Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [adv] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patterns of dots from a painting program tend to fall apart when enlarged or coagulate into muddy puddles if reduced . |
| 2 | That 's a really fine line right there because some bands tend to come across as doing a speed metal/jazz fusion . |
| 3 | An important feature of such costs is that they tend to increase rather than decrease with sales volume . |
| 4 | … not particularly comforting , since many of the goals which we as a nation set ourselves , the policies which we pursue and the material objectives to which we attach importance tend to increase rather than to diminish the incidence of crime . |
| 5 | Shiftworkers lose sleep progressively while working the night or morning shifts , and may be employed in nursing , in controlling power stations or chemical plants , as well as in manufacturing industries . |
| 6 | More importantly , we conclude from this experiment that deletions of the promoter regions ( -2.3kb to -300bp ) which contain neuronal-specific hypersensitive sites either have no effect or appear to increase rather than decrease expression in HeLa cells . |
| 7 | These practices appear to recognise rather than replace the use of force in international relations . |
| 8 | Because we have been made children of God ; we carry the family likeness through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit ; we want to live so as to please our Heavenly Father ; and we enjoy his Fatherly protection and generous provision . |
| 9 | Many mothers have difficulty in interpreting the demands of their baby and tend to feed rather than play or comfort in other ways . |
| 10 | They tend to aggravate rather than improve the poor self-esteem , poor individual coping skills and poor emotional maturity in the primary sufferer . |
| 11 | From the hafts of spearheads , normally split to allow a firm fit of the shaft , we find the use of hazel and ash , both of which tend to grow straight when pollarded . |
| 12 | Two- and three-year-olds seem to know just when throwing a tantrum will leave you embarrassed and uncertain and undermine your authority . |
| 13 | Erm if the Liberals wants they want to stop seventy two point six er million but they seem to do rather than go to seventy three point three which is what they want to reach , what they want to look at originally . |
| 14 | Landplane engines always seem to run badly when crossing large stretches of water , but flying across the middle of the island we disproved the theory that a floatplane 's motor might go into auto-rough over hard terrain . |
| 15 | In some countries the dairy producers have taken a comparable line , and manage to live profitably while accepting the growing evidence against high-fat diets in general and saturates in particular . |
| 16 | We think , however , that some of the points made by the authors tend to confuse rather than clarify the issue . |
| 17 | He adds : ‘ People who get carried away when describing their wares can end up in the small claims court . ’ |
| 18 | I like to co-operate rather than compete |
| 19 | And then they wonder why they get beaten up while walking down the street at one in the morning . |
| 20 | But , when you do check , make certain that you have maintained straight and level flight just previously , and that you continue to do so if re-setting the DI . |
| 21 | Continue to pot on as required into larger pots . |
| 22 | Attempts to illustrate their size tend to stupefy rather than enlighten . |
| 23 | Positional accuracy is achieved by means of the equal numbers of teeth on the stator and rotor , which tend to align so as to reduce the reluctance of the stack magnetic circuit . |
| 24 | During a recession , the public can not be blamed for watching pennies in the hope that pounds wo n't disappear quite so quickly , but most Britons eat to live rather than living to eat , no matter how the economy is doing . |
| 25 | I also use binding off when joining a welt ( knitted in this way ) to the garment . |
| 26 | You must be well acquainted with the materials of Part 2 in order to answer trainees ' questions but be careful not to provide information that goes beyond that given above ; try to amplify rather than extend the information . |
| 27 | Bem 's ( 1983 ) attempt to dissolve rather than balance gender schemata remains entangled with dominant discourses of sexuality and gender in ways which are difficult to overcome . |
| 28 | In all forms of natural therapy , which aim to stimulate rather than to suppress the body 's natural defences , the axiom is : by creating favourable conditions in the whole person , body-mind-spirit , the body will heal itself . |
| 29 | I think some people do give generously when buying raffle tickets and particularly they like the fact that the tickets are so cheap , so we should continue to give them that option . |
| 30 | But if y'have t'shoot , aim to disable rather than kill , if that 's at all possible without puttin' y'self at risk . ’ |