Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [adv] [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the researchers also reported ‘ an irritating tendency for some Ugandan subjects not to answer questions directly . |
| 2 | They also utilize low-valued , passive , social , and subjective methods disproportionately to study subjects of low social status . |
| 3 | CLIVE Brittain warned User Friendly supporters not to put heart before head when his star filly goes for the world 's richest race , the Japan Cup in Tokyo , early tomorrow morning . |
| 4 | At Christmas we went around houses singing carols but the best thing of all was when on Christmas eve we went to the local old peoples home to sing carols . |
| 5 | But the tendency for the theoretical concerns also to shift focus and expand is evident in regionalism seen as theory . |
| 6 | It is not sufficient for social psychologists merely to define attitudes in terms of a stance taken at a particular time , with the assumption that such a stance has a fixity , which is only to be shifted by the reception of ‘ persuasive information ’ . |
| 7 | Funeral Directors in the UK were using unqualified persons simply to pump fluid . |
| 8 | Other circumstances predispose to the avoidance of grief including social pressures not to show emotion ; a belief that they should , for instance , protect children from displays of grief ; a fear of being thought to have broken down ; or heavy use of tranquillisers to avoid the physiological accompaniments of grief . |
| 9 | It is a pity that there are not more hon. Members here to take part in the debate . |
| 10 | The HSE has now acted on the advice of men like Nourish to launch a survey of microbiological hazards ultimately to develop standards in scale up and industrial processes . |
| 11 | In Spain , Real Madrid dropped a point at home to lowly Logrones yesterday to leave champions Barcelona a point clear at the top . |
| 12 | Psychology uses homosexual samples mostly to test results found with heterosexual subjects . |
| 13 | Yachting can survive as a spectator sport , but the participants owe it to future generations not to promote tobacco consumption as part of their lifestyle . |
| 14 | This non-punitive paradigm will provide a framework for contrasting the efficacy of current practice with future plans inappropriately to transform probation work into ‘ a new approach to punishment in the community ’ ( p. 18 , para. 4.3 ) . |
| 15 | You use them just like ordinary cheques here to settle bills or draw cash . |
| 16 | The laconic Ernie Walker , President of the SFA at the time , urged future managers not to put Macari to any future discomfort . |
| 17 | The House of Commons Social Services Committee estimates that expenditure on the personal social services needs to increase by 2 per cent a year in real terms simply to keep pace with rising demand . |
| 18 | Headlines scream of algal blooms which destroy fish farms in Norway , and radio broadcasts give official warnings not to eat shellfish from some areas of the British coasts . |
| 19 | ARE European banks about to invade America — again ? |
| 20 | However , the only manifestations of hostility up until October 1959 had been pressure on its European allies not to supply Cuba with weapons ( in mid-October Washington had blocked the sale of British jet fighters to Cuba ) . |
| 21 | First , launch aid may be seen as a pre-commitment by European governments not to allow Airbus to be bullied out of the industry . |
| 22 | It was too expensive for most private individuals there to send telegrams ; the network was used almost exclusively by the authorities . |
| 23 | Euro-MP tries again to win support for shipyard |
| 24 | Ayatollah Khamenei , Iran 's spiritual leader , in a speech on June 10 said that there had been disorder in three towns ( Mashad , Shiraz and Arak ) where a small and subversive counter-revolutionhad taken advantage of the authorities ' leniency ; he warned municipal institutions not to provide pretexts for the stirring up of further disturbances . |
| 25 | In lengthy career-assessment trials — of the type commonly used by leading companies worldwide to select executives and vet candidates for promotion independently — nine top female executives showed themselves to be as tough-minded , independent and decisive as male counterparts . |
| 26 | Of the original concept , only weatherman Francis Wilson survives and even he seemed to be making conscious efforts not to call clouds ‘ white , fluffy bits ’ , as has been his trick . |
| 27 | It 's the desire of little girls everywhere to have pictures with their stories that 's inspired a ’ Wonderland ’ of images at the Museum of Oxford . |
| 28 | Selkirk pushed him in and made him squat on a stone ledge while he cut free his bound hands only to fasten gyves to his wrists and ankles ; attached by chains to the wall ; these allowed Corbett to move but quickly chafed his wrists and ankles . |
| 29 | When James did succeed to the throne in 1685 , the pro-Catholic and pro-French orientation of foreign policy was naturally maintained , and the new king made strenuous efforts both to return England to the papal fold and to realign her fully with the international Catholic axis . |
| 30 | Two of the most famous cars ever to take part in the TT races , Kaye Don 's Lea Francis and Freddie Dixon 's Riley , will be among those taking part . |