Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [art] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can only suggest that their involvement may be due to such personal circumstances as geographical proximity to ‘ rougher ’ areas , conflict with parents or school authorities or an opportunity to act out racist tendencies . |
| 2 | The traditional career patterns followed in this country have not produced ministers or civil servants with either the skills or the experience to perform such a task ; and , moreover , business leaders would not welcome the loss of the freedom to run their affairs as they think best . |
| 3 | Like the world of commerce , the clerical profession offered increasingly varied opportunities to young men with the means , the talents or the vocation to seize them . |
| 4 | Hardcore porn is openly traded in the cities and exhibited in cinemas and video shops across the country , despite experimental zoning restrictions in certain areas , yet there has been little or no attempt in the courts or the legislatures to discriminate between the greater and lesser dangers it represents . |
| 5 | Offers , please , from groups or an individual to organise the day . |
| 6 | Then they were plunging into shadow between the woods of Birnam , hauled along like a leaf on a mill-race , and the hedges and trees never ceased to rock backwards past their staring eyes or the horses to gallop onwards with shoulders working and manes streaming until they were in sight of Perth . |
| 7 | It is also extremely unlikely that today 's political parties or their backers would have either sufficient funds or the desire to use such large sums of money for purchasing newspapers . |
| 8 | She used a lot of illustration in her sermons , often taking stories from Rita Snowden 's books or the Bible to relate Christian truth to everyday experience . |
| 9 | This cause has been championed not because of the prestige which the word ‘ science ’ carries with it , but because it is only through the better employment of scientific method that sociology can hope to develop as a true academic discipline , free from the biases introduced by ideologists or the wish to sway current social policy . |
| 10 | Because of its protein content Simplesse can not be used for deep fat frying , although it can be used in some cooking applications — the cream can be used to make sauces or the cheese to make pizza or lasagne , but both these products are only available in the US at the moment . |
| 11 | Any talk of rights other than those enshrined in the ( positive ) law is dangerous because it can be used by fanatics or the self-serving to subvert that law . |
| 12 | The offence carries a power of arrest where a constable reasonably suspects that a person is committing an offence under the section , is triable summarily only , and punishable with six months or a fine to level 5 . |
| 13 | That persistence must however be seen against the background of the following factors : ( a ) the weakness of her faith as I have found it ; ( b ) the fact that no explanation was ever offered to her by anyone in medical authority as to the risks that a refusal to have a blood transfusion presented to her health indeed to her life . |
| 14 | A further consequence of a rather haphazard system of acquiring information for the recommendation of schools was a suspicion on the part of some headteachers that the invitation to participate was based on personal contacts and the preferences and prejudices of , for example , the local inspector . |
| 15 | He clutched her shoulders on the way : a big shambles of a man , with shapely legs and a tendency to put on his overcoat with the collar turned inward . |
| 16 | The process of becoming successful makes it impossible for fans and the band to visualise and treat each other in the same way . |
| 17 | Many of the indicators chosen are suspect , as Macnicol has shown for earlier periods , in that they simply count contact with state agencies , and it is a commonplace observation that the poor are more likely to be in contact with social workers because they are poor ( Becker , 1988 ) ; young drug-takers in inner cities are more visible than wealthy socialites but drug-taking and drinking stretch across social groups ( O'Bryan , 1989 ; Plant , 1989 ) ; desertion of women by husbands and the choice to remain unmarried are not restricted to the poor ; and so on and so on . |
| 18 | As post-war critics of both social and economic policy were to indicate , strategic planning with clear long-term goals and the machinery to implement them was rarely to be found . |
| 19 | The old ones were DOS-based and used a limited range of WP print drivers and a TSR to send faxes . |
| 20 | The major causes of geographical immobility include social ties and a reluctance to move away from family and friends ; indeed , the problems and costs of moving to a new location may be prohibitive for many people . |
| 21 | [ more calmly ] I am now convinced that nothing but religious considerations and a resolution to watch over the very first appearances of evil can be of sufficient weight to keep steady to his good purpose a vain young man . |
| 22 | A meeting on Jan. 6 between representatives of political parties and the government to prepare for the national conference scheduled for Feb. 19 [ see p. 38517 ] , ended abruptly when opposition groups walked out . |
| 23 | I agree that there must be a balance between the need to exploit economic coal reserves and the need to pay close attention to any possible environmental impact . |
| 24 | ‘ Massive efforts have been directed at expunging all trace of the invader and fortunately they have the funds and the expertise to do it . |
| 25 | The plans are passed , but we still have to find the funds and the effort to do this job to the high standard of the existing museum . |
| 26 | Rory , using this , allowed the car to swing over the white line , invited all the hard lads and the death-wishers to flash and honk and snarl at him . |
| 27 | Maurice Roworth , the Forest chairman , said : ‘ We have a duty to our supporters and the team to provide a ground worthy of the success the club has had . |
| 28 | The insistence that the discussion take place through established party channels and the refusal to contemplate changes to the present communist system meant real reforms are extremely unlikely , he added . |
| 29 | Freedom and self-determination for a small country only seem to count when they go along with the freedom to drive large cars and the freedom to consume . |
| 30 | Students take two special subjects and an introduction to research methods . |