Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Although some liaison takes place with the school 's link person , the DCSLs tend to perform these functions independently . |
| 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 | Even if , like Cox ( 1981 ) , they represent Hispanic , Native-American , Asian-American and Afro-American women 's experiences , they tend to treat these categories as equivalent , and ignore differences within them , which may be more important than differences between them . |
| 5 | I blush to admit it , but those of us who were born into the trade tend to disdain these crossovers as an inferior breed . |
| 6 | ‘ You mean you intend to continue this search ? ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Adults tend to lose this enzyme unless they continue taking cow 's milk and milk products from the time they are weaned onwards . |
| 10 | I think both principles remain given this system . |
| 11 | However , conventionally , which is not to say correctly , modes of social scientific explanation tend to see these elements as analytically separate orders of phenomena and , accordingly , data . |
| 12 | The duke and his close associates saw this small office as ‘ some mean to treat those folks who Club together and are disposed to believe that I 'm incompatible wt them ’ . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He has been a very high profile MP and the voters tend to like that sort of thing . ’ |
| 16 | To a large extent , however , Wright thinks people tend to refresh each other . |
| 17 | Advertise sell that hole and er just basically supply the tee markers free of charge . |
| 18 | ’ Yes sir , ’ the leader said , ’ we intend to interview that person before he leaves . |
| 19 | When does the Prime Minister intend to implement that part of the treaty in respect of Wales and Scotland ? |
| 20 | We tend to know each other pretty well , and to share a lot of things — goals , objectives , commitments . |
| 21 | ‘ And if you intend to come this way regularly wear more sensible shoes , ’ he added curtly . |
| 22 | I mean has any body ever actually asked you that question before ? |
| 23 | I only mean to preface this discussion of cultural difference with an awkward question : in the world we have , is it possible for us — any of us — not to have at least some inferior others ? |
| 24 | Such basic considerations , however , tend to provide more information about what was impossible than about what occurred , and their explanatory power is therefore limited . |
| 25 | The choice they make has all kinds of consequences — whether they 'll be up or down , whether they 'll be fit to drive or fit to live , and whether they are risking a criminal record . |
| 26 | So it 's important to notice that in many species and certainly in ours , although males need not as you say make any contribution apart from their genes in principle , in fact males are heavy investors in offspring , albeit indirectly , so that must be important must n't it and that must |
| 27 | We want to see such wastes dealt with to the highest possible standards in ways that are consistent with industrial economics . |
| 28 | And what 's more , we want to see that ice rink filled because it 's the greatest family sporting entertainment you could ever wish to see and with the crowd behind you it gives you that extra buzz . |
| 29 | A fast-growing proportion of young people go on to higher education ; and we want to see that proportion rise still further . |
| 30 | He was telling people how wonderful things would be in the future ; I want to see that future . |