Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the therapist encouraged the couple to think of ways of being positive in their behaviour towards each other , Ann agreed to wear more attractive clothes , and Charles to show her more consideration and affection by praising her appearance , and expressing positive feelings towards her . |
| 2 | For many of these theories computational systems have been developed using very small lexicons that have been sanitised of ambiguity and dealing with a conveniently simple set of grammatical constructions . |
| 3 | The Home Office will want to gather as much evidence of good practice as possible ’ . |
| 4 | They may also want to gather together other material to suit their own modifications and preferences , if any ( eg blackboard and copies of their own examples ) . |
| 5 | Blinds on their own can fit any atmosphere , particularly if windows are awkward , small or you did not want to lose too much light . |
| 6 | Give this message to others in a brief , clear way : ‘ I need to talk to you about office manning ’ ; ‘ I do n't want to go away this weekend ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't want to go away this weekend . ’ |
| 8 | For finance leases entered into after 11 April 1991 , the Inland Revenue 's statement of practice SP3/91 grants lessees tax deductions on the finance charges in the lease ( calculated in accordance with SSAP 21 ) and on the accounting depreciation charge on the asset ( calculated using generally accepted principles ) . |
| 9 | In addition , improved therapeutic agents with more specific and controlled effects on platelet metabolism may be developed allowing more effective intervention . |
| 10 | Part of the problem is that most of us do n't know very much about mental illness and we tend to see very negative images around us and on television . |
| 11 | It involves bringing together many sources of information ; relying on narrow , numeric scales to assess certain criteria ( e.g. sales , costs ) can fudge complex interrelationships and lead to poor judgement and bad decisions . |
| 12 | As this century has advanced , so investment trusts have developed to embrace more direct investment in the shares of other companies . |
| 13 | Site finds therefore tend to under-represent more valuable coins . |
| 14 | At the moment it is intended that they close only on New Year 's Day , 1 May and Christmas Day , although this may be altered to include also two Mondays a month . |
| 15 | We intend to carry forward this move towards greater openness . |
| 16 | Incidentally , as pupating involves yet another skin change , when the caterpillars are retreating into their chrysalises , the tank is littered with the bizarre sight of what can best be described as ‘ empty caterpillars ’ . |
| 17 | He says that it is a sad fact that many early RDS receivers failed to perform even basic tasks adequately , and many people have been put off RDS for life because of : ‘ experiences with receivers that performed inadequately and which failed to live up to the promises the broadcasters made for them ’ . |
| 18 | This declared that the two sides haveagreed to launch more extensive discussions on anti-satellite weapons and other space arms issues . |
| 19 | Last year 's show enjoyed perfect weather and organisers are hoping for a repeat to attract even bigger crowds . |
| 20 | As they are beaten by the waves the exposed limestone skeletons are broken up , and the sand thus formed smothers yet more areas of reef . |
| 21 | A major difference between the dictionaries is the number of words defined — learner 's dictionaries tend to contain about 30,000 headwords , general purpose dictionaries ( e.g. CED ) have about 100,000 definitions , Websters Third New International has 450,000 and the Oxford English Dictionary has about 500,000 definitions . |
| 22 | ii ) Films of non-risky junctions tend to contain relatively little information related to risk . |
| 23 | This , however , assumes that because we tend to process more semantic knowledge than non-semantic knowledge , it therefore follows that semantic processing is equivalent to making use of previous knowledge to interpret presented stimuli in a meaningful fashion . |
| 24 | On Oct. 29 the Soviet Union agreed to speed up oil deliveries to Yugoslavia , expected to total about 6,000,000 tonnes in 1990 . |
| 25 | Meanwhile the Wheatsheaf at Frooms Hill in Hereford and the Bull Ring in Kingstone failed to attract high enough bids . |
| 26 | I do n't want to stand here all afternoon being laughed at like a cunt . |
| 27 | This showed that of 16,000 children entering grammar schools in 1946 ( the year when I left one ) , more than half failed to secure even three passes at O level , and almost a third left even before the end of their fifth year . |
| 28 | ‘ But I do n't want to know too many details . |
| 29 | The contested cases — which tend to attract more extended coverage — are very particular types of cases . |
| 30 | Great Warriors did n't want to attract too much attention to themselves when they were trying to think their way out of their penalty period in the ultimate war . |