Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] a [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | Now you have to go to Liverpool and rather than go over each day and gerr a quarter , I 'd rather buy a gram and keep hold of it . |
2 | Increased frailty may suddenly make a house or flat , lived in for years , totally unsuitable — the garden is too big to manage , upstairs bedrooms become inaccessible , or getting to the shops and other local services presents difficulties . |
3 | Your Lord if one turns to the issues of reference , er the commercial quarters as we discussed yesterday should only make a reference if it 's necessary to do so in order to resolve the case and has the discretion whether to make a reference under article one seven , seven |
4 | Lois will only make a profit or loss under the second strategy when there are changes in relative prices . |
5 | A court can only make a care or supervision order if satisfied : ( a ) that the child concerned is suffering , or is likely to suffer significant harm ; and ( b ) that the harm , or likelihood of harm is attributable to : ( i ) the care given to the child , or likely to be given to him if the order were not made , not being what it would be reasonable to expect a parent to give to him ; or ( ii ) the child being beyond parental control ( s31 ) . |
6 | 3 Better make a decision than none at all . |
7 | If you do not recognize that the question is implying that something has been selected , you will only answer a part and not the whole of it . |
8 | They seem to be a simple , happy-go-lucky folk who are content if they can merely catch a bus or two each day , and find a bit of a gap in the traffic to nip through , and survive till bedtime . |
9 | Lots of people who do n't talk and live in isolation will suddenly pat a dog and say hello . |
10 | If , as is likely , this one is a female , she will suddenly whistle a call and out of the hole come a dozen youngsters which bustle eagerly about her , groping with their muzzles for her teats . |
11 | I can only see a daddy and a little girl on a roundabout . |
12 | You can only claim a prize if your eighth and final move leaves you on a circle containing a prize . |
13 | Libraries will not only provide a carefully-selected and well-displayed collection of books but also the opportunity to hear stories , paint , draw and make models , make and use puppets , take part in drama sessions , and so on . |
14 | Does a situation only become a problem when the sufferer identifies it as something about which he or she , can do something ? |
15 | Theirs is a perfectly good decision that need only become a problem if at a later stage they find that it has become too difficult to share their life and a potential relationship disintegrates through their selfishness . |
16 | Democratic rule can only become a reality when African people place their interests as individuals and communities before kinship bonds . |
17 | Somebody better mek a U-turn before de fire start burn . |
18 | Somebody better mek a U-turn before de fire start burn . |
19 | That prompted judge Robert Watson from the USA to interject : ‘ Judges can only score a foul if it is reported to them by the referee . ’ |
20 | But this has the consequence , as we noted , that natural languages will only have a syntax and a pragmatics , and no semantics . |
21 | BRM 's first rear-engined car , the Type 48 , turned out to be a pig , Graham Hill recording in his autobiography that ‘ the car would suddenly take a dive and dart straight into the infield out of control ’ . |
22 | The 80386-80486 translator is the latest to be finished after the original Transputer implementations and Hinsley says that now they have first couple under their belts , it will only take a month or two to write each additional processor implementation . |
23 | The 80386–80486 translator is the latest to be finished after the original Transputer implementations and Hinsley says that now they have first couple under their belts , it will only take a month or two to write each additional processor implementation . |
24 | Ooh I better have a grandma as well please ? |
25 | This does not necessarily imply a chase and no evidence of an attack was found when the Roman town at Casterton was excavated in the 1950s . |
26 | For much of the time it took me through farmland , amidst the pleasant aroma of meadows , and often I found myself slowing the Ford to a crawl to better appreciate a stream or a valley I was passing . |
27 | You can only call a truce if there 's a war — " |
28 | He took the bus , because his parents would n't always drive him to auditions , from Malibu to Santa Monica , 25 miles each way , at the age of thirteen , ‘ and the casting directors would literally take a Polaroid and say thank you very much and you got back on the bus . ’ |
29 | And then they 'll all have a shock when they do n't get a piece . |
30 | Do they necessarily have a meaning as well as reference ; and if so , to what extent , if any , is their meaning.content relevant to their designatory function ? |