Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After gaining the necessary permissions to enter classrooms my freedom to follow up themes and issues discussed in interviews was very great . |
| 2 | ‘ I see it as part of my job to patch up squads and re-organise as best I can . |
| 3 | ‘ I see it as part of my job to patch up squads and to re-organise as best I can . |
| 4 | Few will be more welcome than the British , for we stood shoulder to shoulder with the Omanis in their struggle to beat off invaders and modernise their country . |
| 5 | The Nayar case also illustrates my earlier comments on the anthropologists ' use of the term " society " and of their attempts to set up typologies of societies of various kinds . |
| 6 | These villages were settled by colonists who were given exemption from feudal obligations to the local Croatian nobility in return for their willingness to take up arms against the Turks . |
| 7 | In some situations , such as providing purely factual information , this may be the case , but insensitive memos have been known to have an adverse effect on the motivation of others and their willingness to carry out instructions . |
| 8 | Daily newspapers were far more aware of how society was changing and in 1929 London 's Daily Express invited its readers to send in postcards giving their own views on films . |
| 9 | The speed at which bacteria can mutate and their readiness to pass around packages of genetic information means that bacteria are poised to react to selection pressure with rapid and substantial genetic changes . |
| 10 | Without warning she towered to her feet and he found himself facing into her breasts before stepping back to give her room to pick up gloves and handbag . |
| 11 | It 's her job to point out ways the system can be used to everyone 's advantage . |
| 12 | LEADING Tory John Gummer quit the Church of England yesterday over its move to bring in women priests . |
| 13 | Many officers resigned their commissions to take up jobs with the new company . |
| 14 | The girls were wired up so that the current lit up their cockades and enabled their swords to give off sparks as they fenced . |
| 15 | MOSCOW — The Supreme Soviet voted the government an extension of its powers to send in troops if necessary , to restore order to the railways of Transcaucasia , thrown into chaos by Azerbaijan 's blockade of neighbouring Armenia , writes Rupert Cornwell . |
| 16 | Some of these , such as Charles Worsley who controlled the north-west of the country , paid special attention to their moral duties and were untiring in their efforts to close down brothels , gaming-houses , and unlicensed ale-houses , and to prevent a whole range of popular recreations , including horse-racing , cock-fighting , and bear-baiting . |
| 17 | Knowing he was greatly influenced by astrology , she persuaded the most famous astrologer of her day to draw up horoscopes for herself and the man she was betrothed to . |
| 18 | It accepted that public spending should be used counter-cyclically after the war , but private firms were merely to be exhorted to plan their spending to iron out booms and slumps , and there was no mention of the thorny question of anti-trust policy . |
| 19 | They are offered smaller discounts than the purchasing moguls of companies , and are viewed with distaste in garages because of their tendency to quibble over bills or wonder whether they really need new tyres . |
| 20 | In Scotland she was known for her " push " , her ability to spark off ideas in those with a similar mental agility , her determination to get things done . |
| 21 | To Emma Durham , the Treasurer , who against difficult odds kept us solvent , to Michelle O'Callaghan , the Social Secretary , whose art of mixing cocktails ensures that she will always have something to fall back on should the need arise , and to Diane Mynors , the Housechair for her ability to seek out bargains ( how many people do you know that could get 14 bottles of dishwashing liquid for 64 p . |
| 22 | Dexter was constantly surprised by her resilience , her ability to summon up reserves of concentration and energy . |
| 23 | Today , most high street shops use photographs of their clothes to win over customers but in the early Seventies , the concept was startlingly new and original and Jane 's work was highly acclaimed by other professionals . |
| 24 | The fact that many of the smaller companies are still family controlled or influenced ( these ownership patterns reduce their access to financial resources and thus their ability to ride out recessions ) . |
| 25 | We stop the jeep for a few words with the Marines , some I recognise from a few weeks ago when they were on their way to take up positions on the coast , on the left of 1st Commando Brigade . |
| 26 | The archer fish possesses a number of structural and behavioural adaptations associated with its ability to shoot down flies . |
| 27 | Criminal proceedings could be started in Libya , but this had so far proved impossible because neither the USA nor the UK authorities had responded to his requests to hand over copies of the evidence in their possession . |
| 28 | As the pain became more intense there was less and less space for his mind to wander over things , undone things that suddenly took on ridiculous and unrealistic urgency , but his thoughts were still churning with his innards and he could not keep out stray fragments of enacted scenes any more than he could stop the brilliant black fish from swimming in the air past his eyes . |
| 29 | He caressed her body , peered at her face , used his axe to snick off bits of twig , loose bark , the bulging scars of old wounds . |
| 30 | The owner of a large herd could use it as leverage over poorer neighbours who depended on his goodwill to hire out cattle during the agricultural seasons . |