Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [noun pl] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The constant impact against the field 's rim , of everything from showers of meteors down to stray molecules of gas , resulted in a cosmic fireworks display of spectacular proportions : a long tail of deteriorating matter stretched out along the path which the ship had taken . |
| 2 | Pausing only to pour buckets of water into the burning dustbins , and to be sick in the basin on the landing , Rainbow races for the nearest pay-phone , to ruin several people 's evenings . |
| 3 | ‘ All dressed ready for your important engagement , I see , ’ he drawled , his eyes going once more over her bedroom attire , and , if that was n't enough to ignite sparks of fury in her , his mocking tone abruptly fell away as his glance went from her and to the hall — in which direction she knew he was aware there was at least one bedroom . |
| 4 | In specially favoured areas the grass is extensive enough to form patches of turf ; the pinks are usually rarer and more dispersed . |
| 5 | His leadership characteristics include ingenuity and determination not only to unearth agents of change , but to see that they are profitably applied : he took robotic ideas from Austin Rover into food manufacturing . |
| 6 | Just 3 miles away , back in the village of Ewyas Harold , the snow ploughs were called in to shift inches of mud left by the receeding floods . |
| 7 | Water is next passed in to remove residues of salt and regeneration products , and finally normal running is restored . |
| 8 | ‘ That is easy — make the arch in the shape of a bent tree trunk , and make holes in the branches big enough to place pots of water , to make the flowers stay fresh for longer . ’ |
| 9 | Objective : to liberalize world trade and by doing so to raise standards of living , to ensure full employment , to expand the production and exchange of goods , and to promote economic development . |
| 10 | This domination can be expressed by the way in which power , technology and ideology come together to produce forms of knowledge that function actively to silence people . |
| 11 | The leading case is Anisminic Ltd v. Foreign Compensation Commission , where the House of Lords held that the effect of an exclusion clause is only to prevent errors of law by a tribunal which are within its jurisdiction : the clause would not prevent the review of decisions outside jurisdiction . |
| 12 | The Liberal Democrat leader , Paddy Ashdown , has called for fifty pence rise in petrol prices to be phased in to cut levels of carbon dioxide emissions . |
| 13 | This is not to evade questions of strategy and tactics , merely to place them in an appropriate context . |
| 14 | The Commission responsible for preparing the Convention decided not to include courts of arbitration , but there is no clarity on the position of administrative tribunals , many of which closely resemble ordinary courts , whilst others do not . |
| 15 | This acceptance of medical treatment in its widest sense is subject to the requirement not to accept transfusions of blood or blood derivatives . |
| 16 | Indeed , just as Berkeley 's immaterialism foreshadows the phenomenalist theory of perception developed by the so-called Logical Empiricists of this century , so his view , according to which the aim of science is not to provide explanations of nature 's regularities but only to arrive at concise and useful descriptions of them , foreshadows their instrumentalism . |
| 17 | Indeed , when a police authority has instructed its local constabulary not to purchase stockpiles of baton rounds nor to undertake training in their use , the Home Office has stepped in to circumvent this instruction by allowing police forces to hold such devices on permanent loan . |
| 18 | Every week somebody from Wales or London flew over to discuss aspects of design or production schedules with her as well as the regular , more formal selection meetings , held at least every two months . |
| 19 | It could save you thousands of pounds , not to mention hours of anguish . |
| 20 | ‘ To decide to negotiate the Queen 's or Albert Bridges at busy times on busy days — not to mention days of traffic chaos caused by bomb scares — is ludicrous . |
| 21 | The local authorities who approved such acts seemed unaware of the immense capital sums , not to mention years of work , that had gone into creating these libraries since their foundation in Victorian times , and their complete loss by the simple act of dispersal . |
| 22 | The workshop produces a wide range of one-off furniture and interiors ranging from specialised pieces such as collectors ' cabinets or jewellery boxes through to complete ranges of furniture for dining rooms and studies . |
| 23 | Pregnant replies , mystic allusions , mistaken identities , arguing his father is his mother , that sort of thing ; intimations of suicide , foregoing of exercise , loss of mirth , hints of claustrophobia not to say delusions of imprisonment ; invocations of camels , chameleons , capons , whales , weasels , hawks , handsaws — riddles , quibbles and evasions ; amnesia , paranoia , myopia ; day-dreaming , hallucinations ; stabbing his elders , abusing his parents , insulting his lover , and appearing hatless in public — knock-kneed , droop-stockinged and sighing like a love-sick schoolboy , which at his age is coming on a bit strong . |
| 24 | In particular we need to know how best to formulate models of behaviour to apply to such data and how best to test whether these models are consistent with the evidence . |
| 25 | Hands are also important in body language , usually to provide points of emphasis , while shaping with the hands the object being discussed , or an event , or signalling directions . |
| 26 | Mr Keating is being urged to act quickly to avoid years of uncertainty while new claims are fought through the courts . |
| 27 | A higher-voltage superimposed Grid would , the consultant argued ( in a report prepared on his own initiative and published in the leading electrical engineering journal ) , extend the benefits of pooling demands nationally to gain economies of scale , a smaller spare plant margin , and increased reliability , as had the original Grid . |
| 28 | Sent off to become parcels of ash . |
| 29 | She made a harbour with a jetty and when it was finished to her satisfaction , got up to find pieces of stick to float in it . |
| 30 | In the Summer Term of 1989 the LEA published and distributed a short booklet ( Leeds City Council 1989e ) which was ‘ intended to help parents to appreciate what constitutes the best primary school practice and also to highlight aspects of education that the Authority wishes to promote ’ . |