Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [conj] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without such funding the best way to process general language is to acquire rather than develop a parser ( Patten , 1992 ) . |
| 2 | In conclusion , my Lords , it seems to me that , unless the procedure adopted by the moving party is ill suited to dispose of the question at issue , there is much to be said in favour of the proposition that a court having jurisdiction ought to let a case be heard rather than entertain a debate concerning the form of the proceedings . |
| 3 | The management of investment needs to be optimised so as to deliver a fully commercial return . |
| 4 | Now the place has an aura which is so enticing and unexpected in this quiet rural area that few people can pass by without stopping to go inside and become a part of the idyllic scene . |
| 5 | Book debts arising from these credit sales were to be assigned in blocks , containing substantial numbers of such debts to the plaintiffs in return for a lump sum , calculated so as to provide a discounting charge to the plaintiffs . |
| 6 | At the meeting Eduard Shevardnadze , the Soviet Foreign Minister , proposed the " decoupling " of the internal and external aspects of unification so that the former could be completed swiftly while allowing a unified Germany 's security status to be resolved over a number of years . |
| 7 | The mode of operation can be adjusted so as to produce a high content of aromatic ( benzene-like ) molecules which give the product its characteristically high octane number . |
| 8 | That law might have developed so as to recognise a condictio indebiti — an action for the recovery of money on the ground that it was not due . |
| 9 | To get around this limitation Lotus Microsoft and Intel got together and invented a special type of memory — expanded memory or Lotus-Intel-Microsoft ( LIM ) memory . |
| 10 | The defender said : ‘ When we lost 5-0 at Liverpool a couple of weeks ago we all got together and had a heart-to-heart . |
| 11 | The key factor in all these possibilities is the capability of drawing together and distributing a wide range of interactive facilities within a single information environment . |
| 12 | In either case the human intervention must be a very high level one based on complex diagnosis and innovative design-type thinking about how best to cope so as to avoid a catastrophe . |
| 13 | I 've always thought that you get a bunch of songs together and if they 're good songs , you 're really lucky and if they all fit together and make a great album you 're really , really lucky . |
| 14 | She was n't one of these poor deprived kids who slipped in through an open window or an inadequately locked door and then did not know better than to steal a television or a video . |
| 15 | Then either let your hair dry naturally or use a diffuser . |
| 16 | Do n't over-dry your hair — whenever possible , let it dry naturally or use a diffuser . |
| 17 | Among these benefits were : 1 ) Bill of lading provisions that granted the carrier the benefit of the shipper 's insurance were outlawed ; and 2 ) The right of the carrier to limit liability to a fixed sum per package or shipping unit was modified so as to specify a mandatory minimum of 100 Pounds Sterling ( or English Gold Sovereigns ) or the the national currency equivalent per package or unit . |
| 18 | Sheffield Wednesday 's makeshift striker has all but clinched a big money move to Ewood Park at the second attempt just three weeks after signing a new four-year contract at Hillsborough . |
| 19 | Mini-Enterprise is an opportunity for a group of young people to come together and make a product for sale , or market a service . |
| 20 | Rather , I conclude by inviting all of us whose activism is shaped by our concern for what is happening to the other animals to make a renewed , conscientious , patient and determined effort to come together and forge a common agenda , even as we work , both as individuals and organisations , on projects that are uniquely our own . |
| 21 | He thought that the Businesses needed more time to work together and get a grip of their markets . |
| 22 | Thus , the Act has no effect in the internal workings of children 's hearings : there is no question of ‘ rehabilitation ’ as that term is understood in the Act applying so as to prevent a later children 's hearing exploring the circumstances of an earlier offence or hearing or disposal . |
| 23 | Downstairs the bar 's lay-out has been cleverly designed so as to lend a feeling of space without losing a certain cosiness . |
| 24 | ‘ At least I 'm old enough to know better than to buy a crappy kitsch china schweinhund like this , ’ he retorted . |
| 25 | Lugh , who had listened to all this with tolerance ( because of being a good leader ) , thought that now was probably as good a time as any to slip away and take a real look at Tara . |
| 26 | With Tetleys tea now you send away and get a like a little minibus thing . |
| 27 | Unlike modern tape systems , it was possible to jump backwards and play a word again quickly if it was n't clear . |
| 28 | She had thought he was asleep , realising that he was n't only when she felt him tense under the light touch of her fingers , but as he neither moved away nor said a word , she let them remain there , resting lightly against him , the contact lax and undemanding . |
| 29 | They moved outside and saw a Land Rover pick-up emerge from the trees . |
| 30 | Two- and three-year-olds seem to know just when throwing a tantrum will leave you embarrassed and uncertain and undermine your authority . |