Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [adv] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think David thought he was the artist and he knew what he wanted to do — which I think is actually true — the artist basically does know what he wants to do — but I think the manager should just be there to sort out the finance and try to keep you on a the straight and narrow . |
| 2 | It is hoped that the managers , spurred on by the profit motive , will have an incentive to improve efficiency , as will the workforce , aware that the state will not be there to bail out loss-making enterprises . |
| 3 | The best thing would probably be just to walk around to keep warm and then to snatch a little rest in a doorway somewhere if need be . |
| 4 | The intention throughout is again to demonstrate how conventional urban sociology might be combined with the new approaches outlined at the beginning of this study . |
| 5 | Considering that those infants who were born to 20–24 years old mothers had , recently , the best survival chances in Hungary , and that the husbands , on the average , were three or four years older than the mothers , the association of paternal age with infant mortality is not surprising , and may even be though to reflect only the maternal age effect . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , what a shame Ellie wo n't be here to meet yet another member of our delightful family . |
| 7 | To ask for solutions as well is perhaps to ask too much , for he has found more than most to be angry or cynical about . |
| 8 | Any member or creditor aggrieved by the dissolution can apply within the following 20 years for restoration of the company name on the grounds that the company was in fact continuing to operate , or that it would otherwise be just to do so ( s 653 , Companies Act 1985 ) . |