Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [verb] [prep] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many believed that the Liberal Labour alliance was a threat to a system of government built up over centuries and they were not prepared to see this done without at least a clear decision by the electorate . |
| 2 | At that time John Huston found little to complain of in Clift , but Clark Gable , who recognized that Monty was a gifted actor , had his patience stretched , as on one occasion John Huston told me about : |
| 3 | The Asia and Pacific Group has prioritised Cambodia for their major campaigning work , and expect this to continue throughout at least 1991 and 1992 . |
| 4 | The cows have a long , flat lactation curve and readily adopt a second calf for suckling , and are considered easy to care for as housecows . |
| 5 | ‘ The excess of investible funds over the supply of securities looks set to remain for at least another financial year . |
| 6 | On the other , different strata among the middle classes found much to object to in the status quo . |
| 7 | The OTO , founded by freemasons , has much to answer for in the last eighty years . |
| 8 | The Labour Party has much to answer for from this perspective . |
| 9 | Now for example , these three , I 've got three on this one , you can see the bottom right-hand corner , I have three specific business goals that I 'm us , that I want constant reminding of during the month . |
| 10 | ‘ When the group of witnesses rushed to pull those injured from under the wheels of the armoured personnel carrier , they were fired on by automatic weapons . ’ |
| 11 | It would be like kicking her when she 's down — and I think she has enough to contend with at the moment . ’ |
| 12 | The 16 North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) and seven Warsaw Pact countries took part in an entirely new set of negotiations during 1989 , the Conventional Forces in Europe ( CFE ) talks in Vienna , Austria , aimed at reducing the conventional force levels deployed by each side in Europe ( for decision to inaugurate CFE-first referred to as Conventional Stability Talks-see p. 36413 ) . |
| 13 | All of this can come as no surprise , since one of the greatest difficulties which confronts the medical legal commentator in dealing with the treatment of the terminally ill is that techniques and technology have developed and changed with such rapidity in the past decade or so that it is only vaguely that the problems are perceived , let alone responded to by developing a general consensus in the form of law . |
| 14 | I do not feel able to speculate as to whether or not it will recover sufficiently over the period in which we are dealing as to be again a and situation . |
| 15 | Only when she had rinsed herself clean and gone through the whole process again did she feel able to step from under the flood of water . |
| 16 | I have heard these referred to as Disco Fish occasionally , but they are not nearly as common in the trade as they were . |
| 17 | I like a picture to be fairly full as if it is too empty it can become boring to look at after a few months , but it is very easy to get carried away with all your lovely pressed flowers and try to fit them all into one picture — using too many flowers looks just as bad as not using enough . |
| 18 | So if he 's getting that rammed in in him now , what 's he missing out on ? |
| 19 | From here Dalles Grises takes six pitched of VS worthwhile for the feeding of doing a longer route in such an impressive place . |
| 20 | A rigorist for ecclesiastical law would have found much to object to in this procedure . |
| 21 | At the same time , the novel finds more to object to in the less objectionable aspects of these activities than many readers might anticipate . |
| 22 | Hibiscus , frangipani , bougainvillaea and the glorious colours of the flame tree were a visual feast and a challenge for the camera which I felt unable to cope with at first . |
| 23 | ‘ You ought to get this looked at by a doctor if it does n't stop bleeding soon . ’ |
| 24 | By 1994 , he expects this to grow to over US$24 billion . |
| 25 | ICL also now generates about half its revenues from higher margin non-hardware sales , and expects this to increase to between 55% and 60% over the next few years . |
| 26 | ICL also now generates about half its revenues from higher margin non-hardware sales , and expects this to increase to between 55% and 60% over the next few years . |
| 27 | And then what does that mean in in real money . |
| 28 | ‘ What does that sound like to you ? ’ |
| 29 | Well , what does that look like from the way you 're looking at it ? |
| 30 | The old , and now much condemned , low-carbohydrate method of dieting had much to answer for in making social eaters fat . |