Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adj] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He used language , the politician 's only weapon , to build a momentum for change sufficient to carry Labour to power on a modernising platform . |
| 2 | She had previously benefitted from a credit and loan scheme , but had been unable to continue due to lack of funds . |
| 3 | Unfortunately our present ante-natal teacher is unable to continue due to work and family commitments , but is more than happy to answer any ante-natal queries via the telephone . |
| 4 | The intermediary in the deal was Christoph Graf Douglas , head of Sotheby 's Germany , who pleaded strongly for the collection to remain intact in Germany . |
| 5 | A harsh edge can enter into the political discourse of this class , especially when respectability seems to go unrewarded by superiors and unrecognized by supposedly inferiors ( see Garrard , 1978 ) . |
| 6 | Marcus became gentler , moved to sit nearer to Patrick , ceased his exertions and , after gazing at Pat for some time , began to caress one of his hands , turning it about in his own hands and pressing it . |
| 7 | However , as discussed in Chapter 1 , a clause excluding liability for failure to perform due to circumstances beyond his control ( usually called a " force majeure " clause ) is considered reasonable both commercially , and for the purposes of s 3 of the UCTA . |
| 8 | In Fig. 2 , the reader should be able to confirm that for interest rates above Oi 1 , where the speculative demand for money is zero , the LM curve becomes vertical . |
| 9 | He paused briefly to confirm that with Mario Ortiz , a handsome jungle tour guide who tonight was in the early stages of a journey to explore oblivion . |
| 10 | I decided to go full-time with Arsenal . ’ |
| 11 | This socio-demographic complexity seems to foreshadow that of man . |
| 12 | How pleased she 'll be to see that in print . |
| 13 | And the home side 's innings continued to mirror that of England 's just over 24 hours earlier with John Emburey and the returning Jarvis picking up a wicket apiece to further England 's fightback . |
| 14 | If so , the conductivity of the rock at high pressures would be expected to mirror that of carbon . |
| 15 | I used to be frightened to fall asleep at night sometimes , afraid I 'd stick my head out from under the clothes while I was asleep and wake up to find my head in a dragon 's mouth , before I died . ’ |
| 16 | He was almost afraid to fall asleep in case he was pulled from his bed in the middle of the night and thrashed . |
| 17 | He had managed to fall asleep in spite of the lingering taste of the worm-cake in his mouth . |
| 18 | It was agreed to support nineteenth of June ninety four . |
| 19 | [ The UK ads ] have extended the brand franchise and we are now looking to replicate that in Europe . ’ |
| 20 | It was a wonderful experience , they entertained us at their home and took us to see some of Auckland 's wonderful sights . |
| 21 | However — with the loss of Jordanian sovereignty — until the United States accepts the Palestinian claim to sovereignty over the occupied territories , Resolution 242 is bound to remain bereft of meaning , since there is no US-recognized state to which the West Bank and Gaza can be returned . |
| 22 | Malta were unfortunate to lose 2-1 to Italy last December , but , with three defenders suspended this time , they could not repeat that performance . |
| 23 | But the result no longer has a bearing on the National Division Two relegation situation after Morley beat Newcastle Gosforth on Saturday to go clear of trouble , while West have forfeited the chance to go up to National Division One as champions , settling for second spot and promotion . |
| 24 | like you have to redo some of tiles but a lot of them . |
| 25 | It is interesting to compare this with Sylvia Plath 's poem about her own experience of pregnancy and child-bearing : |
| 26 | Further stages of investigation using this technique will be to simultaneously measure gastrointestinal motility using conventional manometric methods and to compare this with echo planar imaging as a validation of the imaging technique . |
| 27 | It was quicker to go direct to Jamaica Road and along through the railway arch to Bermondsey Market , but Nellie made the detour purposely . |
| 28 | I had to go direct from home to interview an important witness . |
| 29 | It is useful to confirm this in order to counter the popular idea that discrimination against older people arises entirely from the nature of old age . |
| 30 | A scheme designed to pay farmers to preserve some of England 's best landscapes has been inaugurated by Michael Heseltine , the Secretary of State for the Environment and John Gummer , the Minister of Agriculture . |