Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand it can be argued that the sauropods like Brachiosaurus were so large , and with a relatively small surface area through which to cool compared with their enormous volume , that their cooling rate could have been slow enough to allow them to sustain more continuous activity than smaller , living reptiles . |
| 2 | ‘ A hospital is a system designed to enable me to treat as many patients as possible with the aid of specialised equipment , nursing care , etc . |
| 3 | Aye , so you end up marking it then and er , well she did , she got me to go there second time , and he said well you ca n't you see er |
| 4 | Papal actions , too , appeared to add further proof : after 1337 , except in 1362 and 1375 , popes no longer taxed the clergy for the benefit of the king in England , though at that time they were certainly enriching the French monarch by clerical taxes ; and while successive French kings readily obtained papal dispensations which enabled them to contract politically advantageous matches , Edward on two critical occasions — in the 1340s and 1360s — was denied such benefits . |
| 5 | The criteria of relevance to the central themes of European history have led me to set aside some topics often included in textbooks of this kind . |
| 6 | For the ‘ Panoramas ’ ( 1983–86 ) , he took multiple shots of a single motif , cut the prints into strips , then combined them to create intriguingly distorted images . |
| 7 | As I have indicated , the requirements for competition are slightly different , but we can use the fitness built up through normal training to provide a platform upon which to establish more specialised requirements . |
| 8 | In the absence of the proverbial golf course , the lack of networks through which to find suitably experienced women for senior board appointments could be construed as the final obstacle — were it not , it was pointed out , for the rapid proliferation of alternatives in the form of Network , set up all of 12 years ago as a meeting point for women managers , the Scottish Women 's Enterprise Group and Businesswomen 's Clubs . |
| 9 | My bedroom contained boxes and boxes of tea , and I was always happy to have new brews with which to concoct more original combos in my teapot . |
| 10 | Given the finite resources with which to balance theoretically infinite demands , it would be a miracle if any government produced NHS reforms with no downside . |
| 11 | This alternative approach , instead of looking for polarities and constructing rigid distinctions in intellectual development with which to correlate similarly reified literacy practices , recognises these literacy practices as themselves social products , no more isolable from the political and ideological context than are the ‘ scientific ’ achievements that Goody would associate with them . |
| 12 | These had developed true leaves , large spreading structures with which to collect as much light as possible . |
| 13 | Since these theories draw on a variety of disciplines including psychology , sociology , linguistics , etc. , the language component of initial training courses seems the ideal arena in which to bring together these perspectives . |
| 14 | What will it take to shake the actors out of their accustomed parts , forcing them to assume completely novel roles ? |
| 15 | Short breaks in concentration help you to sustain much longer conversations . |
| 16 | ‘ There should be some form of grading , like a golfing handicap , allowing you to drive only smaller cars at the lowest level . |
| 17 | Oh well we voted for you to go there last time . |
| 18 | So again I exhort you to isolate yet another category of what you generalise as the deterioration of law and order . |
| 19 | Taken together , the words I hope conceal more than they reveal , and will serve only until such time as the precise formulation of your terms of reference enables you to select more apposite nomenclature . |
| 20 | Included in the package are Ventura Scan and Ventura Separator which allow you to do reasonably professional colour DTP . |
| 21 | What I 'd like you to do before next Wednesday as your homework is make sure that all the work previous to this on the acid rain is complete and shh quiet please . |
| 22 | The law does not allow you to give away substantial sums of money , for example to a relative or a charity , prior to coming into care in order to pay a lower charge for your accommodation . |
| 23 | Therefore I bid you to put away anxious thoughts about food and drink to keep you alive , and clothes to cover your body . |
| 24 | If your pupilmaster is now above doing the humbler type of work ( in the county court or before magistrates ) with which you will have to start in your own practice , he will arrange for you to accompany more junior members of chambers to these lower courts . |
| 25 | This case asks you to consider rather more factors , including the policy to be adopted towards conference bookings and pricing in the future . |
| 26 | The next case might appear to be a bit shorter , but in fact it asks you to consider rather more factors , over a longer period , and from a rather higher management level . |
| 27 | It wo must have been I mean that was if you to get completely new clothes every time , that would have been an amazing expense would n't it . |
| 28 | ‘ And the house is big enough for you to have as many friends as you want to visit you . |
| 29 | Most importantly I would like to thank all those involved both as ‘ fund raisers ’ and ‘ sponsors ’ for their support and I hope that their sterling efforts will inspire you to undertake more new fund raising projects . |
| 30 | The traveller or stranger can be of equal status ; this allows you to ask particularly useful questions in role : " How do you organise your meetings ? |