Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Organisations tend to emphasise the benefits of policies rather than their costs , looking at the objectives to be achieved rather than the resources available . |
| 2 | In explicating this model , managers tend to emphasise the goodness of relationships such as one would find in a happy family . |
| 3 | Check beforehand if you intend to wear a badge because , if the rules are being strictly interpreted , only a single national or association badge will be permitted . |
| 4 | From the waist-down I intend to wear a pair of blue jeans with the possible added attraction of whatever I manage to spill down them tonight in the pub . |
| 5 | Cooke said : ‘ You hate to lose a game like that , especially when it is so tight and when two decisions go against you in that manner . ’ |
| 6 | CFCs tend to inhibit the flow of infra-red radiation through the atmosphere ; and they help to catalyze the breakdown of the ozone layer . |
| 7 | Some dietary components , including vitamin C , tend to inhibit the reaction . ’ |
| 8 | Nevertheless , two factors tend to inhibit the use of private certification in many areas of health and safety . |
| 9 | In Chapter 14 we saw how moral hazard and adverse selection tend to inhibit the setting up of insurance markets to deal with risk . |
| 10 | The researchers intend to monitor the progress of cases through the various legal stages . |
| 11 | And if you intend to erect the garage yourself , you will of course receive comprehensive instructions that tell you where everything goes . |
| 12 | Also higher property transfer taxes and commision rates make selling a house a much less attractive option in Europe so people tend to treat a house as a long term home rather than as an investment . |
| 13 | ‘ Exclusive ’ fostering , where the foster-parents tend to treat the child rather as though he [ or she ] were their own or they had adopted him [ or her ] , is thought to be damaging to the child 's identity , as well as hindering restoration to the natural parents . |
| 14 | Herbal remedies tend to treat the symptoms , even if the actual cause is not known . |
| 15 | Such corporations tend to usurp the functions of local elected authorities which are simultaneously subjected to greater central control . |
| 16 | But I intend to drive the strategy that is already in place and leave my successor to drive it even further . ’ |
| 17 | With regard to what you owe me , I intend to cancel the debt . |
| 18 | In their enthusiasm to criticize economistic assumptions concerning utility , both works tend to overstress the autonomy of the features they assert . |
| 19 | ‘ Unbelievable ! ’ cried a media unused to hearing from singers who habitually hate to see the sun go down or sleep in hollow logs . |
| 20 | Father Hugh Mcaleese said : ‘ We are devastated , but we intend to restore the church to its former glory . |
| 21 | Negotiations are still continuing for other locomotives or unite to attend the event . |
| 22 | He swept his arms round to include every cranny of the well-stocked kitchen . |
| 23 | A more serious problem is the bias of the sources , which reflect the views of the ruling class rather than those of the rebels and therefore tend to paint a picture of disorder rather than to record the grievances which prompted the revolt . |
| 24 | Anne was right in saying that ‘ you tend to lose the origin of it ’ ; the origins are a long way from what remains , but it does not really matter . |
| 25 | You tend to lose the origins of it , but it 's a shame to let it go altogether . |
| 26 | ‘ You tend to lose the origins of it ’ , was what Anne Smith said about Bellerby Feast , but the observation could apply equally to a number of events whose origins are lost in the ‘ mists of time ’ . |
| 27 | Criticisms of the view of auditory deprivation ( Bench , 1979 ) and of bilingualism ( Arnold , 1982 ) tend to miss the point that language acquisition occurs through interaction . |
| 28 | Law of good continuity Then you tend to get things like closure where , instead of seeing four separated lines , you tend to see a square or a rectangle or whatever . |
| 29 | Right , yes , it is important you see is n't it ? , because one of things that happens also I think is , is that we tend to see a motorway and we tend to see a call one side it , and a call the other side , and work on the assumption that we can actually get across the motorway there , or under the motorway there , but sometimes you ca n't can you ? |
| 30 | Right , yes , it is important you see is n't it ? , because one of things that happens also I think is , is that we tend to see a motorway and we tend to see a call one side it , and a call the other side , and work on the assumption that we can actually get across the motorway there , or under the motorway there , but sometimes you ca n't can you ? |