Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb -s] [to-vb] [noun] " 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 | I gather that the price of tobacco was not raised because the majority of pipe smokers are elderly or even old , a word that nowadays seems to make people unfasten their holsters . |
4 | So , your advice for the gambler that actually wants to make money is to go for horses which have very low odds against them ? |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | It contains fewer chemical pollutants , which asthmatics are often allergic to , and so helps to prevent asthma attacks . |
8 | In that marriage she was easily the dominant partner and Joe let her be partly because it is n't in his nature to be pushy or dominant but mainly due to the fact his father bullied his mother , as we are told and he is afraid of him doing this as well and so fails to protect Pip and tolerates Mrs Joe 's dominant character . |
9 | The mature actor is self-conscious , and so begins to learn rules and expectations in a less passive way . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | Clifford saw ‘ the slender remnant of a system which has made its red mark in history , and still lives to threaten mankind . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | ‘ 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 . |
16 | ( Downward transposition was not at all uncommon when countertenor solos were issued in print : for instance , ‘ I envy not the pride of May , from Purcell 's 1693 birthday ode for Queen Mary , is in E major in the original and also goes to top b ’ B♭♯ , but it was published , in the treble clef , in D major . ) |
17 | The new offence applies to motor cars and goods vehicles other than those shown above and also applies to light trailers first used on or after 3 January 1933 ie , a trailer with a maximum gross weight not exceeding 3,500 kg . |
18 | Where automatic stoking equipment is not in use , furnace workers wear heat-resistant clothing , especially gloves ; and also goggles to protect eyes from glare and sparks . |
19 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
20 | 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 . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | Worse still , Peyton lost her own child with the shock of it all and now intends to make Claire pay . |
23 | Ann , the daughter of Joe 's partner , was Larry 's fiance/1e , and now wants to marry Joe 's surviving son , Chris , who has come through the war unscathed . |
24 | Brain-storming comes with practice and simply helps to generate ideas . |
25 | Mira starts by drawing a genealogical tree and then proceeds to invent stories to account for it . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | History deals with what happened , and then tries to find explanations . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | It removes opportunities for praise and support and therefore serves to undermine confidence about the success or otherwise of one 's efforts . |
30 | 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 . |