Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [conj] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Greenpeace International Atmosphere and Energy Unit ( based in the UK office ) requires an assistant to provide general administrative support and help co-ordinate the energy research programme . |
| 2 | The IMF on April 8 , 1991 , approved a financing package for Costa Rica , authorizing disbursements of up to SDR88,300,000 ( about US$119 million ) over the next 12 months to support the government 's economic programme and to help meet increases in the cost of oil imports . |
| 3 | Given the propensity of many modern breweries and their designers to impose an overall , single-period ‘ look ’ , however , the Georgian fabric that does exist is often the first thing to be swept away — to make way for a sham-Victorian world of clumsy stained glass and ugly stained hardwood . |
| 4 | In the end , the compromise reached stops short of making nursery places a universal entitlement but does acknowledge the changing role of mothers in the labour market . |
| 5 | They are paying tribute to Prime Minister Robert Mugabe 's policy of reconciliation , which had forestalled the kind of ‘ white flight ’ from the commercial sector that helped cripple the modernizing economies of African countries in the 1960s . |
| 6 | The 12-pounder exposed on a turntable mounting , the mortars and the oerlikons all fired at the flashes of German guns , as did the commandos in the MLs , firing brens in a pre-arranged fire-plan that helped conserve ammunition . |
| 7 | The Orange/Matamp GT120 , the beefy 1960s British amp that helped define the sound of bands like Free , Wishbone Ash and the original Fleetwood Mac , is available again as part of the Matamp ‘ Roots ’ range , with only one big difference — it 's green . |
| 8 | Then , as now , we had a car fitted with the optional Laycock overdrive , operating on third and top ; then as now it emphasised the low-speed/high-gear flexibility but did show up a big gap between second and third — a gap of over 30mph in maxima . |
| 9 | I I think , I 've a funny feeling that did adopt it but quite how much that means I do n't understand . |
| 10 | the authority make provision for more local and central courses on the pastoral curriculum and make PSE a high INSET priority |
| 11 | However , there was one measure of early interaction that did predict social competence in three year olds . |
| 12 | As it is difficult to imagine a direct advantage conferred by shell banding for survival in wave-swept conditions , banding must be a pleiotropic consequence of a physiological or morphological trait that does affect life under those conditions ( Berry , 1983 ) . |
| 13 | In high season a variety of specialist restaurants are available ( opened at the managements ' discretion ) at no extra charge but do require a reservation . |
| 14 | Within this framework , however , it is perfectly valid , and indeed necessary , to speculate — to interpret the meagre , opaque and often contradictory evidence that does exist . |
| 15 | These books throw little light on his personal career but do reveal at last one aspect of his character . |
| 16 | ‘ I really believe any reasonable scheme that will give the Naze extra status and help try to save it is a great thing , ’ he said . |
| 17 | I have selected them partly because I was involved in their investigation , but also because it is a relatively simple system that does happen to illustrate these two concepts rather nicely . |
| 18 | Temple could write with perfect confidence in his audience that though he would not ‘ strain the reader 's capacity by asking him to imagine a native Governor of a Colony or Protectorate ’ or even a native Colonial Secretary of Nigeria — a proposal which ‘ does not come within the bounds of practical politics ’ — he counted it an advantage of Indirect Rule that under it ‘ the native can and does fill not only positions of great responsibility but the highest positions , positions which place him on the social scale on an equality with the King 's representative himself ’ . |
| 19 | After all , when the little information that does exist about disabled artists is often patronising if not actually offensive , there will be a strong incentive to keep this side of one 's life somewhat hidden . |
| 20 | Both mystification and misdirection preserve the appearance of corporate respectability and help keep invisible , to themselves and others , the underlying ugly reality of corporate crime . |
| 21 | The occasional wild and rash speculation that does lead to a novel , unlikely prediction , which is nevertheless confirmed by observation or experiment , will thereby become established as a highlight in the history of the growth of science . |
| 22 | It is a local landmark which received national and international recognition and helped turn the tide against the thoughtless demolition of the Sixties . |
| 23 | A person is guilty under s.20 of the OAPA ( see later ) when he does not foresee grievous bodily harm but does foresee some harm . |
| 24 | Darkroom work for Cecil Beaton ( whom he also regularly photographed ) and for Peter Rose Pulham ( whose studio he took over in Berkeley Square when the latter went to Paris to become a painter ) provided Goodman with the visual stimulus that helped create his most imaginative work . |
| 25 | The RUC said the notes were of poor quality and did have a water mark . |
| 26 | The working groups will look at particular topics , consider the existing legislation and help prepare a discussion document for wider public consultation setting out the various options for reform . |
| 27 | Now things like erm , well one of my old favourites Arran Pilot i if you dig it out when it 's young , then of course it stays as it should , cos it 's a very very waxy potato but , but I can remember growing varieties like Majestic and things like that and I mean they would never fall , they would never fall in the water but they make good chips er of the modern varieties I think I 'd go for er Kondor with a K er which is a very very good potato and does stay as it is i in the ground but one other thing I think also comes into it . |
| 28 | Well-designed signs are expensive , but this expense is a good investment in that the signs will last a long time and help overcome the physical barriers of the library . |
| 29 | And for two years a de-icing service run jointly with the UK Department of Transport has advised local authorities on proper road maintenance in freezing weather and helped promote safer driving . |
| 30 | A company-wide approach : One major European corporation that does acknowledge a guru 's influence in reorganizing itself is Switzerland 's largest chemical and pharmaceuticals group , Ciba-Geigy , now known as Ciba . |