Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point of these examples is that using Creole to refuse a request is a way of building a particular meaning into the refusal . |
| 2 | In the context of Conversation E , then , using Creole to express a refusal marks it as " jocular " and non-threatening , just as laughter , delay and offering an excuse ( or " alternative " ) were used earlier to mark another refusal as non-threatening . |
| 3 | The result was that it then became possible to record the data on a continuous re-circulating loop of tape that would last for 25 hours before being erased and used again . |
| 4 | It became possible to standardize the matériel and develop strategy in a way that had been beyond Muscovy 's capabilities . |
| 5 | It was not until 1836 that it became possible to measure the amount of sugar left in a wine after the first fermentation , when Professor Francois of Châlons-sur-Marne published his Nouvelles observations sur la fermentation de vin en bouteilles , suivies d'un procédé pour reconnaître la quantité de sucre contenu dans le vin immédiatement avant tirage . |
| 6 | Once it became possible to lower a patient 's blood pressure substantially , it was not merely of academic interest to know whether the raised blood pressure was really ‘ essential ’ , that is necessary to maintain a sufficient flow of blood through narrowed arteries to vital organs , and , if it was , whether modest treatment ( to ward off the obvious hazards of strokes or heart failure ) could be tolerated . |
| 7 | ( By 1983 , fashion had become so disjointed anyway — it became possible to achieve the look and sound of any youth cult movement since the forties and still remain firmly in vogue ) . |
| 8 | With the implementation of the present Call-slip analysis exercise it became possible to review the situation after an interval of almost ten years , and in the tables which follow , those findings of the present Survey which relate to foreign-language material are set alongside the broadly comparable findings of the earlier periods . |
| 9 | It became possible to instil the drill , discipline , and skills required to make the army an effective fighting force . |
| 10 | AS the biggest Whitehall shake-up in two decades gets under way , there is firm evidence that the civil service expected Labour to win the election . |
| 11 | Pale shades reflect light , opening out small areas , while on the other hand , dark , rich tones will absorb light to make a room look smaller . |
| 12 | But Microsoft insists that list prices will remain high to emphasize the value of their products . |
| 13 | An Iranian-brokered ceasefire , due to start on Feb. 27 to enable Vellayati to visit the enclave , failed to hold , however , and on Feb. 28 he flew direct to Yerevan , the Armenian capital . |
| 14 | The French influence here was even greater than in Spain and in the eleventh century the northern region had broken free to become a satellite of Burgundy , though later it became independent . |
| 15 | Is the Minister aware that the best return for that good work is not being achieved in that shortcomings in the law allow the higher echelons of terrorist organisations — their command and control structures — to remain free to walk the streets with impunity , despite the fact that the RUC has provided high-grade intelligence about those people ? |
| 16 | It is not considered friendly to grab the nose of the person speaking with you . |
| 17 | He bent low to study the packet . |
| 18 | In this climate , Cripps decided to mount a ‘ popular front ’ campaign in 1937 and 1938 , in order to encourage Labour to enter a coalition government with anti-fascist and anti-appeasement Conservatives and Liberals if a split could be engineered within the Conservative Party . |
| 19 | She had taken after her father , Astrid said , that dogginess — always going after a stick , leaping high to please the thrower , waggingly racing back with it and repeating the action as long as it pleased . |
| 20 | Pupils giving estimates at the end of this range might well be considered sensible to give the height of a door as 5 feet and 10 feet respectively . |
| 21 | PAT Eddery was today installed favourite to take the Ritz Club Trophy awarded to the top jockey at Royal Ascot . |
| 22 | ‘ I was wondering when I was going to be let free to do the work of the Lord . ’ |
| 23 | With their captain and inspiration , Roy Aitken , suspended , Saints seemed to have come prepared to fight a rearguard action . |
| 24 | Lord Sankey 's attitude indicates that a court of law in the United Kingdom would need weighty evidence before becoming willing to abandon the principle of legality according to the pre-existing constitutional norms , and so it should , so long as uncertainty as to the ‘ realities ’ prevails . |
| 25 | Above all he turned his anger towards Kenamun , who , on grounds of security , had forbidden Huy to visit the scene of the third murder when it came to light , where he might have had a chance at last of studying the circumstances of death . |
| 26 | And just because it looks easy to use a mouse and icons to develop new database applications , it does n't mean that you can forget all about the coding side . |
| 27 | Retail Runner , who made all when a highly impressive eight-length winner at Ascot on his reappearance , looks set to take the Hallowe'en Novices Chase . |
| 28 | Clough is confirmed in England 's midfield in the RFK Stadium tomorrow , while Manchester United midfielder Paul Ince looks set to captain the side again with David Platt still injured . |
| 29 | The Yarns and Fabrics business has undertaken substantial changes to respond to the needs of a difficult market , and now looks set to reap the rewards as demand picks up . |
| 30 | The depression in the art market , and a growing diffidence among gallery owners where fairs are concerned , evident in the run up to the FIAC fair in Paris , looks set to turn the Cologne fair into a predominantly home-grown event . |