Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [verb] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Papal implication in subsequent plotting against Elizabeth and financial support for the Spanish Armada only served to confirm this equation , and as a consequence Elizabeth was unable to withstand the growing pressure from her Protestant subjects for the introduction of harsher recusancy laws and civil disabilities for Catholics . |
| 2 | The establishment of the mixed patrician-plebeian collegium of the Xviri sacris faciundis coincides with the full parification of the two orders in the Licinian-Sextian laws of 367 B.C. The members of the college presumably had to know some Greek if they were to consult the Sibylline books . |
| 3 | Contrary to the hopes and fears of those who had taken sides on the issue of democracy , political practice rather seemed to suggest that liberal ( that is limited ) democratic government and a class — divided society could fit nicely together without disaster and the overthrow of that society by democratic excesses . |
| 4 | HONG KONG — China reacted angrily yesterday to Hong Kong 's decision to move a centrally-located British naval base to an outlying island , a switch apparently designed to undercut any plans China had for a high-profile military presence after 1997 , writes Kevin Hamlin . |
| 5 | Such snobbery perhaps helps to explain some of the support which the Wesleyan tradition must have engendered , among people who found the ‘ spiritual sense ’ of faith a way of rebutting the patronising condescension of the ‘ men of reason ’ . |
| 6 | For some adults cohabitation before marriage is unthinkable ( in Asian families , for example ) ; for others the idea of marriage without first living together to get to know each other is equally unthinkable . |
| 7 | The price of cobalt soared and the industry suddenly had to pour much time and money into redesigning the magnets in loudspeakers , using less expensive ceramic materials instead of cobalt . |
| 8 | It is not necessary to use the form to make a defence , the defendant only needs to submit some document indicating that the claim is disputed . |
| 9 | The study thus had to tackle several methodological issues as well . |
| 10 | The fact that deafness is an emotive area of practice anyway tends to heighten these factors and can determine the eventual success of the learner . |
| 11 | I wonder whether it might be useful to get somebody in from social services side anyway to help to identify some other problems that I 'm having |
| 12 | The research further aims to establish some examples of " good practice " in respect both of the planning and implementation of such schemes by appropriate authorities , and the development of library services within secondary schools … |
| 13 | Our review also attempted to discern any correlation between RP and individual histological features , primarily those considered to be indicators of classic Crohn 's disease , but we found no such associations . |
| 14 | But armed forces are not known for being bastions of sentiment and it is definitely true that had the SAAF really needed to replace both types , it would have found a way to do so . |
| 15 | The home side now began to look much the better side and Cummings kept Town in it with a fine selection of acrobatic saves . |
| 16 | Symantec really needs to pay more attention to the European virus scene if NAV is to compete with commercial and shareware rivals on this side of the pond . |
| 17 | The result even managed to move some hard-bitten motoring journalists . |
| 18 | Generalization is a term sometimes taken to include any anticipatory statement made by pupils to explain the results which they obtain from exploring a mathematical situation such as in the example given below . |
| 19 | Despite predictions from the FFA that drift-netting would bring about the collapse of albacore stocks within a few years , the Japanese delegation steadfastly refused to make any concessions . |
| 20 | There will always be cases where the look-up either fails to find any allowable strings , or the correct word ( i.e. the input word of script ) is not in the list of allowable strings . |
| 21 | For the same article the journalist evidently failed to get any juicy quotes from his present wife and despite the misleading by-line By his two wives , the material rests on the words of a named ‘ neighbour in the tiny close of council houses ’ , who incidentally provides no information on his sex life but on his lack of neighbourliness : ‘ He was not very neighbourly — he would always try to avoid speaking … ’ |
| 22 | On other occasions we may decide assertiveness is an investment actually got to use that style of behaviour to get my point across and to listen to them as well . |
| 23 | In most cases , the buyer thus prefers to include such a right expressly , which he can then invoke at his discretion in situations where the defects in the initial delivery of goods are so severe that he loses confidence in the ability of the seller to perform properly under the contract at all . |
| 24 | Again , this may explain that phenomenon which is central to the relevance of discourse analysis to language teaching : how is it that a student with an advanced proficiency in pronunciation , grammar , and lexis somehow fails to use these language skills to communicate successfully ? |
| 25 | erm the normal disciplines that the County Council applied on income headings is that if income varies for reasons of er conditions for example and this is in a way akin to that , then the committee normally has to find these erm er the additional resources to cover tha that income erm I have had long discussions with John on this and th the point that he was putting there was er demonstrating that income had followed the amount of work perhaps has not fallen and the below the line item is a recognition in the part of that argument i in a sense for fifty-fifty between below the line reaching seven thousand erm and we 've identified savings and other heads for example the staff advertising example where reduction in turnover , there 's no effective service saving there , so these such things can go towards meeting this income conditions . |
| 26 | Poetry still continued to claim much of his time , and several pieces were penned or started such as ‘ Snow Is Falling ’ , written to the music of Ray Charles , Edith Piaf and Nina Simone , among others . |
| 27 | The child also needs to learn that food is only offered at the table or in the high-chair . |
| 28 | In one way , burying this question also helps to bind some of the wounds opened by Vietnam . |
| 29 | Sun also plans to lease another building and has further options nearby . |
| 30 | The work also aims to place such dynamic relationships in the context of pressures on local government at this time and the context of an emerging leisure profession . |