Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] [noun] " 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 | Better not to look at Belle Maman 's face . |
| 3 | Seagull partly to blame for jockey 's death |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Unlike us , the horse 's teeth continuously grow upwards to compensate for wear which is why they need regular checking and rasping . |
| 6 | Some older people want classes specially for their own age group ; others want simply to participate in adult education generally . |
| 7 | Maybe they know better how to look after things now . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I tend not to shop in places like Marks and Spencer , but they have got some good gear in there . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | On the other hand , a look at a small group of Young Conservatives might be able to throw light upon ideological issues , which tend not to arise in studies of society 's victims . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Indeed , more than 30 per cent of clients are women who are generally more successful as they are better listeners and tend not to rush at obstacles . |
| 14 | ‘ Put on the clothes you put on to go to church on Sunday . |
| 15 | Parents seek right to sue over injury to foetus |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Small powers seek also to come to terms with a particular great power either to guarantee themselves against the overwhelming strength of another great power or in order to prevent the great power in question from asserting its strength more directly and imperiously over them … |
| 18 | WELCOME TO THE NEW WORLD ORDER AS THE PRETENDERS LINE UP TO FIGHT FOR IBM 's CROWN |
| 19 | These tiny , black , dried leaves are also known as cloud ears ; when soaked , they puff up to look like clouds . |
| 20 | During the battle with Sauron 's warriors the Dead Host sail up to fight for Aragorn . |
| 21 | If the rate goes higher than your ‘ safe ’ calculation , stop frequently to rest during exercise until you are fitter . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 ? |
| 26 | There were accusations that their presence had been orchestrated using methods reminiscent of the Ceausescu regime , with factory NSF committees giving workers time off to participate in demonstrations , and transport being laid on to bring demonstrators from as far away as Constanţa , the Black Sea port around 200 km from Bucharest . |
| 27 | little local people , part time housewifes earn a bit extra to pay their mortgage or save up to go on holiday |
| 28 | Phanerozoic TTD suites do exist , however , and seem also to relate to subduction zones . |
| 29 | We are a group of lesbian feminists ( about 30 + years old ) , who meet regularly to talk about issues around sex , eg : desires and politics in connexion with sex . |
| 30 | Can I propose that we vote either to go for Southwell Centenary cos I think they are the fav either or , and then we also have another vote for Bramley or Brinkley and then we have a vote between the winners of either of those two , |