Example sentences of "[to-vb] and [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The faster the heart beats the more rapidly we may be inclined to breathe and the more oxygen we take in . |
| 2 | In our opinion , in all three cases , a promise made by A to B in consideration of B doing or promising to do something which he is already bound to do should be enforced by the law , provided that in other respects such as legality and compatibility with public policy it is free from objection ; thus a promise in return for an agreement by a police authority to give precisely the amount of protection it was by law bound to give and no more should be unenforceable as being against public policy . |
| 3 | The hoax warnings , the bombs which fail to explode and the few which do are undoubtedly disrupting normal life , especially in London . |
| 4 | Only recently has the former begun to develop and the latter to redevelop . |
| 5 | It also epitomises the complexity of business decisions that top managers have to take and the many issues that have to be weighed in the balance before reaching a conclusion . |
| 6 | Job cuts are almost certain to follow and a former Dowty director has called it the worst day of his life . |