Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb -s] [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the corridor of the College of Further Education Greg passed his Principal , who caught a whiff of his breath , and said : ‘ Funny thing : local history 's the only subject I know that always seems to involve alcohol . |
| 2 | But they have realised that there may be no safe national niches in the looming common European capital market , so each sooner rather than later tries to enhance turnover by introducing euro or international contracts . |
| 3 | So , your advice for the gambler that actually wants to make money is to go for horses which have very low odds against them ? |
| 4 | Relate ( formerly Marriage Guidance ) , is a voluntary organization with a national council , coordinating the activities of local councils , which aims to promote successful marriage and parenthood and thereby helps to maintain family welfare by improving marital relationships . |
| 5 | The external anal sphincter response to rectal distension is very closely associated with both rectal sensation and rectal contraction in normal subjects , and presumably acts to prevent soiling . |
| 6 | It contains fewer chemical pollutants , which asthmatics are often allergic to , and so helps to prevent asthma attacks . |
| 7 | UN-sponsored work to prevent further erosion of the dam was completed in late November and further measures to lessen pressure on the structure were being implemented . |
| 8 | IF THE promises are kept , the fourth Conservative term will see private operators competing on the railway network , a huge road-building programme to ease congestion and further moves to increase choice for airline passengers , all underscored by a commitment to transport safety . |
| 9 | Provides an understanding of some of the major processes responsible for environmental degradation by loss or deterioration of land , air or water resources , and further aims to develop expertise in the design and implementation of programmes of environment protection and management . |
| 10 | Clifford saw ‘ the slender remnant of a system which has made its red mark in history , and still lives to threaten mankind . |
| 11 | They may repeat operations at certain levels , ( a second interview or a re-offer ) ; they may double back , as when the company regrets them and later decides to re-establish contact ; and they may change vacancy . |
| 12 | ‘ Where in the ordinary course a person gives a statement to the police and later comes to give evidence for the Crown , the defence can not inspect in advance such statement . |
| 13 | ‘ OALD 's reputation passes from one generation of students to the next , and also seems to carry authority in a way its rivals do not , perhaps because of its family resemblance to the Oxford English Dictionary . ’ |
| 14 | A similar special course , known as the ‘ Summer School ’ , runs for life sentence prisoners and also tries to stimulate interest and enjoyment in equal measure . |
| 15 | Diana Clements ( Mrs Brown ) inJanuary became Chairman of Population Concern , a U. K. Charity which raises funds for population and development programmes around the world and also tries to raise awareness of world population problems . |
| 16 | But even the most mercenary of foreign firms grows a little queasier about trading with a regime which shoots dead its citizens , and then tries to score popularity points by offering convict labour to foreign factories ; and even the most unreconstructed optimist can see that the resurgence of hard-line Marxists in the Peking power structure is likely to militate against further free-market reforms . |
| 17 | But the idea of communicative competence arises from a dissatisfaction with the Chomskyan distinction between competence and performance and essentially seeks to establish competence status for aspects of language behaviour which were indiscriminately collected into the performance category . |
| 18 | It removes opportunities for praise and support and therefore serves to undermine confidence about the success or otherwise of one 's efforts . |
| 19 | It sees circumstances as largely unchangeable ; it sees luck and fate rather than individual effort as shaping life and therefore tends to encourage acceptance of the situation . |
| 20 | And although I do not agree with them that either suicide or anorexia are attempts to ‘ get attention ’ , but rather attempts to get identity and wholeness , the following passages may serve to illustrate the paradoxical type of thinking which dominates both states of mind . |
| 21 | It intends to concentrate on its main markets first , but also intends to provide migration tools for those customers that want them . |
| 22 | It is within this group that he comes to establish both personal social bonds within his particular sub-group , but also comes to feel part of a wider social collective , as witnessed by the ‘ we 're all in it together ’ type of accounts given by members . |
| 23 | In making time to provide reflection the head not only has to be clear about the relative priority of helping out , taking on chores and providing workaday leadership but also has to have confidence in the extent to which his or her colleagues expect leadership . |
| 24 | This is a US pot-boiler set in the Old West of Oregon , where Chinese girl Lalu , played by the luminous Rosalind Chao , has been sold to a brother keeper but feistily refuses to play ball . |