Example sentences of "[conj] [vb mod] [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other modules like ‘ History of art ’ , ‘ Media studies ’ and ‘ Tourism ’ already have or can take on a European context . |
| 2 | For people with long-standing difficult social circumstances that may throw up a crisis at any time , intervention might best combine practical help with a scheme to foster the person 's sense of control over his or her life , to reduce their sense of hopelessness . |
| 3 | The Government 's proposition is simple : a person making a claim that may date back a great many years ought to be able to produce some evidence to back it up . |
| 4 | Some idea of the variation that may occur along an individual plate boundary can be gained by considering the eastern margin of the Indian Ocean . |
| 5 | This example was meant to illustrate the unexpected links that might make up a chain of natural interactions , but it is significant that no experimental work was done to test the idea . |
| 6 | It may seem a lot to you , but for a cast-iron story that might bring down a government , it 's cheap at the price , believe me . |
| 7 | I knew there would be some details that might fill in a few gaps and , indeed , I had not known that Mme G had kept in touch with Otto and that , prior to my arrival on the scene , he frequently drove over to Reine with tempting delicacies that Jean-Claude invariably refused to eat . |
| 8 | As the Allies had discovered in all their abortive offensives , however wide the front might be there would always be a devilish machine gun on a flank that could hold up a whole division ; broaden the front to eliminate that machine gun , and inevitably there would be yet another on the new flank . |
| 9 | It was remarkably clean and well-maintained , and all the lights worked but Clive felt as if he ought to be wearing a pith helmet , and carrying a hunting rifle that could bring down a charging rhino at fifty paces . |
| 10 | Various happenings that could bring about a shift into Creole were mentioned , including " talking to my Grandma about some of these teachers " . |
| 11 | There is unlikely to be any external set of circumstances ( other than a revolution ) that would bring about a collapse of this type . |
| 12 | In conclusion , I would like to reiterate my earlier remarks concerning our own enthusiasm for your project and indeed would look forward to being part of the team that would bring about a successful conclusion to your plans . |
| 13 | Try its lively , grassy , gooseberry-like '90 Sauvignon , Vin de Pays du Jardin de la France from Guy Saget ( £3.55 ) that would go down a treat with the Mushroom & Parmesan Risotto ( page 120 ) , or the Lemon & Mustard Mackerel ( page 122 ) . |
| 14 | Up on the platform behind a moat of pot plants that would hold back a crowd of football hooligans , sit the Heid Yins flanked by lecterns with large , coloured bulbs . |
| 15 | This is a scaled-down version of what originally was to be an ambitious orbiting craft that would build up a picture of the planet 's surface using radar . |
| 16 | With memories of sailing planing dinghies still fresh in his mind , he wanted a boat that would surf down a tradewind roller with the tiller humming easily in his hand . |
| 17 | For it will be a whelp you carry , a small , red-furred beast with sharp teeth and sharper claws that will grow up a bear , a fox , who knows ? |
| 18 | It is consumer pressure that will bring about a change . |
| 19 | It is this hope that will bring about a new and better world . |
| 20 | Manchester at first lost out very badly on rail investment , but now it has some compensation in the Windsor Link and is going ahead with an advanced tram system that will take over a number of heavy rail routes . |
| 21 | By the next morning Andy , 32 , had developed the SwitchGuard — a small plastic arm that can fit over a switch . |
| 22 | Many mothers of sons never see them to talk to on their own from the day they marry , because their daughters-in-law always expect to be present on every conceivable occasion , and this is something that can build up a very understandable resentment . |
| 23 | However , performing its adaptive function blood pressure is merely a natural physiological trait , though one that can vary over a wide range even in healthy individuals . |
| 24 | But you will find it unconquerable , the extremes , the ferocity , the apparent heartlessness , the hailstorms that can wipe out a crop in half an hour . |
| 25 | And it has a sonar location and detection system that can pick up a sunken object at the bottom of the ocean just as easily as it can pinpoint a lurking submarine . |
| 26 | Are there any simple questions that can pick out an alcoholic ? |
| 27 | Conversely , if you are building up to a competition and wish to greatly increase your fitness and endurance , the FDR should be very intense and should make up a large part of your training . |
| 28 | At about the same time as the State Department was receiving this cable from their most senior man on the spot , Secretary of State Byrnes was cabling the Paris embassy that the French were planning to reconquer Tonkin and might set up a puppet government ; while in Hanoi the French commander , General Morlière , was claiming that the US and Chinese consuls had denounced the ‘ criminal and bestial folly ’ of the Vietminh ; although apparently they had n't said a word one way or the other . |
| 29 | He 's undoubtedly intelligent , we know he 's a thespian of some note and could put up a spirited and convincing defence in court . |
| 30 | She was twenty-three and could push down a house or build one , it was a glorious day and she was going to a party and sitting beside Matthew Preston . |