Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [adv] [conj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Currently the most widely known ( and also most widely criticized ) theory on the subject is that of Noam Chomsky who has pointed out that , although children have to learn the meanings of individual words from their elders ( which would make language a phenomenon of culture ) , they seem to know how to string words together so as to distinguish sense from nonsense long before they have acquired any substantial vocabulary . |
| 2 | ( b ) On the other hand the courts will not carry a literal construction of the articles so far as to defeat their obvious purpose . |
| 3 | Fifth-century Athens followed Pisistratus ' example consciously : he had swivelled the Eleusis Hall of Mysteries round so as to face the city of Athens ; in the 420s Athens inscribed a great decree regulating the offering of first-fruits to Eleusis by her own demes , by the cities of the empire , and by others of the Greeks ( ML 73 = Fornara 140 ) . |
| 4 | It is difficult not to infer that they grew to suffer deprivations more impatiently and to believe more strongly that earthly happiness was attainable . |
| 5 | Finally , the map representing ‘ Italy in the sixteenth century ’ should be made to show the boundaries between states more clearly and to narrow its time-frame to a period when they remained exactly the same . |
| 6 | A limit had already been placed on the extent of national assistance two years earlier so as to prevent member states from engaging in self-defeating competitive bidding to attract mobile investment , and also in recognition of the basic idea of the Treaty of Rome that there should be a single market with free competition . |
| 7 | She could describe weather conditions so realistically as to make her audience shiver or sweat , and children would find themselves taking off and putting on a garment in mid-tale . |
| 8 | People are becoming increasingly aware of the need to take more care of our surroundings , to use our natural resources more economically and to improve the quality of life . |
| 9 | Sarah knew she was slow , and she tried hard to grasp things more quickly and to keep her mind on the task or game in hand , but she did n't always succeed . |
| 10 | It is the most promising ‘ global language ’ candidate , or at least the most likely to permeate other languages so thoroughly as to amount to the same thing . |
| 11 | Thirdly , it seems that both groups of critics would want to see greater support given to natural families , in general , to help them to care for their children more effectively and to prevent the need for substitute care arising . |
| 12 | The results of the study should enable prison managers , policy-makers and Parliament to monitor prisons more efficiently and to plan for prison reform more effectively . |
| 13 | In the Essex research , written up in ‘ Industrial Organization : Theory and Practice , O.U.P. , 1965 it was felt necessary to sub-divide these broad categories further so as to produce eleven . |