Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [noun pl] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My old , dear and intimate friend Princess Marie Louise , who furnishing the Queen 's Dolls ' House , asked me some months ago to let twelve poems of mine be copied small to form one volume in the library ; and I selected the twelve shortest and simplest and least likely to fatigue the attention of dolls or the illustrious House of Hanover . ’ |
| 2 | Mr Brandreth tells me : ‘ I discovered that we were at Oxford when an American reporter rang me some months ago to ask about him . |
| 3 | ‘ Pity , I 'd got used to my daily visits here to see you lovely ladies . |
| 4 | can I say that as long as the integrity of each religion is preserved , then education is a very sound er erm is very sound in prospect , but sadly it has become a melting pot and as my Noble Friends like to refer to it a mish-mash and I do n't think it does anything more than serve to confuse children if it 's done badly . |
| 5 | Green was waiting for them , not only to give them lessons but also to sell them additional colours specially to represent the true Lake District tints . |
| 6 | However , the only manifestations of hostility up until October 1959 had been pressure on its European allies not to supply Cuba with weapons ( in mid-October Washington had blocked the sale of British jet fighters to Cuba ) . |
| 7 | Do n't feel insecure about it — your intuitive rapport with the wild world is something that many people would give their eye- teeth just to touch . |
| 8 | It 's a slow progression to unableness to perform their daily needs especially to start with the threat to the person , of opportunities to greater income . |
| 9 | Before we arrived , we received from her clear instructions how to choose a paper pattern and then to make the required long lengths of knitting , thus making the fabric for the chosen pattern . |
| 10 | At the higher income levels the higher marginal tax rate encourages employers and their wealthier employees respectively to provide and seek forms of income that are untaxable or only slightly taxed . |
| 11 | Mr Crangle would spend hours rearranging them into their proper sections only to come back the next day and find them all mixed up again . |
| 12 | For people who have a realistic chance of developing their social skills sufficiently to re-enter open employment , other creative approaches have been used to place them in work . |
| 13 | It is urging police authorities to instruct their chief constables not to use or stockpile plastic bullets-solid PVC cylinders 10 cm , long , 38 mm in diameter and weighing 135 grams . |
| 14 | Then , heaving with its legs and holding its tiny wings backwards to keep the egg in position , the young hatchling jerks the egg over the side of the nest . |
| 15 | They were losing money on their early tours so to help them I dropped the touring commission to 10 per cent . |
| 16 | In February 1983 I announced in the House of Commons that health authorities should put their ancillary services out to tender to see whether they would get best value from private or in-house organizations . |
| 17 | How natural for a woman sensible of her humble circumstances not to wish to unveil the total intimacy of her house to passing strangers . |
| 18 | The Law Society is not opposed to competitive tendering in itself — now widespread for commercial legal work — and indeed is working with the Department of the Environment on the Government 's plans to compel local authorities to put their legal services out to tender . |
| 19 | Fundamental ergonomics reveal that this makes the keys more comfortable to operate and their printed surfaces easier to identify . |
| 20 | While most institutions can rely on borrowing for short periods , the risk associated with underwriting would be greatly increased if institutions were unable to dispose of their existing assets quickly to provide cash ( or repay short-term borrowing ) should it prove necessary . |
| 21 | Bernard and Ellen went to visit Belinda , who had renounced her separatist tendencies sufficiently to marry a graphics designer . |
| 22 | They have their hind shoes removed , just in case they kick , but I leave their front shoes on to protect their hooves . |
| 23 | ‘ Others have re-mortgaged their homes to save their small businesses only to admit defeat and opt for bankruptcy . ’ |
| 24 | I 've given her strict instructions never to do anything like that again ! ’ |
| 25 | They actually taxed their own populations more to keep public services at , at the level they were before . |
| 26 | The colleges will be able to produce their own units perhaps to meet a specific local need . |
| 27 | Dun expects at least 20% of its 14,000 customers worldwide to downsize their computer operations to Unix systems . |
| 28 | In the early 80s , for example , IBM decided it needed to use its own systems better to cut administration costs , make optimum use of network and computer investments , and create a basis for future developments . |
| 29 | During mating the female holds her pelvic fins together to form a pouch into which the eggs are laid . |
| 30 | Once they 'd moved in , it took them three years just to make the necessary structural changes , but with a neglected 350-year-old house that was to be expected . |