Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is an extremely important result , both because of its policy implications which we shall consider later in this chapter and because of the scope it offers for testing the rational expectations hypothesis . |
| 2 | The information about God and his will which the Christian receives through reading the Bible calls for a tough response that is anything but sentimental . |
| 3 | He goes off having a certain amount of difficulty walking , the sharp little packets no doubt cutting into the delicate peachstone flesh of his testicles . |
| 4 | Shell U K will have to wait until tomorrow to hear what sentence it receives for causing a 30 mile oil slick which polluted the River Mersey . |
| 5 | And Shell U K will have to wait until tomorrow to hear what sentence it receives for causing a 30 mile oil slick , which polluted the River Mersey . |
| 6 | For instance , at the most basic level , the higher the profit margin the supplier receives for performing a contract , the greater the liability he can reasonably be asked to accept for failure to perform as promised . |
| 7 | The LIFESPAN Meta PI routines are so called because they provide a VMS command interface to LIFESPAN in a similar way to the Procedural Interface ( PI ) routines , but unlike PI they are supplied as executables for performing the following specific functions : Update Baseline , Directory Integrity Check , and Type Module . |
| 8 | For most people the tidal wave recedes after clinching a deal with the travel agent for a two week package holiday . |
| 9 | Instead , the buyer should seek to ensure that the consideration reflects the higher risk to the buyer and the terms which the seller wants for completing the disposal . |
| 10 | What matters about lying is giving people false beliefs , just as giving them true ones is what matters about telling the truth . |
| 11 | In fact , he says , they are rule governed and functional : ‘ In informal conversation they have a proper role , as they are one of the main means language has of expressing the various alterations in the force and direction of argument that we find ourselves using ’ ( Crystal , 1976 , p. 24 ) . |
| 12 | Now that Windows has proved to the world that massive files are OK ( yah ! ) you 've as much chance of being able to save a decent sized word-processed document onto a 1.44MB floppy as Madonna has of becoming a nun . |
| 13 | John Smith , once everyone 's favourite , looks like assuming the same well worn cloak . |
| 14 | Yet his return to the club looks like proving the most significant in Forest 's recovery . |
| 15 | Indeed , despite the Sixties ' experiments with alternative life-styles , the despised suburban style looks like seeing the century through , for all its drawbacks of loneliness , boredom and exasperation , which made the man in the New Yorker cartoon say plaintively at the cocktail party : ‘ I want to talk about something else besides kids and illness ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It 's just that he looks like bottling the Tokyo job , ’ she said quietly . |
| 17 | You 'd be amazed what he looks like sucking a dog 's toe . |
| 18 | The user interface looks like setting the standard for future electronic books of this kind . |
| 19 | But there was no ligament damage , and intensive treatment looks like achieving the miracle cure Leeds wanted . |
| 20 | This astute move by Sony looks like capturing the attractive , generic ‘ electronic book ’ name for the benefit of their own platform . |
| 21 | It was unanimous last time and it looks like going the same way this time , especially after Joe Punter saw the new design in the press . |
| 22 | Another service to industry , which has Just started up , looks like having a great future . |
| 23 | Offering substantial weight savings to makers of electronic packages , the material looks like having a bright future and Barry Moloney , Marketing and Sales Manager responsible for HIVOL , was kept very busy discussing possible applications and the advantages it promises . |
| 24 | Jimmy Quinn looks like landing the jockeys all-weather crown and he can take another step towards that landmark by winning the Milton Handicap on Westfield Moves . |
| 25 | DARLINGTON striker Steve Mardenborough looks like missing the derby . |
| 26 | And he looks like remaining the only two- and four-wheeled world champion for quite some time … unless Joey Dunlop , Eddie Lawson or Wayne Gardner have other ideas ! |
| 27 | They will plead not guilty.The use of an eighteenth century law looks like scraping the barrel . |
| 28 | It is sad that Countrywatch looks like becoming a growth industry . |
| 29 | Laser engines undoubtedly rule at this moment in time but the LED looks like becoming a strong contender with devices like the NEC SilentWriter — it 's also inherently more reliable . |
| 30 | The Trust looks like becoming the premier wilderness organisation in Scotland . |