Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prevalent analyses of causation seem justifiably only to allow events and possibly agents as causes . |
| 2 | There is then some evidence to show that Japanese workers do indeed work for longer periods with each employer , but only 20 per cent of labour in the private sector stay long enough to get close to the peak of the wages profile . |
| 3 | The victors and villains in this war seem once again to have the outside powers where they most like them : stuck deep and quarrelling among themselves about what to do next . |
| 4 | The main agent of decay is insect activity , and carcases lying in water take much longer to break down ( Dodson , 1973 ) because they are less accessible to insects . |
| 5 | In the first example the stressed syllables in the high head step downwards progressively to approach the beginning of the tone : |
| 6 | Mr Aldous insists that Robson Rhodes demonstrates compassion by making every effort to ensure people obliged to leave the firm have somewhere else to go . |
| 7 | With mind-blowing slowness Paige felt the same hand move upwards again to close over her breast with a possessiveness that seemed to encompass every atom of her being . |
| 8 | Title-holder John Parrott fired the fastest century break so far to lead Ireland 's Joe Swail , 6–2 . |
| 9 | Grading is the technical process of ensuring that the colour tones of each sequence in the film go accurately together to produce the desired effect . |
| 10 | Nevertheless tabular evidence demonstrates that non-traditional students and mature student entrants as a category perform well enough to support a policy of providing opportunities for adults previously unable to enter higher education . |