Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [adv] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Organised in regular gangs or teams on the model of seasonal harvesters , led by an elected captain who negotiated terms and shared out the proceeds of the contract , poor peasants from Italy , Croatia or Ireland would criss-cross continents or even oceans to provide labour for the builders of towns , factories or railways . |
| 2 | Show them how to be concise when they may have only minutes or even seconds to put over their viewpoint . |
| 3 | The appalled producer took refuge in the unions and his insurance company , and Fred and Arthur composed their faces into the necessary combination of artistic bloody-mindedness and guestly sympathy to scotch the project without actually seeming to throw their good lunch back into the producer 's face . |
| 4 | Hard-up bosses are dropping gifts , bonuses and even cards to save money , says a survey by the London Chamber of Commerce . |
| 5 | The effort is apparently different from DICOP , an action previously undertaken by Mitsubishi Electric Corp , Unisoft Ltd , Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA , Novell Inc , Unisys Corp , Seiko Epson Co , ASCII Corp and even DEC to produce a Japanese version of the COSE desktop . |
| 6 | The effort is apparently different from DICOP , an action previously undertaken by Mitsubishi Electric Corp , Unisoft Ltd , In C Olivetti & Co SpA , Novell Inc , Unisys Corp , Seiko Epson Co , ASCII Corp and even DEC to produce a Japanese version of the COSE desktop . |
| 7 | They had a sheet showing a car park and also cars to cut out . |
| 8 | Sun rashes can appear hours after exposure but may take days or even weeks to disappear . |
| 9 | But now they have to wait weeks or even months to claim back the money — forced to produce an exam certificate for each trainee before the TEC pays up . |
| 10 | The effect may not be immediate , some indiscretions take weeks or even months to become apparent , but will usually be in the form of a system crash . |
| 11 | The French employed troops and also aircraft to crush the rebels , yet they were unable to impose their control completely for several months . |
| 12 | But difficult as the schism was for many workers and indeed activists to understand or justify , its far-reaching ramifications had already begun to emerge . |
| 13 | At first sight the paradox that liberalism requires not only freedom of contract but also freedom to breach any contract is quickly resolved . |
| 14 | The special ways and means employed by special effects artists may include filming backgrounds or actions or even people to create an illusion of everyday reality . |
| 15 | While Henry II talked of peace and allowed first Geoffrey and then Henry to pull the wool over his eyes , Richard 's duchy was slipping away from him . |
| 16 | The scheme allowed the outsider , a solicitor with little or no criminal practice , to gain access to the criminal courts , receive a ready made clientele either through the cells or via the clerks and magistrates , represent these clients , get his face known , be talked about , be mentioned in the local newspaper and generally com-mence to build a reputation as a criminal lawyer . |
| 17 | A team of 30 rescuers battled throughout Monday night and yesterday morning to free the men , crawling on their stomachs and ripping out debris with their hands as temperatures reached 30C three-quarters of a mile from the pit shaft of Stillingfleet colliery , North Yorks . |
| 18 | As they are about competence at work , they will include not only competences relating directly to the funeral service but also competences to do with working relationships or health and safety . |
| 19 | Are you wanting commitment or merely agreement to seek further information ? |
| 20 | Without them , the book would be no more than a splenetic rant ; with them come glimmers of compassion and even humanity to balance the pyrotechnics of loathing . |
| 21 | The treatment prescribed has a familiar ring : rigorous financial analysis followed by cost-cutting , asset sales and then negotiations to convince creditors that rescheduling beats liquidation . |
| 22 | The authority has no duty to implement any proposals for redress but clearly refusal to do so may lead to unwelcome publicity . |
| 23 | They are also regarded as being capable of causing illness or even death to get their way . |
| 24 | In 822 , Louis sought reconciliation with his half-brothers , pardoned the rebels of 818 , and restored Abbot Adalard and probably Wala to favour . |
| 25 | ‘ We need electricians and plumbers willing to give up two weeks of their time to work in the hospital and also fundraisers to help raise the cash to fund the work . ’ |
| 26 | Detecting the scent of their natal stream in the waters flowing into the ocean causes the salmon to head inland , struggling up steep rivers or even rapids to reach the smells of home . |
| 27 | They are used to all sorts of emergencies , but there has never been anything like this : their own people , prepared to face appalling hardships , possible arrest or even death to get out , arriving exhausted but so happy to be free . |
| 28 | In books , pamphlets and speeches women drew on and re-worked the languages of purity , religion , medicine and even mysticism to develop a critical feminist discourse . |
| 29 | His early work about the alleys of Gamalliyya was fundamentally on the side of the revolution-the one that failed to dislodge the British in 1919 , and that finally threw out Farouk and brought Neguib and later Nasser to rule Egypt . |
| 30 | The pencils are also suited to line drawing , making strong marks and even sgraffito to create solidity , contrast and precision . ’ |