Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not unusual therefore for the contract expressly to deal with the time for payment and the time for delivery but to be silent about the time of the transfer of property . |
| 2 | However , there is little doubt that a number of facilities already developed will prove of value educationally : devices which allow the user effectively to draw upon the screen , such as the light pen or the graphics tablet , have great potential . |
| 3 | The minister 's entourage and assembled media swept into the narrow office building only to grind to a halt on the stairs while he and Mr Fallon shut themselves off for a brief chat . |
| 4 | I 've sent my sister in to look after the other lads . ’ |
| 5 | The man altered course impatiently to deal with the interruption ; just under six foot , he looked smaller because of the width of the powerful sloping shoulders which even good tailoring could do little to minimize . |
| 6 | I was reassured that the nonsense would stop , and that people would use the bikes merely to get to the base of mountains , where the walk in was prohibitive of completing the hill in a day without some means of transport . |
| 7 | Winning the toss and putting Knutsford in to bat on a damp wicket gave leftarmer Mike Cross the chance to shine with 4–19 . |
| 8 | If ‘ The Hollow Men ’ traces the degeneration of ritual to a final babyish ‘ whimper ’ , then Sweeney Agonistes attempts to reconstruct the most basic rituals only to end in a bang . |
| 9 | ELDORADO , the BBC supersoap launched in a blaze of glory only to fizzle like a damp squib , CAN be saved . |
| 10 | Exit offended alter-ego with money enough to go to the pictures . |
| 11 | Although you have to cart the cylinder around with you , there is a bonus in that a blowtorch can be used upside down to get under a pipe which is being fitted in situ ; turning a cartridge-fed blowlamp upside down can cause problems as it will flare . |
| 12 | Newsagent Jeff McKenna who runs a shop in Murray Street , Hartlepool , wants local traders and residents to club together to pay for a policeman to patrol their area exclusively . |
| 13 | Maura and Margaret became a pair , the friendship only to end with the death of one of them . |
| 14 | The Smiths were heroic party-poopers at the Top of the Pops office do , glowering at the forced jollity ; they were like those gauche youths Who turn up to house parties only to cling to the dark comers in chaste disdain , driven by the naïve , vaguely inhuman conviction that all merriment is a lie . |
| 15 | I am satisfied that the promise was understood by all parties only to apply under the conditions prevailing at the time when it was made , namely , when the flats were only partially let , and that it did not extend any further than that . |
| 16 | ‘ No means no , my brother/Are you deaf in your ear , motherfucker ? ’ , is the chorus , catchy enough to stick in the minds of youthful listeners . |
| 17 | Outside a car revved up its engine as it changed up a gear only to screech to a halt at the corner and roar off again . |
| 18 | Neil get out of his aircraft obviously to go to the telephone . |
| 19 | And secondly a lot of er a number of consultants want to leave their bonuses in to accrue during the year . |
| 20 | You feel light enough to float on a cloud … |
| 21 | So many track workers have been allowed to go that in some parts of the country we are not able to put gangs together to work on a proper maintenance programme . ’ |
| 22 | Small enough to squeeze into a box 22ins square — or the minuscule engine bay of a Formula 3000 racing car , having been designed by TVR 's Al Melling primarily as a racing engine — the ‘ AJP8 ’ thumps out 350bhp in road trim and up to 130bhp more as a racer , along with class-beating torque . |
| 23 | In giving consent to another 's actions , however , our primary purpose is to authorise those actions and in so doing create for or accord to another a special right to act : the obligation generated on the consentor not to interfere with the exercise of this right takes , in this case , the secondary role . |
| 24 | INSTONIANS — The return of David Wilson from France and the availability of Tim Taylor , Johnny McBride and Mark Irwin strengthens the squad and prompts coach Denis Guiler not to feature as a stop-gap this season ! |
| 25 | Although , later , as the salvation of Verdun seemed assured , the Joffre coterie claimed the honours , there is nothing to suggest that , at the moment of de Castelnau 's departure from Chantilly , Joffre had definitely made up his mind not to retreat to the Left Bank . |
| 26 | If , however , no undertakings can be negotiated and the MMC investigates the merger and finds that it operates or may be expected to operate against the public interest , the Secretary of State has power to order the parties not to proceed with a proposed merger or to order divestment by the purchasing company if the merger has been completed . |
| 27 | In the light of the OAS decision , Fujimori stated on Aug. 30 that there was no remaining excuse for political parties not to participate in the elections . |
| 28 | Folly stared fixedly at the desk in an attempt not to listen to the one-sided conversation . |
| 29 | Alternatively , he or she may have a self-imposed rule not to drink before a certain time of day or on particular days , weeks or months or even years . |
| 30 | In other words not to provide for a continuing level of migration as it has been in the past . |