Example sentences of "[vb base] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we know that people disagree to some extent about the right principles of behaviour , so we distinguish that requirement from the different ( and weaker ) requirement that they act in important matters with integrity , that is , according to convictions that inform and shape their lives as a whole , rather than capriciously or whimsically . |
| 2 | The commission , headed by the historian Vojtech Mencl , would analyse the reason for the entry of troops and evaluate political developments in the country in the period to 1970 , requesting relevant material from the five Warsaw Pact countries involved . |
| 3 | I mean flipping talk about keeping it a secret ! |
| 4 | ‘ I hate that man for what he did to me . ’ |
| 5 | I hate that sort of stuff but it pays and money from that goes towards my travel and equipment costs . ’ |
| 6 | I hate that sort of stuff but it pays and money from that goes towards my travel and equipment costs . ’ |
| 7 | I could n't be an A&R man because I hate that side of the business . |
| 8 | in fact I might not even need to vacuum the floor , need I ? , if I pick that bit of paper up off there |
| 9 | The king and his nobles understood one another , shared common interests and ideals , and enjoyed the glory , prestige and profit that success in the common enterprise in France brought them . |
| 10 | However they will understand the difficulties of using such an unpredictable material as wood , and make due allowance for minor defects . |
| 11 | As the war proceeded , Iraq attempted to do the same to Iran 's terminals and bring Iranian exports to a halt . |
| 12 | But at the same time he totally disagrees with the way she has given the banks a free hand to put resources behind new ‘ non-industries ’ such as the service industries , and concentrate economic wealth in the south . |
| 13 | Whilst most of us , for example , can cope with having the occasional murderous thought about people we love , or work with , there are other people for whom such thoughts constitute a profound assault on their self-worth , and who must , therefore , either suffer that sense of worthlessness or involve themselves in an intense effort to deny or rationalize the thought . |
| 14 | Repeat eight times on each side , twice . |
| 15 | Some houses remain frail structures of cardboard and plywood , but most are the scenes of energetic activity : people bring loads of red-tile bricks , mix cement , fetch stone chips and sand . |
| 16 | that they 're really , they 're to arrest first and foremost , they 're , they 're to arrest the suspect , and bring that person before the er , judging magistrate , or the judge , whatever the case may be , and the , and has made , made out that it is a disadvantage therefore , if they are also expected to bring evidence , as , for the prosecution . |
| 17 | The house is empty — bring that brat with you if you must — and get a housekeeper , or a governess , or whatever 's needed for the rest . |
| 18 | The sum total of these relations of production constitutes the economic structure of society , the real foundation , on which rises a legal and political superstructure and to which correspond definite forms of social consciousness . |
| 19 | Trailing variegated nepetas are often sold with the bedding plants during summer at garden centres as they make admirable subjects for hanging baskets and window boxes . |
| 20 | The single judge may review decisions of the Registrar and make interim orders outside the Law Terms . |
| 21 | ‘ They stab each other with their banderillas . ’ |
| 22 | where 'd you want this , the post ? , that the , before they stab each other with it oh that sounds like he 's in the cooker is he |
| 23 | Socialists stab each other in the chest in broad daylight . |
| 24 | Ah well you eat that bit of toast , I 'll leave it there . |
| 25 | Eat that apple from the tree |
| 26 | It is precisely in order to make sounder legal and moral judgments , and to evaluate their cost , that we bring economic analysis to a problem like insider trading . ’ |
| 27 | In zoology , where again there seemed to be a former world of ‘ Dragons of the prime , That tare each other in their slime ’ in meaningless violence , the extinct animals could be seen as types of those now existing . |
| 28 | Dahl , 1954 , 1955 , 1987 ) ; however , the glacial survival of amphi-atlantic species such as Potamogeton epihydrus or Najas exilis ( as suggested by Harrison , 1948b ) or bryophytes such as Myurium hochstetteri , Leptodontium recurvifolium , or Campylopus shawii seems unlikely in view of reconstructed July mean temperatures during the last glacial maximum on St Kilda of 4°C and mean sea-surface temperatures around Rockall of 0–2°C ( Sutherland et al. , 1984 ) . |
| 29 | Resorts : Cortina is international jet set , glamour and glitz ; Cervinia , Courmayeur and neighbouring La Thuile have a wide range of intermediate pistes , Gresonnay and Champoluc , also in the Aosta Valley , make tranquil alternatives for adventurous Italian speaking beginners ; and where is the noisiest of them all ? |
| 30 | It is among several which fear possible closure within months unless the new assessment and funding procedures move up several gears . |