Example sentences of "[vb base] [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or ( another possibility ) , one may judge one theme in scripture to be an organizing focus ( first stage ) , and then ( second stage ) bring that criterion to scripture , judging other themes to be of lesser importance or frankly wanting . |
| 2 | It was therefore inevitable that the BDA would sooner or later enlist professional help to raise money . |
| 3 | It 's grown into a different shape over the years , ’ she says of the abundance of jugs , pebbles , paintings ( almost all done by members of the family ) , china , and even animal skulls , which jostle each other to form displays everywhere you look . |
| 4 | The senior staff trust each other to keep the substance of these conversations confidential , and they are invariably frank . |
| 5 | We also recruit assistant stewardesses to work as telephone liaison between the passengers and the ship 's staff . |
| 6 | It is , he argues , not at all clear how you raise private savings to close the other kind of gap . |
| 7 | Several of the actresses make plucky attempts to inject it with a semblance of artistic integrity : proper name Diane Whitley is convincing as Karen , the girl who is the subject of the lovelorn quest , and Paula Wilcox , as the veteran competitor , has enough experience and talent to gauge the scale of this production and perform accordingly . |
| 8 | So make definite plans to deal with the fears that you can control . |
| 9 | Several , including ‘ After the Storm ’ , make direct references to landscape . |
| 10 | We had , we had bring some water to cool you down it was really hot that day |
| 11 | ‘ I vote we bring this meeting to order , ’ said Ginnie sharply . |
| 12 | Too frequent reliance on segat to avoid one 's responsibilities would , of course , eventually bring social pressure to bear : gossip , scolding , shaming , and so on . |
| 13 | Indeed , montage plays a crucial role in enriching the reader 's view of reality , for narrative units are arranged in such a way as to create an interplay , so that they bring fresh perspectives to bear on one another and are mutually illuminating . |
| 14 | This cemetery has been in existence since 1965 and is lovingly tended by regular visitors who often bring fresh flowers to mark the last resting place of a faithful friend . |
| 15 | Having completed your downwind leg , you now make another turn to bring the model back into wind . |
| 16 | Lay some stones to allow you to step in to the wheel to pick your herbs . |
| 17 | ‘ If the NIE shares offer a good premium , and I expect that they will , then people should be able to buy them , sell them quickly and make some money to buy into BT3 if they want . ’ |
| 18 | They all take issue , in a variety of different ways , with the classic theory of tragedy propounded in Aristotle 's Poetics ; They all , in the wake of Herder , make some attempt to relate the achievements of the Greek tragedians to the religious or social facts of Greek life ; and they all consider the dramas of Aeschylus , Sophocles and Euripides to form one of the summits of world literature . |
| 19 | Therefore , amend this clause to read : … at least [ 15 ] working days … to allow for pre-completion searches , etc as well . |
| 20 | The British had insisted that the Masai sell some cattle to pay for schools and clinics and — there was clearly a hint of blackmail — to contribute to the war effort . |
| 21 | Family make public appeal to help catch Richard 's killer . |
| 22 | If there is no wool available to them , cats with an urge to re-create the pleasures of sucking at the maternal nipple have been known to suck their own fur , sometimes their feet and sometimes the tips of their tails ; or they occasionally develop a fixation on their owner 's hair and make repeated attempts to suck on that , if they are given half a chance . |
| 23 | We want junior doctors to train , not to sleepwalk . |
| 24 | Absolutely , we all want want each other to do well do n't we ? |
| 25 | I want each song to have its own distinct personality , and that window is my chance to take the listener on a little ‘ Marty Trip ’ and let them listen to what I 'm trying to say in that particular song . |
| 26 | The expert will in most cases want each party to send him a written submission accompanied by copies of the documents referred to or relied on in the submission . |
| 27 | Alright , and I 'll talk about , well , the lesson finishes at twelve , so if you have about a quarter of an hour , twenty minutes on that , then what I want each group to have someone who will report back on what the group 's been talking about in the next twenty minutes or so . |
| 28 | Cut out each step more accurately along the line of the sloping path , to where you want each step to fall . |
| 29 | Does the Chancellor of the Exchequer realise that ability to pay must be the underlying and fundamental principle of any fair taxation policy ? |
| 30 | Er , and I expect that margin to continue rising and be much higher again next year , so the medicine is working there . |