Example sentences of "[adj] to [verb] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was only one person to whom Jerome would be reporting with so much fervour ; Bénezet , naturally curious about anything that might serve his turn or redound to his profit , was not averse to picking up a few crumbs of useful information by the way . |
| 2 | Currently , one of the rather loosely applied definitive differences between plant and animal life is that plants can be propagated in either of two ways , sexually by means of seed , which involves male and female contributions from different plants or from different parts of the same plant , or asexually ( vegetatively ) by means of cutting and layering , which is analogous to cutting off an arm or a leg and growing an entirely new individual from such a part into a whole new body . |
| 3 | He described the task of reproducing the mosaic as ‘ something akin to piecing together a 1,500,000-piece jigsaw with the picture to be copied only half complete ’ . |
| 4 | Combined operations became the commando 's métier and he would become as accustomed to calling up a battleship 's gunnery officer or the leader of a flight of rocket firing Typhoon aircraft as he might be radioing for mortar fire from his own Heavy Weapons Troop . |
| 5 | Indeed when I was at the police college in 1987 and Jones was on the Senior Command Course prior to taking up a position as assistant chief constable , I took a straw poll among my immediate colleagues to see what influence such books achieve . |
| 6 | It was cleaned by Gorton shed prior to taking out a southbound express and adorned with wreaths , it would enter Victoria just after the service had begun . |
| 7 | Occasional mute mind-wiped drones trudged by on some robotic task , perhaps simply ordered to exercise their zombie limbs prior to cleaning out a toxic sump ; and cyborged Servitors trundled here and there . |
| 8 | It is also important to drawn up a job description , and that will take up senior management resources , to consider the job requirements and the profile of the ideal candidate . |
| 9 | My grandfather had died early , so she was used to bringing up a family on her own . |
| 10 | Bradshaw 's technique , his whole life , was built on the twin pillars of strength and stamina ; he was used to taking on an unbeatable opposition and winning . |
| 11 | You may have a good deal of ups and downs and hard work ahead of you , but sweating on a ridge is , in my opinion , far preferable to plodding up a hillside or toiling along a zig-zag path to a top . |
| 12 | In this Dream , that was tantamount to putting out a contract on God . |
| 13 | Friends of Knighton believe he is close to putting together a deal which would see at least some of the shares resold within four months of a take-over . |
| 14 | CORNARD United were desperately close to pulling off a famous victory , with cup holders Sudbury being saved by a late goal to force a replay , writes ALAN COCKSEDGE . |
| 15 | And let's not forget Western Samoa , Canada and Italy — with the last two really giving the All Blacks a fright — and Ireland , who were so near to bringing off a great quarter-final victory . |