Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were very fortunate that our faithful ‘ visiting ’ advisers were willing as always to take care of art , music , social sciences , and playing cards ; and , above all , that Scott Anderson and Laurie Bruce would undertake the entire sorting and evaluating of stamps and records respectively . |
| 2 | In a country as large as Australia the need for transportation fuels is paramount and even to keep growth down to this level will mean continuing efforts at economy by use of smaller cars and the replacement of oil-fired by coal-fired power stations . |
| 3 | It does not matter whether the purpose is to educate or edify , to corrupt or simply to make money . |
| 4 | The autocratic style of a president who regarded state-controlled radio and television as a transmission service for the government , who felt free to interpret his constitution as he saw fit and regularly to circumvent parliament or his own ministers teetered perpetually on the verge of excess . |
| 5 | Both treatments would enable patients to be awake and so to receive light at their earlier ‘ critical period ’ . |
| 6 | The orphanage 's overriding function was not only to care for the destitute but also to protect society from dangerous children as there was a fear that roaming , unsupervised youngsters posed a threat to social order . |
| 7 | There is clearly an element of informal conciliation-if only to safeguard public money . |
| 8 | It was no longer necessary , when building a moderate sized house , to be completely practical and simply to provide shelter — people had more money and thus concentrated more on pleasing their eye . |
| 9 | Even at the time it seemed to me that it was pointless to be vindictive or even to allot responsibility for such happenings . |
| 10 | Mr Hattersley said during the debate that he and Neil Kinnock were more determined than ever to resist pressure for Labour to back PR , because voters would suspect that the party lacked confidence in its ability to win under the present system . |
| 11 | Food , in our society , is used for many reasons other than simply to satisfy hunger . |
| 12 | Some are as much as five feet high , and the floor is pierced , whether for libations to the dead or just to prevent accumulation of rain-water . |
| 13 | ‘ Well — but my nose is red , ’ she said ruefully , ready as always to poke fun at herself . |