Example sentences of "[to-vb] [verb] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This senseless slaughter takes place merely to try to catch a few extra tuna , and in fact the tuna caught through this method amounts to only about 5 per cent of the world 's total catch . |
| 2 | And you know if we were able to commit ourselves to two public , two meetings , three meetings of some sort in a year where we 're actually gon na do something and present some sort of front Par part of presenting some sort of front is to try to sell a few bits of pieces if we 're prepared to accept that we 're going to lose money . |
| 3 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : I am happy to try to answer a few more Hon. Member 's queries . |
| 4 | It may well have been the case that at this time , only a few months into the venture , the women were being paid much the same wage as boy apprentices at the same stage , and this would therefore explain why the delegate meeting decided merely to try to apply the same rule as , in theory at least , limited apprentices " numbers . |
| 5 | The village rector asked the mourners to try to show the same love that brought them to the service … |
| 6 | It may be that if Mr X enters into the guarantee the property can be purchased with perhaps the non-resident trust having to borrow to purchase the same . |
| 7 | Let us examine what lessons have been learned about RMI from existing sites and also what are the emerging issues that the service will need to tackle to make the most of the opportunities offered by RMI . |
| 8 | ’ They use the excuse that the shops , especially the ones selling really expensive designer gear are rich enough to be able to afford to lose a few clothes . |
| 9 | Since transmission is largely on a foal-to-foal basis it is good policy to avoid using the same paddocks for nursing mares and their foals in successive years . |
| 10 | I know that the organisations that help the homeless would be more than willing to co-operate with the Minister to help to identify the many places throughout the country where posters would be of greatest benefit to the homeless . |
| 11 | Unless the two men kidnapped yesterday are speedily released , it will be difficult for Michel Dufour , the chief ICRC delegate in Lebanon , to avoid taking the same decision once again . |
| 12 | Her owner claims she probably wants to exercise to shed a few ounces.Pets should be safe as Thumper s not been trained to hunt and she 's refused to be tempted down with titbits . |
| 13 | In a broader sense , people with a calm , positive and compassionate attitude to life are perhaps better equipped to help solve the many ecological , social and political problems facing the world today . |
| 14 | Erm , why 's that like that , they do n't tell you how to correct it , so often , you know , you do n't , you do n't know how to avoid making the same mistake next time . |
| 15 | On the one hand , there is certainly a resistance to change and to new ideas ; academics appear quite happy to continue teaching the same old syllabuses as if there had been no ‘ explosion ’ ( Dr P 's word ) in English studies ; at the same time , there is no resistance to allowing other people within the same department to teach quite different things to students , and to do quite different types of research . |
| 16 | There was no guarantee that districts gaining funds would continue to wish to buy the same quantity of complex and expensive treatments that the unit specialised in . |
| 17 | ‘ concluded that the submissions raised in it were not of sufficient substance to justify referring the same to the judiciary or altering the first review date . |
| 18 | This exemplary logic completed , it was another few breathless minutes before she found the necessary strength to contemplate walking the few feet to join Roman 's laughing , relaxed presence at the breakfast-table . |
| 19 | And the writer has to keep conjuring the feeling in him or herself , to keep it there , if he/she is to hope to do the same for the readers . |
| 20 | You 'll have to start doing a few jobs for me next week . |
| 21 | But do remember to make use of the facilities on offer — for example , you can use the Copy command to save typing the same or similar details . |
| 22 | Past mistakes are , of course , bygone , but for the sake of the next generation , we can ill afford to continue making the same mistakes over again . |
| 23 | It is possibly true , and though the challenges presented to the Western bishops on the nature of the Church ( Donatism ) and about grace and free will ( Pelagianism ) were serious enough , theological debate rarely seems to have aroused the same passions in the West as it did in the East . |
| 24 | I really enjoy watching boxing and try to get to see a few sports programmes every week . |
| 25 | It might sound dull to advise using the same pale colour for walls , floors and larger pieces of furniture but this treatment will make the most confined area seem lighter and airier and will make bulky objects like sofas , armchairs and beds recede into the background . |
| 26 | The removal of many thousands of large whales , especially the krill-feeding rorquals , from the Southern Ocean within a few decades is thought by some ecologists to have favoured the many other species , including fish , birds and seals , that feed on krill . |
| 27 | It makes no sense for two such complex systems of financial support to attempt to meet the same needs other than in the most exceptional circumstances . |
| 28 | Throughout Cecil was followed by a bobble-hatted man , who seemed to have forgotten the former party chairman was not standing in the election . |
| 29 | He seems to have occupied the same position with regard to other royal servants in Wales , men like John Donne , Hugh Huntley and John Milewater , who were associated with the duke on a commission of 6 January 1470 to enquire into rebellion in south Wales . |
| 30 | He seems to have occupied the same position with regard to other royal servants in Wales , men like John Donne , Hugh Huntley and John Milewater , who were associated with the duke on a commission of 6 January 1470 to enquire into rebellion in south Wales . |