Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We tend naturally to concentrate on effectiveness — everybody does despite the evidence from curriculum development projects in all subjects that take-up is a far greater problem . |
| 2 | Seagull partly to blame for jockey 's death |
| 3 | I certainly assure the right hon. Gentleman that there is no sense in which the Government want positively to discriminate in favour of one type of schooling over others , because parents have a right to choose . |
| 4 | Unlike us , the horse 's teeth continuously grow upwards to compensate for wear which is why they need regular checking and rasping . |
| 5 | Some older people want classes specially for their own age group ; others want simply to participate in adult education generally . |
| 6 | Even so , the mortality rates for abortion tend generally to rise with age beginning with the 15–24 class , showing among other things , a probable increase in unwanted births with age and , therefore , with rising parity . |
| 7 | In the Mediterranean , where many such frugivores overwinter , bird fruits tend not to ripen until winter , and show some of the attributes of tropical specialized fruits in that they are drier and more nutritious than northern fruits and can provide a complete diet for the birds . |
| 8 | As a consequence , individuals ( and many measures ) tend not to think of wealth and income as two sides of the same coin , but rather as different segments of that coin . |
| 9 | ‘ Put on the clothes you put on to go to church on Sunday . |
| 10 | Parents seek right to sue over injury to foetus |
| 11 | So they follow their pseudo-parents as they set off for the village shops , until they feel themselves getting too far from the ‘ nest ’ , and then break off to return to safety . |
| 12 | During the battle with Sauron 's warriors the Dead Host sail up to fight for Aragorn . |
| 13 | If the rate goes higher than your ‘ safe ’ calculation , stop frequently to rest during exercise until you are fitter . |
| 14 | Sometimes , the Minister will take the point of a desired amendment , but not like the proposed amendment itself and thus undertake instead to arrange for amendment himself at a later stage . |
| 15 | The studio almost immediately cast her in a cycle of prestigious ( if often meretricious ) ‘ women 's pictures ’ , including Edmund Goulding 's Dark Victory ( 1939 ) , which had her , in its famous climactic scene , walk upstairs to die in solitude with all the dignified serenity of an elephant trundling off to its ancestral graveyard ; Michael Curtiz 's The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex ( also 1939 ) , in which she flaunted the Virgin Queen 's ( and her own ) baldness as the ultimate emblem of great , self-abasing character acting ; and , of course , Irving Rapper 's sudsy , multi-Kleenex tearjerker Now , Voyager ( 1942 ) , in which her repressed , plain-Jane spinster blossoms overnight into chic , radiant , cigarette-tapping womanhood . |
| 16 | It is on their best judgement that decisions are made , resources allocated and , as more information becomes available , changes put forward to take into account the new knowledge . |
| 17 | The problem is this : why is the reflex increase in urine flow so much smaller at night when we lie down to go to sleep ? |
| 18 | little local people , part time housewifes earn a bit extra to pay their mortgage or save up to go on holiday |
| 19 | Phanerozoic TTD suites do exist , however , and seem also to relate to subduction zones . |
| 20 | Later that over Pringle let a ball or two pass only to freeze in horror as his last snapped back to hit the off stump . |
| 21 | Dampen the edges of the holes , cut out green holly leaves and press into the leaf-shaped holes in the burgundy ribbon , then smooth gently to secure in place . |
| 22 | Yeah but I 'd far sooner do that than not get off to sleep at night . |
| 23 | How and why sport assumes the status of a central life interest for black kids are the questions I set out to answer in chapter eight . |
| 24 | We must create our own , which is what I set out to achieve with Passion . |
| 25 | This requires real attention to detail and some concentration on , on that problem with experts who know how to deal with lobbying process in Brussels . |
| 26 | Babies know how to swim at birth . |
| 27 | ‘ I expect you know how to get in touch with her , in case of trouble , I mean . |
| 28 | And they know and we know where to look for help in finding it . |
| 29 | I 'd love to make a black version , in which some kids from South Central LA , who get bussed out to the Sand Fernando Valley ( affluent LA suburb ) , decide not to go to class and start tramping around Fernando doing what they did in that movie . |
| 30 | You will have to consider which type of work interests you before you decide where to apply for training . |