Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [adj] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again it 's Bass , Mid and Treble and each pot has a recommended start setting of 12 o'clock to allow for cut or boost , which makes me wonder why these controls are labelled 0 to 10 — would n't -5 to +5 have been more sensible ? |
| 2 | He discarded his captain Wayne Shelford in a rather messy episode in mid-1990 only to find a few months later that Shelford 's replacement also had his faults . |
| 3 | Having been engaged in an undeclared war with China since 1937 Japan took advantage of the French defeat in 1940 both to close one of China 's last remaining links with the outside world , the Haiphong — Yunnan railway , and to begin her advance into Southeast Asia . |
| 4 | The report concluded that the Fayed brothers , Mohamed and Ali , had ( i ) dishonestly misrepresented their background and wealth to the DTI for the purpose of persuading the Department in 1985 not to refer the acquisition to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission ( MMC ) ; ( ii ) used their connection with the Sultan of Brunei to enable them to acquire the funds used in the acquisition ; ( iii ) repeated their lies to their advisers , who had accepted at face value what they were told and failed to check its accuracy ; and ( iv ) misrepresented the extent of their business assets to both the DTI and to the Office of Fair Trading . |
| 5 | as oh that 's good , I feel that they 're now acid and alkalis , seem to be important , I 've done I 've put a lot of effort into them , maybe just a quick glance at those occasionally to keep up to date . |
| 6 | It acts to foster rather than hinder the material and non-material interests of most groups involved in the planning process , although it may be to the short term tactical advantage of some not to recognise the fact . |
| 7 | I think it 's more when we actually see people doing it , but it 's all , it 's a nice idea to give you a little bit of basic just to think about , and again we wo n't be expecting this to be demonstrated to the on this afternoon 's role page , you done all your preparations for that have n't you . |
| 8 | The last lockings are at the ridiculously early hour of 4.30 p.m. to give the lockkeepers time to finish duties before their tea . |
| 9 | An absence of information to aid the identification of those about to face a stressful event who would as a consequence be particularly susceptible to psychiatric disorder is obviously a good enough reason for not considering preventive intervention . |
| 10 | In answer to a common question from those about to embark on the F-Plan : No , it is not necessary to exercise in order to shed weight . |
| 11 | Now , could I , could I go through , cos I 'd like , I 'd like to at some stage ask you to do an exercise on this just to see first of all how complicated it is and then , at the end , how simple it is . |
| 12 | The Bladon and Woodstock Lenten study group meets again on Monday evening in the new Methodist Hall at 7.30 pm to study chapter 3 of ‘ God of Surprises ’ by Fr Gerry Hughes , SJ . |
| 13 | On a shelf was a pebble that had been polished by running water ; it was ovoid , a piece of granite about big enough to hold in a clenched fist ; a seam of quartz halved it on the diagonal . |
| 14 | so something erm I mean it , it just seems strange to me that , you know , something which has exist existed for thousands of years , you know , he 's suddenly sort of pooh-poohing so to speak , erm and I mean obviously the fact that there was a revolution twenty years later or whatever erm me means that something must have been wrong but erm you know i it 's strange how he 's suddenly criticizing and how the criticism has n't come before , how nothing 's happened before , how this seems an opportune moment for it to happen . |
| 15 | He played in six series against England and only in the last , in 1963 , did he fail with the bat ; other big scores included 191 not out , again at Nottingham , carrying his bat to help save the third Test of 1957 , and 197 not out at Barbados in the first match of 1959–60 again to ensure a draw after a big England innings . |
| 16 | Northward from Porta Venezia is a site with little enough to show the visitor but an impressive place in the Medieval history of both Milan and Europe . |
| 17 | He joined the team in 1989 specifically to design , launch and develop the quality in action suite of training programmes . |
| 18 | Slice the cake in half lengthways to form two long thin cakes . |
| 19 | The effective manager will apply lessons from one job to another both to alter current situations and to assist the future planning process . |
| 20 | Do you need a day like this specifically to raise funds . |
| 21 | In 1945 , the Miles Aircraft Company was developing a supersonic experimental aircraft , the M 52 , but lack of basic data on supersonic conditions led to the decision in 1948 not to risk a pilot 's life flying it until more was known about the compressibility of air , or the sound barrier . |
| 22 | Jordan 's hope of containing the PLO challenge lay in Washington 's decision in 1975 not to recognize the PLO unless it accepted the legitimacy of Israel and Security Council Resolution 242 . |
| 23 | Often the seeds of future ill-health are already sown by the age of twenty only to arise many years later . |
| 24 | Brannen , born on a farm at Sadberge and raised at first Long Newton and then Yarm , moved to Stoke at the age of 20 partly to study a sports and recreation degree at North Staffordshire Polytechnic but mainly to train under the guidance of Jim Talbot , the national decathlon coach . |
| 25 | In the morning the two sides shared the four Foursomes matches but therein hides a tale of powerful enough to displace Neighbours at the top of the TV ratings . |
| 26 | The postponement to 1993 simply to await the Government 's belated funding of community care will overcome none of the difficulties . |
| 27 | This serves as an explanation of changes already made and as a warning of those still to come . |
| 28 | Mathematics can be explained through the written word ‘ We went to the main road at 10.00 am to begin our traffic count . |
| 29 | The day starts with our tail-lift bus leaving the centre at 9.30 am to pick up the clients with the help of 2 escorts . |
| 30 | Hughes cites Speak as a model for those yet to get their chance in the game , insisting : ‘ The rewards he is getting now are richly deserved . |