Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [verb] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You and Jim want jollying up a bit . ’ |
| 2 | UNFORTUNATELY the majority of memorial dedications tend to receive only a fraction of the publicity they deserve . |
| 3 | For example , in examining the relationship between aggregate consumer spending and aggregate disposable income , it is important to determine whether or not , over a period of years , the spending and income data tend to fluctuate around a regular trend , or have a tendency to wander far away from their trend . |
| 4 | " Other candidates tend to write out a plan which is lengthy in the extreme , only to write out in sentence form the plan as an answer . " |
| 5 | Meanwhile the supporters want to set up a petition encouraging Flashman to go . |
| 6 | Next season , the Supporters ' Club hope to start up a bicycle hire scheme for away matches . |
| 7 | Their data do bear out a long-term relative decline in urban manufacturing ( ibid. , Table 2 ) . |
| 8 | ‘ Nuclear Electric have carried out a similar study , which also showed Deferred Safestore as the best option . |
| 9 | It is n't only the novelty Three Wise Men or Snowflake designs which are selling : ‘ Many women are looking for a luxury buy to finish off a party outfit and the opaque hold-ups by Italian designer Paulo Cavali are best sellers , ’ says Heather . |
| 10 | This happens to be a good strategy for a side with material superiors , and computers have won quite a lot of games with this strategy . |
| 11 | I mean , for instance , in my dreams er cars have taken on a very distinct personal symbolism that has really nothing to do with what you might think , because of personal experiences of mine , and I now know that whenever I dream about cars it always always has this but that 's because of something that happened to me and because of my personal erm kind of experiences , so cars have become a dream symbol . |
| 12 | J. Sainsbury , Britain 's biggest food retailer argues that discount shops have received only a temporary boost from the recession . |
| 13 | No I bought my dining room suite , this Ercol dining room suite in there , I 've still got it , yeah that was a long Oh yeah the shops have changed quite a lot in the The Stow have n't they ? |
| 14 | In many cases the becak drivers have put up a fight to prevent their livelihood from being carted off . |
| 15 | With Norm 's demise , America 's beer-drinkers have lost both a role-model and a soulmate ; but , as it happens , the week also brought them good news . |
| 16 | Spokesmen for the insurance companies seeking to justify this practice have wheeled out a few explanations which include ‘ the client understood that by settling for a poor return on death his ultimate retirement fund would be higher . ’ |
| 17 | Michael Attenborough of Hodder commented : ‘ For any publisher , losing an author all of whose books have sold over a million copies in their UK editions — and I have no doubt that As the Crow Flies will join them soon — is very regrettable . |
| 18 | Although the past few months have seen quite a number of problems for European unity , one area that remains firmly fixed is the demolition of trade barriers in 1993 . |
| 19 | Eventually the scientists at the National Radiological Protection Board hope to set up a network of solar radiation monitors across Britain and Europe . |
| 20 | It has been suggested that the prevalent west and south-west winds tend to set up a longshore drift towards Portland , so that the majority of coarse material accumulates at that end . |
| 21 | Characteristic of his style is his intensely naturalistic carving of man and nature ; the carved drapery folds seem to take on a life of their own . |
| 22 | Even though the certificates have taken on a different appearance , their structure remains the same . |
| 23 | Her parents have set up a trust fund and this competition . |
| 24 | ( First Edition ) WARRINGTON have turned down a transfer request from Neil Harmon , their 21-year-old prop forward . |
| 25 | Since they first began holding hands , Microsoft and IBM have shared barely a care . |
| 26 | I think Derbyshire have done quite a big thing and had some publicity for theirs . |
| 27 | ‘ The new production quotas have stirred up a hornet 's nest — and that 's without the added difficulty of a flu epidemic . ’ |
| 28 | There is often an upper age limit set for policyholders , although , in recent years the insurance companies have extended upwards a little . |
| 29 | ‘ Companies have taken out a tier of management to save money , appointing financial controllers as directors designate , ’ warns Mr Austin . |
| 30 | The largest companies have drawn up a criteria which demand inter alia that new book purchases must be based on a stock turn of one year ( in other words , the whole print run has to sell out within one year of US publication ) and that the projected gross margin must not be less than 50% . |