Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1 Unlike Descartes , who felt the need to prove their existence , and Malebranche , who was certain he could not , Locke simply had no doubt that material things existed and caused our ideas : ‘ The actual receiving of ideas from without … makes us know , that something doth exist at that time without us , which causes that idea in us . ’
2 vii , ‘ One woe doth tread upon another 's heel ’ , DS 61 .
3 Radiating out from the speaker are a number of concentric circles distinguishing different zones of spatial proximity ; through the speaker passes a " tame line " , on which events prior to his present utt rance , and events prior to those , can be linearly arranged , and similarly events at points and spans in the future ; while the discourse to which the speaker contributes unfolds along this same time line .
4 It is a pity that he attributes to Emrys Hughes remarks relating to these matters made by Sir Emrys Jones .
5 In places , it defies understanding to this day .
6 It goes as follows : " So man is approaching a more complete fulfilment of that great and sacred mission which he has to perform in this world .
7 Relatively recent glaciation has stripped off any residual cover the rocks may have possessed , leaving them barren , particularly where granitic rocks crop out as in north Harris and western Lewis .
8 An example of a limitation clause is where a supplier of computer software limits his liability for faulty software to the licence fee he has received for that software .
9 This resort has developed on either side of an old fishing town , along two stretches of gently shelving beach .
10 However , the conflict between the NEC and Militant has not been conducted in terms of an argument over policy but has developed as another constitutional wrangle .
11 I am delighted that the CNAA has developed into such a sturdy institution in such a relatively short time .
12 Power stations produce electricity for our homes and industry , they 're surrounded by thousands of acres of wild land This wild land has developed into some of the nation 's most remarkable nature reserves For seven days a week , twenty four hour a day routine at the power station can provide unique and also surprising cover for all kinds of wild life .
13 It will be a vision of success from which everyone profits , a vision which the Profitboss has developed over many years , a vision in which he passionately believes and is able to communicate with enthusiasm to his team and every other employee in the organization .
14 The poor physical conditions under which many teachers have to work may be difficult enough , but their problems are compounded by the gulf which has developed in many schools between teachers and pupils , and the low regard in which teachers are held .
15 HAVING considered the tort of nuisance , we now turn to a further tort which had its origins in nuisance but which has developed in such a way that it is now quite distinct from it .
16 So far as the scope of the duty in the offences of assault , resistance and obstruction is concerned , the law has developed in such a way that the obligation is not confined to duties stricto sensu , i.e. something that the officer is compelled by law to do .
17 It is also the result of long-standing commercial relationships and the mutual respect which has developed from these .
18 This festival has developed from this .
19 Through subsidies the state has established a vast ‘ social salary ’ to make life easier for workers and it takes a pride in the extensiveness of the welfare system that has developed from this .
20 In its future strategy St William 's has to liaise with many existing institutions and agencies , at higher or lower levels .
21 Teresa , whose accounting section has to liaise with both of them , has already paid the balance on a Far Eastern round trip taking in Hong Kong , Bangkok , Singapore , Bali , Jakarta , Brunei and Penang .
22 And who wants to fall for that ?
23 The Attorney-General has to consent to any prosecution under the Act and such cases have been fairly infrequent .
24 The Holy Spirit has broken through all the man-made obstacles , and has incorporated all types and backgrounds of people in the messianic community .
25 and that , and the Dracula has to go towards that person but if that person says someone 's else 's name before you get them
26 Since then the firm has managed to bring the amount of zinc in the effluent down to about 20 p.p.m. , but the agency has made it clear that it has to go below that .
27 ( It has to go through all stages in both Houses and receive the Royal Assent . )
28 everybody has to go through those moments . ’
29 Quite a lot of guesswork and estimation has to go into this , but the margins of error are not so great as to nullify the whole enterprise .
30 ‘ She has to go for some more treatment , ’ Jack Foley said .
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