Example sentences of "[vb infin] a [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your dog will need a check-up every six months but once EPI has been confirmed , he should n't need any more tests . |
| 2 | Marthus did n't actually foresee this erm , this leap in from technology and as a result he was basing his predictions on past trends so if past trends had continued would have been , he w , he would been correct but because erm , agriculturalists started to erm , use technology and at that time it was a very sort of low technology , but nevertheless it would , would 've production dramatically you know , you do n't think of drainage as being particularly high tech but it can increase the , the yield on a crop sort of four or five times and so si simple drainage systems would be introduced erm ro rotations were being introduced , again rotations you think of being fairly straightforward but erm prior to the agricultural revolution rotations were n't used rotations can improve the fertility of the soil and er yields as well right okay , so agriculture produces a homogenous product , by and large and er as there is n't the scope , the product differentiation , and there is n't the scope for specialisation because we 'd need a farm the size of Europe to feed the world with , w with wheat . |
| 3 | But with a bit of luck , Sean is a rider who could win a stage the best way — with a long solo break . |
| 4 | A follower of Linnaeus ' system would describe a plant a little differently from a devotee of the more natural methods of Ray or Tournefort , for example . |
| 5 | Alright , you got ta wait a couple a days for a reply but erm I do think sometimes , anyway , it 's on paper then is n't it ? |
| 6 | somethin tae pit a bit a colour in her |
| 7 | After all , he may consider a knighthood a fair exchange for a wife . ’ |
| 8 | They were accused of attempting to bribe opponents into losing so their chairman would win an election the following day ; illegal signing-on payments were made ; they were accused of ‘ trafficking in players ’ ; their books never tallied , and they seemed constantly on the verge of bankruptcy and relegation . |
| 9 | ALA housing chairman Pete Challis said he would seek an assurance the Government will renew the Rough Sleeper 's initiative , the scheme to provide 15,000 hostel bed spaces , when it expires next year . |
| 10 | Were n't they — if Lucy could roll out this announcement like she might show a friend a new carpet . |
| 11 | The house may show a defect a number of years after construction . |
| 12 | It will be argued that the BBC will not necessarily show a game every Sunday . |
| 13 | They could smell a funeral a mile off , and out they crawled , out of the woodwork . |
| 14 | Can I borrow a tap a minute , . |
| 15 | Can I borrow a pencil a minute ? |
| 16 | For example , do n't choose a marathon a month away if you are just beginning to plan your training . |
| 17 | Can you do can you do a hexagon the other way , which is six sided ? |
| 18 | Why do n't you do a page a month looking at the old struggles of the 60's/70's/80 's and what the situation is now . |
| 19 | Many women resist swapping jobs because they know they could do a job a lot better or quicker themselves , or because they are frightened of ‘ having a go ’ at traditional male jobs . |
| 20 | Would you , would you do a pound an hour ? |
| 21 | I have to have the full eight hours or I ca n't do a thing the next morning , not a single thing . |
| 22 | But the thing is it 's an open plan office and if you 're gon na give a girl a warning you do n't do it office do you ? |
| 23 | Do n't give a thief an open invitation — lock up ! |
| 24 | This band is very neat and really does give a garment a professional finish . |
| 25 | If the applicant for a judicial remedy could have pursued a non-judicial remedy but has failed to do so , this may give a court a ground for refusing a judicial remedy : the law requires the ‘ exhaustion of alternative remedies ’ as it is sometimes put . |
| 26 | ‘ Parents will often give a guardian the right to occupy the house for a certain length of time , but it is nearly always left in trust for the child . |
| 27 | The method of keeping little tins in the house marked ‘ rent ’ , ‘ rates ’ , ‘ telephone ’ , etc. , into which you put money may give a certain amount of satisfaction as a way of saving , but it will also give a burglar a certain amount of satisfaction to have everything so conveniently marked and to hand for him . |
| 28 | It can give a company a competitive advantage or at least level the playing field . |
| 29 | In this way the kiai can give a person an edge . |
| 30 | If the senior invigilator considers that annotation of prescribed texts used in an examination could give a candidate an unfair advantage , the texts may be retained at the end of the examination . |