Example sentences of "[vb infin] [art] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | to extract and expound the most ordinary beliefs about the constitution of the world as pictured in the Elizabethan age and through this exposition to help the ordinary reader to understand and to enjoy the great writers of the age . |
| 2 | Reviewing our resources , we 've decided to try and influence the relatively large number of people who need something beyond simply factual material about green issues . |
| 3 | It 's good name for a band whose musical roots extend backwards and sideways through parents , grandparents , aunts and uncles in a maze that would throw the most diligent researcher . |
| 4 | Coverage of sport certainly helped popularize the otherwise earnest BBC . |
| 5 | Fenella Fielding , for instance , could contrast the sometimes obsessive manic figure of Pieces Of Eight with the more relaxed co-star in films like Carry On Regardless ( she played a woman in search of a male baby-sitter who could take her to bed ) and Carry On Screaming ( a velvet-clad vamp ) . |
| 6 | With these we may compare the more primitive diagrams of reactions set out in an earlier and elementary work , J. B. Scoffern 's Chemistry no Mystery , of which the second edition was published in 1848 . |
| 7 | But this does n't answer the more important question : how , and when , did a simple ( if magnificent ) living bird of the 1830s get turned into a complicated , transcendent parrot of the 1870s ? |
| 8 | Furthermore , as Moi suggests , she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own , or of the existence of female traditions and strengths which might have tended to challenge or subvert the supposedly monolithic nature of the male power which it is the main aim of her book to describe . |
| 9 | But in the early years of his editorship he had also wanted to achieve something quite different from other contemporary periodicals — he was trying to express , if not create , a genuinely European consciousness which would subvert the characteristically insular nature of English cultural life . |
| 10 | Occasionally this contrivance could overshadow the less congenial reality which lay behind it and could override the more mundane , everyday exploitation of work on the land , but this , given the conditions under which farm workers lived and worked , was only sporadically successful . |
| 11 | This facility helped to further enhance the rapidly expanding ship building and repair trade within the port . |
| 12 | Surely CSOs will damage the already unbalanced power relationship between the user and provider of services . |
| 13 | Capture of the Mort Homme would eliminate the most injurious of the French field gun batteries that were crouched behind it , and would effectively dominate the next ridge towards Verdun , the vital Bois Bourrus where the French heavies were concentrated . |
| 14 | Thus there has to be some mechanism that would eliminate the very large effective cosmological constant and so change the rate of expansion from an accelerated one to one that is slowed down by gravity , as we have today . |
| 15 | Infection of the fallopian tubes must remain the most important cause of infertility today , although only a minority of cases will be due to gonorrhoea . |
| 16 | This course will cover the most effective ways of using the Planning Index . |
| 17 | The event , to be held at Milton Common in Oxfordshire , will cover the most interesting and important areas of chemical engineering research currently being carried out within AEA . |
| 18 | It is important to try to give the tenant the opportunity of objecting to unreasonable requirements and recommendations , hence the suggested amendment , although it may be that the landlord will make the reasonably valid statement that the actual requirements of the insurers must be complied with as otherwise the landlord will be forever switching insurance companies . |
| 19 | It 's very interesting to note that in contemporary political philosophy there is almost no room left for democratic decision making because in most theories that we 're given , more or less everything is already decided at a constitutional level I mean think of theory of justice , it 's the theory of justice that decides the basic nature of a constitution so the role of members of a government is simply to interpret and apply the constitution so they can make the most efficient tax policies given the basic constitution , but no individual has the authority to challenge that constitution and change it by democratic means . |
| 20 | His name is Dick and although our conversations are strictly limited to what day the binmen are coming and blimey , was n't the post late today , I do think he would make the most fascinating subject . |
| 21 | Well , Jo Joan , Joan there she , she , she can make the most marvellous cakes and scones and everything else . |
| 22 | She had a formidable intellect , she was a brilliant theoretician who could make the most complex ideas accessible . |
| 23 | To ensure that subscribers can make the most cost-effective use of its information resource , Infolink has developed a flexible enquiry service to allow subscribers to select only the information which is relevant to their particular needs . |
| 24 | Most important of all , try to get as much information as you can about each of the universities you are considering , in order that you may make the most sensible choice to suit your own needs . |
| 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 | Conversely , candidates whose questions show a high degree of motivation ( asking about further training for example ) and enthusiasm for the company and/or job will probably make the most satisfactory employees . |
| 27 | ‘ Developing a single European currency will take a long time but it will make the most significant contribution to European , and therefore world , financial stability . |
| 28 | I would make the most accom-plished tart , as well as Hero 's Muse , I thought , as I relieved his tension as expertly as a doctor lancing a boil . |
| 29 | What would Fen say if she gave him a truthful answer , told him that Hugh had done her a good turn , jilted her before she could make the most dreadful mistake of her life ? |
| 30 | He did not make the most auspicious of starts to the season , but , as the year went on , that majestic swing — the envy of almost everyone in golf — was as regal as ever . |