Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not least BARRY MOONCULT who went so ape-dropping crazy , he was spotted stumbling out of the party while it was in full swing armed with a stash of joke bombs , which despite being pretty harmless ( containing about as much genuine explosive as your average cap pistol ) make a loud enough bang to put the fear of God into the most ardent of atheists . |
| 2 | Those with one additional electron readily lose it and become positively charged ions ( cations ) ( for instance , K + ; , Na + ; ) and those with one less tend to gain an electron and become negatively charged ions ( anions ) ( for example , F- , Cl- ) . |
| 3 | Too much bother to fetch a raincoat . |
| 4 | There is no involvement in politics , we merely want to serve the public , ’ he added . |
| 5 | In the meantime I merely want to emphasise the point I was making about change . |
| 6 | Because that 's not something we want to go through their Conference Office for if we only want to do a meeting , |
| 7 | Call me an egotistical slime , but I only want to preserve the purity and integrity of the current alternative , and hope that it wo n't pass through the mass-media grinder into the mainstream , where it will eventually be recalled as one more passive , stupid fashion . |
| 8 | This method is , however , a little long-winded if you only want to edit a couple of lines . |
| 9 | Some parents only want to adopt a child of two black parents , that is of African , Afro-Caribbean or Asian origin . |
| 10 | The committee sensibly want to remove the child from crown court trials , but their solution of prelimi nary hearings is questionable . |
| 11 | ‘ We very much want to trace the driver of that vehicle because they might hold vital information which could result in this robbery being solved , ’ added the spokesman . |
| 12 | But , of course , some status symbols merely seek to inflate the importance of an office or a person out of all proportion to his or her achievements or responsibilities . |
| 13 | I merely seek to end a war . |
| 14 | We constantly seek to improve the service through staff development and training programmes , introduction of new technology , and most importantly , creating a climate where the talent and commitment of staff at all levels can be utilised for the benefit of the community . |
| 15 | At The Royal Bank of Scotland , we constantly seek to improve the quality of service we give to our customers . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm not sure I 'm physically in good enough shape to take the excitement of the ride , ’ he said , raising his glass to her . |
| 17 | First thing is to make sure that you get an opportunity to discuss it and I agree other people who actually res responded in seem to collect the fee and I am not paid to collect the fee to try to make it very difficult for people to respond but nevertheless the numbers that we , I think in terms of other areas , other areas , the response that we got it is a bit ironic though to sit here in the afternoon having listened in the morning to a lovely discussion which was agonising three hundred , five hundred thousand for on traffic calming . |
| 18 | Many books published in the last decade or so seem to underline the importance of ‘ anticipatory grieving ’ , with the result that relatives and friends can be forced into expressing emotion they may not yet be ready to express . |
| 19 | Most Secretaries of State only manage to tap the helm , giving Defence policy little more than a change in emphasis during their time in office . |
| 20 | It shines out like a beacon in the finished job despite all efforts to disguise it , ( efforts which only seem to make the fault worse ) . |
| 21 | The shroud is usually knotted at the head and feet , and sufficiently open to expose the breast and knees of the deceased . |
| 22 | The vegetables braising in the curry suddenly seem to represent the sum of the decisions I have made , and they look insignificant in comparison . |
| 23 | The implications of this approach for advertising personnel are considerable , and the best way to grasp what this means is to examine who works in advertising , and so begin to understand the hierarchy or power structures . |
| 24 | Some structures merely seem to satisfy an urge to build but not any desire to simulate an existing object or building . |
| 25 | Together the Yamato-1 's two SEMP drives provide enough punch to push the 185-ton ( 525-cubic metre ) experimental craft through the water at eight knots . |
| 26 | On the other hand , if we assume that there is imperfect information , in the sense that suppliers and demanders know the current price for the good on their island but only get to know the price in other markets with a one-period time lag , the relationship between aggregate supply and the general level of prices becomes much more subtle . |
| 27 | To holiday here you not only get to feel a lot closer to God 's earth , but you also get to feel closer to your fellow man , and there 's not many places that make you feel like that ! |
| 28 | Rillettes should be soft enough to spoon out , so remember to remove the jar several hours before dinner . |
| 29 | One eccentric old git ( who ‘ changed his appearance ’ every five or six years , handily enough ) , a string of daft ‘ assistants ’ , enough latex to make a condom for Concorde and the sort of ripping good-vs-evil yarnery that encourages grown adults to hold Dr Who conventions to this day . |
| 30 | Another woman told me about how Sylheti men returned to the village to find a bride : ‘ After years in England they suddenly decide to marry a village girl . |