Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are relatively few territorial sites , which the strongest male ruffs occupy ; these sites , called leks , tend to remain in the same place every year . |
| 2 | He said that the USA was " a Pacific nation and we intend to remain in the Pacific for the long haul " . |
| 3 | The introduction of lead-free petrol and the reduction of industrial emissions in North America and Europe is causing cleaner , and whiter , snow to fall in the Arctic . |
| 4 | Single specimens , even if very brightly coloured , tend to disappear in the shadows , whereas they will be more conspicuous planted in a block especially if supported by masses of healthy green foliage : ferns for a splash of colour . |
| 5 | The decreased total protein and amylase turnover rates are probably a result of a reduction in synthetic rates as the time taken for labelled total protein and amylase to appear in the duodenal juice was significantly longer in the the post-acute pancreatitis patients . |
| 6 | In general , the rules leading to higher rates of survival and reproduction tend to increase in the population . |
| 7 | The standards we bring to bear in the act of appraisal have their purchase precisely because the act , or artefact , or creation , or social institution is not fixed , but has a degree of mutability about it . |
| 8 | Their problem is their flower buds tend to swell in the winter and can be damaged by frost or winds . |
| 9 | Once you have formulated your idea of what you want to see in the future , then you need to focus on how you can get there . |
| 10 | It will certainly make you see how much you do not see , and then you can decide how much you want to see in the future . |
| 11 | Can you be more explicit about what it is you want to see in the North Yorkshire structure plan ? |
| 12 | You want to go in the tunnel ? |
| 13 | Want to go in the garden ? |
| 14 | I want to go in the garden . |
| 15 | Yeah and er , I said to Jane now I said now look before I go to Preston , I want to go in the pub |
| 16 | erm there 's two guys want to go in the Marines in mine anyway and so they 're paying erm , A levels of fifteen hundred quid for one of them . |
| 17 | Finally , decide which learning points you want to implement in the future and work out an action plan which covers : |
| 18 | Select the graphs and text charts you want to include in the screen show by dragging their icon over the screenshow icon — simple as that . |
| 19 | Alan Pretty , a team leader in personnel services at Lincolnshire SSD , believes it is very much a management move and is not for social workers who want to continue in the caring role . |
| 20 | Some want to invest in the island and get some kind of tourism going . ’ |
| 21 | If we are outside , we shall not enjoy the advantages of a single currency or have the investment in this country of those companies — our own and overseas firms — which want to invest in the core of Europe and enjoy full access to all that goes on in Europe . |
| 22 | Because I , I want to sit in the room where they 're both gon na be facing not sitting like an odd dog right . |
| 23 | But it is far from certain that all the fish in every corporate shoal want to swim in the same direction . |
| 24 | Well , I 've got , if you you just bear with me a moment , I still have one foot dragging in H one , but I thought we 'd got to the stage where in order to try and clarify thinking on the matter we ought to progress onto H two , erm , that just let me reveal the thinking , erm that , before I do that can I just say in terms of mechanics those of you who have just joined us for the first time , could you turn your name boards round so I can see them , thank you , and when you want to come in the normal practice is to put your name board on end , so it will attract our attention . |
| 25 | As the genes in question appear to work in the same way in mice and people it should be possible to develop ways of detecting the genes in people at risk and discovering methods of implanting cells with the normal genes or blocking the action of the defective genes . |
| 26 | Fight the flab with fat-burning aerobic dance which is another alternative for those who only want to shake in the right places . |
| 27 | ‘ Inmates want to work in the kitchen because it means they can be out of their cells for most of the day and can have a bit of extra food , ’ he says . |
| 28 | Geographers who want to work in the environmental sciences must be willing to learn the methods of these sciences , lest we lose the respect of our colleagues in such fields . |
| 29 | I was just commenting er , you know , we just want to work in the County of Lincolnshire , I presume . |
| 30 | argue for a preparation stage for all reading comprehension in which students should both predict what they expect to find in the discourse from |