Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [to-vb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the four old aircraft hangars were erected side-by-side to make the Central Works , construction of the first completely new car began . |
| 2 | She tried not to even consider the soft swell of his expressive mouth , and gabbled on to break the tense atmosphere . |
| 3 | THE only way men could be relied on to take the proposed male contraceptive pill would be if it enlarged certain parts of their anatomy in the way the female pill enlarges breasts . |
| 4 | In my view , however , therein lies its strength ; it is a programme that can be relied on to give an unvarnished account of the proceedings of the House and its committees ; it has been called a mini-Hansard . |
| 5 | So the teacher finally asks Peggy , who can be relied on to know the correct answer : |
| 6 | The recognised or nominal leaders of such groups may be relied on to produce an initial list of individuals who are presumed to have power in community affairs ( leaders ) . |
| 7 | They know she can be relied on to make the big day for her clients sparkle with the perfect glittering accessory . |
| 8 | Bitterly disappointed , Harrison abandoned medical reform , but his ideas lived on to provide a solid basis for future important developments , which culminated in the Medical Act of 1858 . |
| 9 | He asked if Hall had forgotten that it was intended eventually to extend the new buildings as far as Great George Street where they would be seen with the Abbey and the Palace of Westminster . |
| 10 | He then goes on to ask the same question about people with extraordinary talents , whether in physics , generalship or painting . |
| 11 | Valeriy Kulishov goes on to describe the legal vacuum in which Russia currently finds itself . |
| 12 | Simonds goes on to describe the general layout in some detail , including ‘ a long stable , well lighted ( by windows and oil lamps ) and ventilated . |
| 13 | When Lok acquires this tool , he goes on to compare the new people to things he is familiar with , noting their menace , power , and sheer attractiveness by comparing them to a famished wolf , the waterfall , honey and Oa . |
| 14 | He goes on to connect the semantic change with ‘ the general tendency of the Enlightenment not to accept any authority and to decide everything before the judgement seat of reason ’ ( p. 241 ) . |
| 15 | He goes on to give a splendid example of the thing he has in mind , when an old Muslim tribesman went on urging a drug-addicted English hippy to ‘ pray to Jesus the Messiah ’ , until he was converted and delivered . |
| 16 | The text pronounces that so far as the words are concerned no trust is created , but then goes on to give a moral reason for holding one to have been created ; it ends by referring to a similar decision of Marcus Aurelius . |
| 17 | These two paragraphs are quoted in his book Modern Fantasy by Dr C. N. Manlove , who then goes straight on as usual to spearhead the critical assault and declare : and Dr Manlove goes on to cite a well-known Ubi sunt passage from the Old English poem and to observe that ‘ This is real elegy , for it has something to be elegiac about ’ . |
| 18 | The chapter goes on to outline the main purchase types , and looks at the importance of contract markets in many industrial buying situations . |
| 19 | The report goes on to repudiate the whole idea of a ‘ no first use ’ pledge , which might enable ‘ the Soviets ’ to ‘ gain a unilateral conventional advantage ’ , would be ‘ unenforceable and unverifiable ’ , and could ‘ increase the chances of war and thus increase the chances of nuclear conflict ’ . |
| 20 | Ulysses opens with the horrifying story of the blinding of the one-eyed Cyclops , told with gusto , and goes on to recount the many other dangers Ulysses faced during his 10-year voyage on the ‘ wine-dark sea ’ , trying to get home after the siege of Troy . |
| 21 | Strephon goes on to recount the various features which once inspired his love , but now leave him cold : |
| 22 | He goes on to mention the occasional embarrassing moments which occur when firms try to pass backhanders . |
| 23 | Opening with a tirade of four letter abuse from Roman footsoldiers to their ( absent ) leaders , the translation by David Johnston ( for The Gate Theatre ) goes on to incorporate a great many deliberate anachronisms which give the play a decidedly modern flavour . |
| 24 | From Drumlone Cross , the trail goes on to join the main Lisnaskea-Newtonbutler Road . |
| 25 | He goes on to explore the dynamic nature of excellence and to suggest that quality is really about training and unlocking the potential of the workforce . |
| 26 | Having dealt with the Heart and the Head , Virginia goes on to consider the fuller implications of the third part of her exhibition . |
| 27 | She goes on to make a new life in Hampshire with Harry still remaining ignorant of her great change and her children , of which she is extremely fond , remaining unaffected . |
| 28 | Because then the P P G seven then goes on to make the implicit point about other things that in the countryside such as the small villages and towns and other development opportunities , do occur which provide the rural diversification and employment development that is that is required by the P P G. |
| 29 | Meanwhile the speaker N uses a Creole obscenity in line 8 , but goes on to make an ironic comment on Brenda 's request in London English ; but this overlaps with Brenda 's next turn , which this time is an ironic comment on N 's behaviour , and is in Creole . |
| 30 | The chapter examines different theories of stratification and then goes on to present a full account of the facts of class inequality according to income , wealth , and so on . |