Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They must be the pair who proposed to retire here one day , Meredith deduced , come to check on the property or possibly even to spend Christmas here . |
| 2 | It has another important use as a support for the sail , either in the decorative sense to form shapes in profile , or more commonly to give depth to the sail for aerodynamic reasons . |
| 3 | The community broadcasters are in a stronger position than ever before to establish credibility at a nationwide level . |
| 4 | In the twenties , both in England and in America , we have a situation in which the infant and child mortality rates are fast declining , mainly owing to new advances in medical knowledge ; at the same time , the world 's values have been shaken by the First World War , writers and journalists have both more freedom and more inclination than ever before to discuss religion from an agnostic point of view , and the vengeful God of heaven and hell no longer impresses in quite the old way . |
| 5 | Verse 13 : although near enough to acquire wealth from maritime trade , Zebulun 's territory did not stretch to the sea . |
| 6 | The deceased loved one would have been left for all to come and see , and grieve over , and most importantly to say goodbye to . |
| 7 | Many other institutes adopted a variety of the armed services funds as their mascot and held ‘ gift sales ’ , ‘ bring and buy ’ events and so on to raise money for their special fund . |
| 8 | We three travelled up in the lift of the Hotel Vancouver together and perhaps just to make conversation I mentioned my trip to the Haida reservation and my feelings about the neglect of our Indians . |
| 9 | Unlike the First Concerto , which in terms of its piano writing is completely honest , and where only the first movement 's double trills need to be re-arranged to become audible , the Second Concerto requires some adjustments in order to serve Brahms 's purpose , and not merely to make life easier for the pianist ! |
| 10 | As the details of the US involvement are revealed , the administration is coming under fire from normally dovish Democrats on Capitol Hill for not acting swiftly and decisively enough to take advantage of the opportunity to end General Noriega 's rule . |
| 11 | A stream of other officials walked in and out regularly to give advice , pass on information or carry in the heavy wooden boxes full of papers which surrounded them like a stockade . |
| 12 | The output must be suitable for reproduction and as near to typeset quality as possible . |
| 13 | Many councils have themselves encouraged their growth — sometimes to avoid the implications of centrally imposed financial constraints and sometimes explicitly to make co-operation and partnerships with the voluntary and private sectors easier and less dependent on committee cycles and bureaucratic indecision . |
| 14 | Although it would be convenient scientifically and sometimes personally to regard work as a separable part of a human life this separation is never entirely valid and can be misleading . |
| 15 | It is necessary to write carefully and relatively slowly to avoid confusion , although practice could well make perfect . |
| 16 | It is true that most prisoners miss sexual contact but not just to get relief . |
| 17 | But not enough to lose sleep . |
| 18 | I have faith in your erm in your business instinct Richard , but not , but not enough to put money on it till I see them |
| 19 | Interest in Russia was beginning to take off , but not enough to provide job opportunities . |
| 20 | ‘ We have enough men for what is needed down there , but not enough to stand guard over the longhouses ; not until after the tide . |
| 21 | The provision of statutory services to the elderly has risen since 1948 , but not sufficiently to keep pace with the increasing number of dependants and the decreasing pool of informal carers ( even now only 11 per cent of people aged 85 and over receive meals-on-wheels , 37 per cent a home help ; OPCS , 1985 ) . |
| 22 | The campaign was intended to change certain attitudes about AIDS and HIV , but mainly simply to raise awareness . |