Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was also commissioned to photograph in the Crimea during the war ; he was the first photographer successfully to photograph a war . |
| 2 | Based on the evidence of those first episodes of Butterflies back in 1978 , which of those two would most of us have put our money on to become a TV star ? |
| 3 | Unfortunately these histories are not always clear owing to the limitations of the human body and its inability verbally to state the problems . |
| 4 | This is an important development , which allows litigants before domestic courts effectively to subpoena the Commission . |
| 5 | Chaired by Michael Julien , it meets not less than three times annually to review the adequacy of the Group 's systems of internal control including those concerning the Group 's pension arrangements , the scope and findings of the external and internal auditors ' work , the half and full year financial statements prior to their submission to the Board , and the application of the Group 's accounting policies and any changes to financial reporting requirements . |
| 6 | In Martin Luther 's words , just as a mother goes to the cradle only to find the baby , we go to the Bible only to find Christ . |
| 7 | I believe it is a hundred times better to have a leader who wants to go forward rather than one who retreats towards the hills when the going gets rough . |
| 8 | Clause 11 of Precedent 1 is a very short form of confidentiality clause , which is mutually binding , while cl 11.1 of Precedent 2 is inserted by the buyer only to bind the seller . |
| 9 | The oil companies agreed to reduce their hydrocarbon emissions sufficiently to allow the car plant to be built . |
| 10 | The reason why I run culture and ideology together to identify the institutionalization of consumerism is that consumerism in the global system can only be fully understood as a cultural-ideological practice . |
| 11 | Father-of-two Patch wears his hair long to hide a hearing aid and lip-reads when filming . |
| 12 | With two other men he worked his way rhythmically across the sheet , beating the second layer gently with rounded mallets until the starches produced from the pith welded all the strips together to form a sheet , the size of the stone , of white papyrus . |
| 13 | In many instances , the first reaction of parents was to take the user along to see the family doctor . |
| 14 | Crossing sets of stitches tend to draw the work in and to prevent this in part and to make crossing the sets of stitches easier , it is usual to run at least one stitch at either side of the cable down to form a ladder . |
| 15 | And a large part of my time in Uganda was spent trying to market new species , taking on a wider range of species , and a more intensive utilisation , so that you 've opened up your canopy enough to encourage the regeneration of the valuable species . |
| 16 | A striking boyish frame achieved by smoothing hair down to follow the shape of the head . |
| 17 | I 'm also changing the Description to read ‘ NATO — The great Hack ’ — I show you this trick only to emphasize the control you have over Windows ; not so you can sneak onto a friend 's PC and swap all their icons around ! |
| 18 | You can turn down a fire hose to water a garden , but you can not turn up a garden hose sufficiently to tackle a fire . |
| 19 | Cursing the Post Office and the weather in equal proportions , ‘ Buck ’ Buchanan slowly brought the aircraft around and with a considerable tailwind we headed back to Moose Jaw only to find the airport building deserted except for the night watchman huddled by his coal-oil heater with the mail-bags beside him . |
| 20 | The dream to join the two ramps together to make a 32ft wide superramp was finally realised this year and the work was completed in March . |
| 21 | In past years you have been kind enough to allow a skip to be sited on the Mill Yard for the collection of large items of household rubbish . |
| 22 | Gently bend the strips outwards to create the impression of water spray . |
| 23 | She enjoyed uncovering a corner of brick enough to insert the trowel blade beneath it and twist , and prise it slowly out of its bed . |
| 24 | Bernard and Ellen went to visit Belinda , who had renounced her separatist tendencies sufficiently to marry a graphics designer . |
| 25 | With bank interest over the years it amounted to some £320,000-certainly enough to meet the Ingard cheque . |
| 26 | ‘ How long ago was the floor solid enough to hold a party on it ? ’ |
| 27 | Of course , Governments like the guillotine , but the House is not in existence only to protect the rights of Governments and the Executive . |
| 28 | Where risk has increased there is an increasing need for capital to provide a buffer against loss … the removal of the old protective barriers led to a rush by the smaller players to merge with new , bigger partners both to benefit from economies of scale and scope and to augment their capital base sufficiently to meet the requirements of the new , more demanding market context … |
| 29 | As far as the direct effects of test-case litigation are concerned , therefore , experience both here and in the USA suggests that it would be unwise to look to the courts alone to secure a right of tax-diversion . |
| 30 | It now says that it does not envisage compulsory staff redundancies over the next couple of years ; and that it has no plans greatly to expand the use of contractors in place of its own staff . |