Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [verb] [noun] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He smiled , and there was a glint in his eyes that made Rachel catch her breath . |
| 2 | Sometimes I drop out for the first verse of songs and let Keith do rhythm and then I come back in for the second verse ; it brings the level of intensity right up . |
| 3 | Beijing , worried that the United States ' new administration of President Bill Clinton will be tough on human rights , has recently released a handful of imprisoned dissidents and let others leave the country . |
| 4 | There was tremendous energy bottled up in there with nowhere to go , and somehow or other you were able to shoot that energy out through your eyes and make objects move . |
| 5 | Remove restrictions on insurers and let people buy for themselves inexpensive insurance . |
| 6 | ON paper , at least , the depth of a recession seems an inopportune time to seek sponsors for a three-year programme to boost career opportunities for young Welsh speakers and help employers recruit more effectively . |
| 7 | Right up until I was n't able to do any more and able to , like all engineers you get most of the men when you get to the stage where you 're not able to crawl under cars and do things like that so you you find another bu business , we went into sales and , and er accessories , stores and that I 've been in all that line in the last twenty years before I retired . |
| 8 | Service planners have rarely acknowledged the need for emotional support , yet services need to be organized to foster the well-being of existing relationships and to help people develop new ones . |
| 9 | In most accountancy practices you have very few of those — and you do n't have any I-Preserves either , who are good at relationships and making people feel warm and wanted , so you end up with a very cool , intellectual kind of set-up ’ . |
| 10 | It was postponed first by the weak yen in 1982–85 which boosted exports and protected domestic industries from imports , and then by low interest rates and the soaring stockmarket in 1985–89 which cut financial burdens , allowed weak firms to make speculative profits to cover ordinary losses and made capital seem temporarily cheap . |
| 11 | Under the resolution , the sanctions committee would review matters every two months and let Iraq import more if ‘ humanitarian ’ need required . |
| 12 | There are those whose keenest pleasures in their job are to be found outside the class-room , in informal contacts with their pupils , where they may be able to exercise their own skills or pursue their own hobbies while helping others enjoy the same pleasures . |
| 13 | In the theatre , Jews provided the institutions that helped Berlin emerge as a world-class cultural city . |
| 14 | Chatterbox is full of activities that help children assimilate some of the patterns of English — and encourage them to think and communicate on the way ! |
| 15 | Right from environmentalism 's origins as a force in marketing , the companies that make detergents have had to cope with green-minded consumers . |
| 16 | They had lived in fear after hearing many noises and seeing objects fly across rooms . |
| 17 | The first step to developing a Christian philosophy of finance would be to commit ourselves to developing the character of Christ in our own lives and helping others do the same . |
| 18 | It had been a way of escaping from the poverty into which her family had sunk , and she knew that by working hard for long , tiring hours and helping Fred turn the mediocre business into one that was thriving and profitable she would one day be able to help her parents and her brother too . |
| 19 | Possible complications and side-effects are ignored or minimised in a target-oriented programme because it is more important to add to the numbers of acceptors than to help women make an informed choice about contraception . |
| 20 | The first set of strategies seeks to meet health needs and make ends meet within household income . |
| 21 | MEETING HEALTH NEEDS AND MAKING ENDS MEET |
| 22 | It would probably be necessary meantime to adopt a tougher line with the rightists : ‘ The only safe alternative would be to arrange with the Soviet Union for mutual withdrawal of troops and let nature take its course which will eventually mean another Soviet satellite state in Korea . ’ |
| 23 | Labour will work with industry to establish British Technology Enterprise and create Technology Trusts throughout Britain , building bridges between industries and universities and helping firms turn good ideas into commercial products . |
| 24 | In a code of bangs and holes that makes men frown . |
| 25 | And most things that make people dislike Maastricht are aspects of the Community that predated it . |
| 26 | Below , Western Avenue ran from the Hollywood Hills in the north for miles south towards the port at San Pedro , one of many frontiers that let gangs know which turf was theirs and separated one class from another , black from Latino , Latino from Asian , white from the rest , us from them . |
| 27 | With the help of his neighbours and by studying every relevant historical record that he could lay his hands on , Gough was able to trace the personal history of every family in his parish — often through several generations — and to show , incidentally , that intermarriage between the long-established families strengthened the bonds that made people think of themselves as a special community somehow different from all the others . |
| 28 | At the end of any article it is normal to give conclusions , explaining what the article means in a short , pithy summary , but I want to create debate , not stifle discussion , so after each article I will simply pose some questions and let readers create their own ideas . |
| 29 | The articles were badly typed on at least three different machines and had headings like : ‘ Pretoria : Sanctions NOW ! ’ and ‘ No Nukes Is Good Nukes ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ First of all we will look at his numerical and mathematical ability which he has gained from reckoning areas from odd shaped bits of land and working out the number of trees they will take , and from his mother 's shopping expeditions , and we will reduce these to simple symbolic formulas and tables and make children learn a lot of them very quickly . |