Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Assuming that you decide that you wish to take things seriously and intend to acquire suitable equipment , you should look for a helicopter radio which has two idle-up systems , plus a throttle hold switch , with separate collective pitch adjustments on each . |
| 2 | People tend to invest more time deciding on a house purchase or what car to buy than deciding what to do with their lives and how to develop themselves . |
| 3 | The pivot row is determined by the PRS rule and it may be an explicit row , in which case we pivot as usual , or an implicit row , in which case we write down the complete row using ( 7.2 ) or ( 7.3 ) and pivot using this row . |
| 4 | ‘ You mean you intend to continue this search ? ’ |
| 5 | Many favour using massed war engines to rain doom down on the enemy , while others prefer fast-moving cavalry armies able to respond to any threat . |
| 6 | There would be times for tenderness , and one such time came later , in the aftermath of passion enriched by the knowledge of love , a bonus as they lay touching each other languidly and lovingly , luxuriating in the freedom of being able to express their feelings in this alternative way , confidently but without urgency . |
| 7 | Captive-bred Pretty Tetras , have a much more brighter colouration than wild-caught specimens , the latter of which tend to lose this brightness over a period of time when kept in an aquarium . |
| 8 | Adults tend to lose this enzyme unless they continue taking cow 's milk and milk products from the time they are weaned onwards . |
| 9 | I think both principles remain given this system . |
| 10 | You tend to see individual intervention . |
| 11 | Thirdly , they tend to see human behaviour as shaped by the system . |
| 12 | Psychologists tend to focus on behaviour as the expression of certain psychological propensities while sociologists tend to see human behaviour as shaped in its course by the social context of human life . |
| 13 | Such groups tend to wield greater power in conflict situations than their members , and indeed the very existence of the groups may be seen to anticipate and perpetuate conflict , to harden and formalise a set of attitudes and values that their individual members may not themselves have recognised or expressed . |
| 14 | Many commentators have suggested that non-manual workers enjoy considerable advantages in employment over their manual counterparts : they tend to enjoy more job security , work shorter hours , have longer holidays , more fringe benefits , and have greater promotion prospects ( Table 7 below illustrates some of these points ) . |
| 15 | If you quite enjoy a writer 's work , if you turn the page approvingly yet do n't mind being interrupted , then you tend to like that author unthinkingly . |
| 16 | He has been a very high profile MP and the voters tend to like that sort of thing . ’ |
| 17 | To a large extent , however , Wright thinks people tend to refresh each other . |
| 18 | To resolve the problem that most organisations have multiple networks that communicate using different network protocols , the multiprotocol networking software in Oracle7 is designed to enable any client computer to communicate with any server or group of server computers in the network , regardless of network protocol . |
| 19 | Example ( 126 ) , however , is perfectly normal English , as confirmed by the following contexts where make denotes unintentional causation : ( 127 ) Oops ! |
| 20 | Advertise sell that hole and er just basically supply the tee markers free of charge . |
| 21 | Duncan says ‘ the brute fact remains that democratic politics can not prevent the creation of remote , state-entrenched centres of power which tend to promote general apathy , cynicism , and ignorance about politics among the masses of the people ’ . |
| 22 | ’ Yes sir , ’ the leader said , ’ we intend to interview that person before he leaves . |
| 23 | This tendency to a kin-based preference in the distribution of associations naturally biases the distribution of ranks among group members so that close kin tend to acquire similar rank as their genetic elders . |
| 24 | Wars tend to prompt religious reawakening in a populace . |
| 25 | Africans unite to promote independent press |
| 26 | When does the Prime Minister intend to implement that part of the treaty in respect of Wales and Scotland ? |
| 27 | We tend to know each other pretty well , and to share a lot of things — goals , objectives , commitments . |
| 28 | These ties bear hardest on those who tend to accept moral responsibility for caring roles . |
| 29 | They are prepared to fund raise to provide new equipment . |
| 30 | ‘ And if you intend to come this way regularly wear more sensible shoes , ’ he added curtly . |