Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [adj] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the Department of Industry announced its " Microcomputers in schools " , scheme in 1980 , it seemed to Provide an opportunity for Promoting the use of the microcomputer in school libraries and through that further to promote the school library . |
| 2 | We then consider some of the current and future implications of past changes and of those still to come , both for individuals who survive into what is commonly called old age and for the wider society of which they are a part . |
| 3 | ‘ Are you mad ? ’ she half-whispered with considerable force , and from close enough to make Lucy flinch . |
| 4 | The late and lovely Ronnie Peterson , one of the sport 's true gentlemen , and in 1976 about to become , after a disastrous season , Mario 's team-mate , said laconically that Chapman 's creation of ‘ marginal ’ cars — that is , of cars stripped of weight and precaution — was ‘ something you just had to accept ’ . |
| 5 | On balance , it is probably better not to define such obligations in the partnership agreement itself except in general terms ( Clause 13.01 ) ; ( c ) the obligation on a partner not to involve himself in other professional activity save for the benefit of the firm ( and in particular not to compete with the firm ) and to account to the firm for any profits made . |
| 6 | He had learned to fight there , to ride there , to play football there , and at last how to get his hand inside Betty Tanner 's jeans there . |