Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [verb] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More often that not it merely involves holding an arm still . |
| 2 | She only has to wear an outfit once for it to become an instant fashion trend . |
| 3 | Following explication and illustration of these principles , Clark notes that earlier work by Donaldson and Balfour ( 1968 ) on young children 's understanding of the words more and less appears to provide an exception to the Principle of Contrast . |
| 4 | The word spiritual has become for many fundamentally dissociated from religion and so serves to encourage an alternative , one that is more attractive because lacking both definition and the incubus associated with religion . |
| 5 | Eiji has made extremely long trains to form an arch , the biggest of which he was invited to fly in happier times at Kuwait . |
| 6 | To the extent that social research more generally has retained an interest in social reform this has been redirected in various ways . |
| 7 | Th th that the quarry man somehow has has an investment in the erm in the rock in th other than than than what he receives in wages . |
| 8 | The mill still manages to retain an air of tranquillity about it and , despite its continuing commercial use , the area around the mill plays host to many wild birds and animals . |
| 9 | If he ever decides to do an article on Sharon and Tracey 's big night out , I 'd love to help . |
| 10 | If the voltage dropped across R13 does not increase and the ammeter ( ME1 ) still fails to produce an indication , then you DO have a fault ! |
| 11 | According to Professor Qu Geping , Director of the State Administration of Environment , China also aims to sign an agreement on environmental cooperation with Japan on the 20th anniversary of the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two countries . |
| 12 | It is worth adding , as something of an aside , that the experimental result just described not only gives reasons for preferring the associative account but also seems to demand an explanation in terms of acquired equivalence rather than acquired distinctiveness . |
| 13 | The Act then defines ‘ offensive conduct ’ to mean ‘ conduct the constable reasonably suspects to constitute an offence under this section . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ A constable may arrest a person without warrant if — ( a ) he engages in offensive conduct which the constable warns him to stop , and ( b ) he engages in further offensive conduct immediately or shortly after the warning ( 5 ) In subsection ( 4 ) , ‘ offensive conduct ’ means conduct the constable reasonably suspects to constitute an offence under this section , and the conduct mentioned in paragraph ( a ) and the further conduct need not be of the same nature . ’ |
| 15 | So they are probably very useful erm toys , educational toys , to have in the home , but I think for the child to get the maximum from them they do he often does require an adult with him . |
| 16 | So they are probably very useful erm toys , educational toys , to have in the home , but I think for the child to get the maximum from them they do he often does require an adult with him . |
| 17 | The unease of the Chancellor-democracy is not only a protest at the executive power of the head of the government , but is also a hidden criticism of the opposition , which all too often fails to offer an alternative . ’ |
| 18 | TODAY has launched an investigation to uncover some of the methods used to make under-the-counter payments to players and managers . |
| 19 | In my opinion , Dale Spender here has made an error : the error of failing to distinguish between a bias in the language and a bias in the analytic system used by linguists . |
| 20 | The gynaecological unit here has developed an information network , which they say should be available to all women . |
| 21 | Those torches generate tremendous heat and I should also imagine that anyone who even contemplates using an oxyacetylene torch on an atom bomb is an obvious candidate for the loony-bin . ’ |
| 22 | It also proposes an environment charter setting out the Institute 's environment strategy and even suggests establishing an Environment Faculty in the longer term . |
| 23 | It is not about explaining what is , but rather seeks to give an account of what is as the basis for developing a set of practices for getting us to what might be . |
| 24 | He speaks , too , of properties which Plato and Socrates ‘ share ’ , and of their ‘ similarity ’ to each other , and this again seems to reintroduce an element of realism . |
| 25 | On the positive side , at least one court recently has made an adoption order with a condition of access to grandparents with whom the child had important links . |
| 26 | Parliament never intends to enact an ambiguity . |
| 27 | Weber 's consideration of the capitalist market therefore appears to give an explanation of the hierarchy of occupational reward found in capitalist societies , and gives us the means to describe sociologically the complexity of inequality in reward and advantage . |
| 28 | In 1979 there were 3,080 barristers practising in central London and 1,283 spread over the rest of england and Wales ; considering that most courts are now decentralised , this certainly seems to indicate an imbalance . |