Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It affects us directly — a balanced diet means we have the necessary energy to carry on living life to the full . |
| 2 | I find it difficult to understand how they are going to carry on experimental work at other depots that are n't really equipped to carry out experimental work , and so for that reason , I mean , there 's a great deal of concern that these cuts are n't rather more cosmetic that they 've been made out to be . |
| 3 | The University Labour Federation had been allowed to carry on active propaganda for Unity after being threatened with disaffiliation . |
| 4 | Certain restrictions on competition are allowed in co-operative R&D ventures , including an obligation not to carry on independent R&D in the same field as the cooperative venture ( or to enter into R&D agreements with third parties in the R&D field assigned to the joint venture ) , and the inclusion of limited territorial protection clauses restricting some of the production and marketing activities of other participants . |
| 5 | It is peat-coloured , and its gills both camouflage it by breaking up its outline and enable it to breathe in still water . |
| 6 | Now begin to breathe in white light ( or whatever colour feels appropriate ) until you are radiating light . |
| 7 | DEVELOPERS OFTEN TRY to wear down local opposition by continually resubmitting plans . |
| 8 | 4 After ½ mile reach signpost indicating Woodgate on right , and continue half left on well-trodden path signposted ‘ Sheepdip ’ to continue along main valley ( path blocked by fallen trees at time of writing but these are quite easy to scramble under ) . |
| 9 | The new format will make it easier for the person receiving it to pass on relevant information to members of staff with particular subject interests . |
| 10 | But as we know that MI5 taps telephones and keeps files on people simply to pass on political information to the government , one can assume that Kinnock 's call to Turnbull is not the only piece of politicised telephone tapping that goes on . |
| 11 | The move comes hard on the heels of growing pressure from the Government for banks and building societies to pass on recent rate cuts to home owners to get the economy moving . |
| 12 | Unions also opposed a further government emergency measure of June 26 , creating a new wage indexing mechanism , which could only be used twice in a year and which forbade employers to pass on increased wage costs to consumers through higher prices . |
| 13 | Then go through the replies again if any are marked with a cross , taking whatever action may be appropriate on each ( asking the seller 's conveyancers to provide a copy of a planning consent that your search has revealed , and telling your client that the drainage is combined with that of adjoining properties , or — this merely to pass on interesting information — that the house is in an area designated as one of special natural beauty or historical interest ) . |
| 14 | They demonstrate an urge to pass on revelatory experience which quite transcends the norms of ‘ musical ’ piano-playing . |
| 15 | Could this be the break that Virginia Bottomley is looking for in her battle to rein in public spending on health ? |
| 16 | Having noted the failure of the government to rein in public spending , the Fund set May 1990 for a further appraisal meeting to assess whether the estimated 1,000 million francs CFA could be released . |
| 17 | Similarly , the buyer will wish to know whether there are rights for services to pass over neighbouring land . |
| 18 | Al Jourgensen is seen wandering around the hotel foyer hugging a wooden duck , used to frighten off local wildlife . |
| 19 | Beginning as a Cossack revolt against government encroachment on their traditional liberties , the uprising rapidly attracted support from Old Believers , minority nationalities trying to shake off Russian colonization ( most notably the Bashkirs ) , serfs assigned to work in the mines and factories of the Urals , and tens of thousands of peasants . |
| 20 | As to its effect on Heather , struggling to shake off nervous depression and come to terms with her sister 's loss , that could only be imagined . |
| 21 | AN ACCORD aiming to shake off local government 's image of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing was signed in Essex yesterday . |
| 22 | This small country in Central America was one of the first to seize the opportunity to write off international debt by trading a commitment to large-scale national nature conservation , and that good start is being taken much further . |
| 23 | The government could also help Scottish consumers by agreeing to write off existing debt on water and sewerage to create equal conditions with English and Welsh water and sewerage arrangements . |
| 24 | That Bukharin was preparing for a struggle with Stalin at this point can not be doubted and he was attempting to drum up international support among other parties of the Comintern . |
| 25 | In any other sphere of life , when the demand for your product collapses for reasons entirely beyond your control , you do n't try to drum up new custom , you wind the business down and go into something more profitable ’ ‘ But there is a disturbing feeling about that something irreversible may be happening in the world and it is not to Britain 's advantage . |
| 26 | There are some cracking discount deals around at the moment as lenders attempt to drum up new business , but watch out as the headline interest rate does n't always tell the whole story . |
| 27 | England will play two friendlies in Sardinia , when they will hope to drum up local support , before their final warm-up against Tunisia on June 2 . |
| 28 | I shall raise the issue with my hon. Friend the Member for Wiltshire , North ( Mr. Needham ) , who is currently trying to drum up inward investment into Northern Ireland from north America . |
| 29 | Thus the company is uniquely placed to sum up current interest in alternative fuels for diesel and petrol engines . |
| 30 | ‘ Documenta ’ is not even an attempt to sum up contemporary art , but is an expression of very personal viewpoints . |