Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And with that he was gone to go where no other inventor has gone before … and no doubt to the top of the telly ratings . |
| 2 | Haksar 's argument that no violation of moral duty is involved in the practice of satyāgraha as distinct from the threat of coercion , however , fails to take into consideration the difficulties involved in regarding morality as an infallible guide to conduct or an absolute rule . |
| 3 | We phoned the chemist to find where the nearest and best doctor was when we moved to Preston . |
| 4 | If necessary the prosecution might call a vehicle examiner to give evidence where there is some technical failure of the handbrake such as a worn ratchet causing the brake lever to slip or a frayed cable which snapped under pressure . |
| 5 | Few disciples followed him , his purist rigour being unsuited to compromise or the political infighting which wracked the sectarian Left . |
| 6 | Foreign investors are beginning to worry that the Mexican peso is less solid than it looks . |
| 7 | All of this leads Fred and Beth to worry that the fatal combination of an explosion of ‘ free time ’ with a booming global market in consumer goods and leisure industries will spell the death of their great utopian dream that they have cherished for so long — individual self-realization , mutuality in work and levelling out of global economic inequalities . |
| 8 | Forward scouts came back to inform that the English might had reached Cheswick , a mere six miles to the south , and its vanguard would be before Berwick in a few hours . |
| 9 | Relaxation classes , acupuncture and hypnosis are other ways of emulating the nicotine high ; statistically , they are less likely to work than the real thing . |
| 10 | It provided that in civil or commercial matters a judicial authority of a Contracting State might , in conformity with the provisions of its legislation , communicate by letter rogatory with the competent authority of another Contracting State in order to request that the latter should , within its jurisdiction , effect either an examination ( un acte d'instruction ) or other judicial acts ( actes judiciaires ) . |
| 11 | The collapse of the Warsaw Pact has produced a new challenge which could be less costly to meet than the old one , but only if the right choices are made now . |
| 12 | With the single daily dose it may be more appropriate to assay the concentration eight or 12 hours after administration of the dose or to accept that a lower trough ( predose ) concentration may be more appropriate . |
| 13 | Likewise it is reasonable to accept that a rationalised religion must have a starting point that is based on acceptance of an unproved statement , provided that such a statement , if later proved to need modification , has not permitted the development of a religion that will collapse , if that vital primary premise comes into question . |
| 14 | So erm on on the basis on the assumption on the assumption that you 've put to me , then I would be prepared to accept that a hundred and twenty two hectares would be a reasonable level . |
| 15 | First and foremost , it is important to accept that a narrow employment-based focus is inadequate . |
| 16 | But I urge him to accept that a single currency , as my right hon. Friend the Member for Blaby ( Mr. Lawson ) made clear the other day , means a massive transfer of political and economic power to the centre . |
| 17 | ‘ Meaning ’ theists and ‘ meaning ’ atheists are able to accept that a common definition of ‘ God ’ can be found and the evidence for and against God 's existence duly weighed and argued over . |
| 18 | So would it be more realistic to accept that a voluntary system is doomed and legislate for compliance ? |
| 19 | And the Kremer result does not require us to accept that a pre-exposed stimulus inhibits a CR in the way that a CS- does . |
| 20 | You also need to accept that the perfect horse has not yet been born . |
| 21 | In this case the treatment team may have to accept that the best it can offer is long-term support and encouragement , with treatment sessions being non-contingent on repeats . |
| 22 | While welcoming my right hon. Friend 's reply , may I ask him to accept that the best training for Royal Navy reservists is with the regular Navy and will he give that priority in the coming operations for the Royal Naval Reserve ? |
| 23 | Vested interests were reluctant to accept that the typical diet was a cause of coronary heart disease , strokes and cancer , and that people should eat less fat , sugar and salt and more cereals , fruit and vegetables . |
| 24 | Such was the strength of feeling in the Lords that the Conservative Government was forced to accept that the existing councillors should remain in office until these authorities came to an end . |
| 25 | I think we had to accept that the first programmes were just to get the whole thing working really erm . |
| 26 | The experts have only to accept that the joint sessions also used groups of models kitted-out for each occasion by Rembrandt from his well stocked theatrical wardrobe and used them for painting as well as for drawing , to come to realize that their efforts over the last seventy years have been largely misdirected . |
| 27 | When in the fullness of immense periods of time , emerging man found that he needed a ‘ god ’ , and a logical conception of ‘ good ’ and ‘ evil ’ , he had no alternative but to accept that the countless millions of operations which make up the law of the ‘ survival of the fittest ’ , had necessarily to be designated either ‘ good ’ , if they furthered the cause , or completely disregarded if they did not . |
| 28 | The theologians ' determination to rest their faith on something more secure than history has made them more than willing , in many circumstances , to accept that the historical evidence of Jesus ' life is as patchy as the most sceptical secular historian says it is . |
| 29 | At the same time , we may have to accept that the National Curriculum finally forces us to address the question of how far the polarization of the discourse , and the adopting of classroom strategies which celebrate something called ‘ process ’ at the expense of content , may both stem in part from a posture of defensiveness in the face of the problem of the primary class teacher 's curriculum knowledge . |
| 30 | Without such explanation , of course , it makes it difficult to accept that the same things really are taking place in the different spheres . |