Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Filmer came alone to sit at an untenanted table , ordering eggs and coffee from Oliver without looking at him . |
| 2 | A police helicopter has been called in to search for an armed robber who 's raided five petrol stations in three weeks . |
| 3 | Today , manual remuage is still widely used , but it is carried out on specially designed wooden boards , hinged together to stand like an inverted ‘ V ’ and known as pupitres ( the French for reading desks ) . |
| 4 | How do you bring a group of people together to work on an equal basis when half the members of the group are experienced non-disabled professionals who are used to taking control ? |
| 5 | The student will not feel a sense of guilt if she sits down to talk to an anxious patient . |
| 6 | With the addition of a residential weekend each term , student-hours will be increased sufficiently to result in an overall time span shorter than when we last used a weekly format . |
| 7 | See how they grab at objects whether they are edible or not and then spit them out , only to grab at an identical item soon after . |
| 8 | It will not fit our practice well enough to count as an eligible interpretation , and its normative program will be empty , because it instructs us to follow conventions that do not exist . |
| 9 | But the pervasive and insidious presence throughout the novel of manifestations of Quechua culture suggests the ability of that culture not only to survive in an alien environment , but also , as it itself is modified , to exercise an ‘ Indianizing ’ influence on the country as a whole . |
| 10 | During the 1530s this number was substantially reduced , and a small , select group was formed , compact enough to act as an advisory and executive board . |
| 11 | The objective is not to report on an individual teacher , but appraisals have highlighted teachers whose performance does leave a lot to be desired . |
| 12 | Assessing this potential helps the practitioner to decide how best to work with an elder when some breakdown in routine occurs . |
| 13 | One is for the representative not to vote as an individual , but to cast for each position or proposition the number of votes cast for it by those ( s ) he is there to represent . |
| 14 | Clean , it was an absolute dream ; the EQ offered more than enough scope to produce anything from a cutting Telecaster to a rich acoustic tone , and with the help of a short delay and pitchshift I put a sound onto tape which I 'd defy anyone not to recognise as an acoustic guitar — and I 'd actually used the Patrick Eggle New York model reviewed elsewhere in this issue . |
| 15 | In general , someone with food intolerance will respond to an elimination diet within a week , whereas someone with candidiasis may take much longer to respond to an anti- Candida diet — the response is also more gradual and less dramatic . |
| 16 | We are often also faced , however , with the need to tolerate contradictions , not to strive for an illusory or impossible ideal , and to avoid self-punishing forms of anxiety , defence and guilt ( and feminist guilt can be as punishing as any other kind ) . |
| 17 | As it was American atomic attitudes in this period hardened British resolution not to be bullied out of the business and not to acquiesce in an American monopoly ; it encouraged her determination to be a nuclear power for the sake of the influence this was expected to give her in Washington ! |
| 18 | A daughter ( or more rarely a son ) who has never left the parental home , or who has returned after widowhood or divorce to stay on indefinitely to care for an elderly parent or parents , does not make this choice automatically . |
| 19 | Young was later to go through an Engels-like change of heart , though it was clear that he was sceptical from the start ( see his contribution to Taylor , Walton and Young , 1975 ) . |
| 20 | The bar/restaurant near Union Station was dolled up to look like an English pub and doing it better than most London pubs did , to Maxim 's traditionalist eye . |
| 21 | Bheki is a new South African firm set up to operate as an authorised value-added reseller of DEC products and systems , and is backed by majority black organisations . |
| 22 | Bheki is a new South African firm set up to operate as an authorised value-added reseller of DEC products and systems , and is backed by majority black organisations . |
| 23 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that many of those who live on their income from savings are either widows or those who retired early , very often to look after an elderly dependant ? |
| 24 | Alternatively– a messy jumble of pipes could actually be picked out to look like an interesting feature in its own right . |
| 25 | Time out to dream of an ideal home |
| 26 | Reports on July 30 said that France had indicated its support for a partial easing of sanctions against Iraq after the UN sanctions committee failed on July 24 unanimously to agree to an Iraqi request to sell oil worth US$2,400 million to buy food and medicines . |
| 27 | We 're in a transmat booth , and we 're about to go on an instant journey . ’ |
| 28 | How to cope with an unwanted pregnancy |
| 29 | The conversation might go on to discuss the ownership of papers , and how to come to an agreeable settlement of the outstanding fees — a typical example of a problem facing many practitioners . |
| 30 | Yet sterling 's stable performance , another slight easing of money market rates , rampant rumours of a favourable opinion poll and a firm performance among government issues all converged to tempt in the odd overseas bargain hunter , helping dealers convince themselves that the world is not about to come to an abrupt halt after all . |