Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [verb] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It incorporates a separate fly sheet which can be removed during the day to increase light and help keep the dome cool but he refitted in seconds when night falls . |
| 2 | But one side branch shoots up very high and lets fall an avalanche of dark green pine needles . |
| 3 | He winched in hard and let go the lashings round the rolled bedsheets . |
| 4 | While this was useful and did hold the attention of members interested in the specific subjects being examined , the subcommittees moved from one area of expenditure to another each session so that they developed no expertise and could not follow up previous work . |
| 5 | While some training is aimed at specific jobs , some is planned in the hope that jobs will become available and to help make the area more attractive to firms planning to move by having better trained people . |
| 6 | Do not dress or interfere with severe burns until expert help is available but do treat the shock . |
| 7 | He presents a table containing 21 health care interventions ( see table ) and writes : The methods used to produce such estimates are crude but do facilitate the production of a ‘ league table ’ which ranks the cost of producing a QALY by investing in competing treatments . |
| 8 | He explained that the appointment and dismissal of teachers was a matter for the local authority alone and that the board had no authority other than to help supervise the ‘ educational efficiency ’ of the school . |
| 9 | At £11.99 , it may seem expensive but does feed a lot of people . |
| 10 | Percy took her hand , saying , ‘ Definitely my art is diffused , but I have never stooped so low as to even touch a guitar . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It is easy to ridicule the ‘ that 's not cricket old boy ’ attitude , ’ remarked Wolfenden , ‘ but in its deeper ( and usually inarticulate ) significance it stili provides something like the foundations of an ethical standard which may not be highly intellectual but does have a considerable influence on the day-to-day behaviour of millions of people . ’ |