Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [to-vb] [adv prt] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Berg 's case was that the unqualified report by the auditors gave the company an opportunity to continue to carry on business and to borrow money from third parties . |
| 2 | Nor should this be an excuse to try to carve up Genesis to fit a theory — about the evolution of religion or anything else . |
| 3 | This , together with his proposed union treaty , which opponents saw as a breakup of the Soviet Union , drove conservatives to try to take over control from him by declaring a state of emergency — in effect , a coup d'état . |
| 4 | Now he has a training programme for the week-end to try to build up stamina . ’ |
| 5 | Similarly , if income were £30 million , aggregate demand would be £34 million and so would exceed the total value of production , inventories would be run down causing firms to attempt to step up production and so increase national income . |
| 6 | The Tories might have got away with that but the latest revelation that the Home Office trawled through 25-year-old confidential files to try to dig up dirt on Mr Clinton is as outrageous as it is mind-boggling . |
| 7 | It 's quite common for babies of Nathan 's age to want to carry on breastfeeding . |
| 8 | Although many valuable religious icons had not been removed , there was sufficient evidence of the building having been ransacked for the police to refuse to rule out robbery as a possible motive . |
| 9 | The creative team works in all media , but usually calls on the services of an agency TV producer to help to set up TV and cinema film production — and often radio , too . |