Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [to-vb] an " in BNC.

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1 There is a popular idea that when the flight data recorder is recovered from a crashed aircraft the investigator has merely to read an indicator inside it which will tell him just what the cause of the accident was , eliminating the need for all the tedious investigation practices which used to take so much time .
2 But it has still to make an underwriting profit on this account .
3 SCO has yet to pick an investment banker to take it public .
4 The company is building several satellites for European organisations but has yet to win an order from the developing world .
5 What has yet to become an accepted methodology in the study of public administration is a perception of organizations , including those in the public sector , as being themselves political systems.l Organization theory , drawing primarily as ever on evidence from private firms and corporations , offers political interpretations of the internal structures and decisionmaking of large-scale organizations which the study of public administration has yet to take up in any systematic manner ( Walsh et al.
6 Professional preparation needs therefore to include an understanding of the role of language in human relationships and this should include non-verbal interaction .
7 Jennifer Owen argues convincingly that this amounts to a very significant area of habitat , she shows clearly and simply how it may be improved , and for the dedicated wildlife gardener she says enough to encourage an attempt at recording .
8 ‘ It takes longer to push an army up a road than you might think .
9 The Cobra is a graceful animal and appears always to carry an air of dignity and nobility .
10 Her constant use of women as subject-matter , from classical literature to the more personally spiritual in conception , seems automatically to include an appropriation of the masculine gaze .
11 Hirschi 's control theory seems also to fill an important gap that was noted earlier in relation to the original formulation of classical criminology .
12 The total student population of 90 000 helps greatly to preserve an element of life and change in a city where one quarter of the population is over 66 .
13 No conclusions or recommendations arise directly from this chapter , as is indeed appropriate for a section which purports simply to offer an objective historical narrative .
14 He sits sideways on , in a Pose distantly related to that adopted by Whistler for his portrait of his mother , and holds a furled umbrella in one hand , a hat in the other , as he bends forward to peruse an Etty oil sketch , a copy of the Observer at his feet .
15 ‘ Ibrox , my party wishes merely to see an end to conflict .
16 This chapter examines what it means rhetorically to express an opinion .
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