , the ulcer had healed sufficiently to avoid any major surgery . |
| 10 | This year 's Convention remembered the Doolittle Raiders an impressive collection of B–25 Mitchell bombers were gathered together to re-enact that historic first air attack ( April 18 , 1942 ) by US Forces on Japan , operating , as President Roosevelt called it , from Shangri La ! |
| 11 | What … has never taken place is an epistemological critique at the most fundamental level of the connection between the development of a historicism which has expanded and developed enough to include antithetical attitudes such as ideologies of Western imperialism and critiques of imperialism on the one hand , and on the other , the actual practice of imperialism by which the accumulation of territories and population , the control of economies , and the incorporation and homogenisation of histories are maintained . |
| 12 | For this reason , the Institute will restrict the examination to candidates who have been trained by holders of the Dip CITT. for a few years and then review the situation to see whether the professional structures have developed enough to sustain new entrants . |
| 13 | Some consist of a simple bowl with a lip , over which the water trickles , while others come in sections of varying lengths and shapes which can be joined together to form complex arrangements . |
| 14 | Eleven widths of 27 inches wide five frame Chlidema Wilton , Super Decorum quality woven in three ply 80/20 wool/nylon yarn , were joined together to make one large piece measuring 7.6 metres by 15.2 metres . |
| 15 | Furthermore , any number of metal components can be joined together to make complex shapes , leading to an almost limitless variety of products . |
| 16 | These were groups of people with a common bond who had joined together to make regular contributions into a pool from which they could borrow at low rates of interest . |
| 17 | Another close relative , acetylsalicylic acid , i.e. aspirin , was active only if it was broken down to release salicylic acid . |
| 18 | I feel I 've developed morally to become capable of things I could never have dreamed of before . |
| 19 | King Fahd was said to have intervened personally to warn Islamic radicals against any " excessive behaviour " , saying that " any recourse to any means other than peaceful dialogue is excluded " . |
| 20 | Ludwig is also the Emperor 's bodyguard and his mere presence has so far proven enough to discourage any attempts on the Emperor 's life . |
| 21 | They were intended merely to acquire enough western technical knowledge , particularly in military matters , to help strengthen the defensive powers of an empire increasingly threatened by European armies . |
| 22 | The use of a picture taken inside the Ministry of Sound club in our article on the drugs Ecstasy and Ketamine ( April 3 ) was intended merely to show young people in a club and was not intended to suggest that drugs are permitted or used at the Ministry of Sound . |
| 23 | So if this stands for this year 's output at a hundred percent fifty percent of it has to be added on to give next year 's . |
| 24 | no doubt you 've come down to watch some decent cricket . |
| 25 | Although originally based on the Greek ideal of Philosopher Kings , the mixture of academics , priests and the military actually led to decision making designed only to protect sectional interests . |
| 26 | From 1964 onwards US wheat prices were subsidized enough to undercut all comers on world markets . |
| 27 | With regard to the transfer of title in stolen art work , I would like to point out that Swiss law can not , in comparison with the majority of European legal systems , be considered especially to favour illegal transactions . |
| 28 | To overcome this difficulty , colleges and public libraries have grouped together to form inter-library loan schemes . |
| 29 | Of necessity , therefore , the larger , more sophisticated structures had to occupy whatever land was available , unless they were specifically imposed upon the plan by official action or were grouped together to form some sort of central focus within the layout . |
| 30 | The body segments of an insect are grouped together to form three usually well-defined regions or tagmata — the head , thorax and abdomen ( Fig . |