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 | 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 . |
| 10 | The output must be suitable for reproduction and as near to typeset quality as possible . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It is necessary to write carefully and relatively slowly to avoid confusion , although practice could well make perfect . |
| 14 | The campaign was intended to change certain attitudes about AIDS and HIV , but mainly simply to raise awareness . |