Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] [verb] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In studying his continuous transformation groups ( groups whose elements depend upon a system of continuously varying parameters satisfying certain differentiability conditions ) Lie was led naturally to study some non-commutative , non-associative algebras subsequently named after him : Lie Algebras . |
| 2 | As the hon. Gentleman knows , whenever we make comparisons the figures that we quote are adjusted backwards to ensure that we quote them on a truly comparable basis in all instances . |
| 3 | I did ring Agnes away back in January and thanked her for having you ; I was ringing her partly to tell her that , strangely , one of her Hungarian friends from Southampton ( called ) is now the computer expert at Chambers , whose services I 've been using recently to accomplish the final formatting of my questionnaire and piece of sample text . |
| 4 | I 've been sent here to find out what really happened and get him back to the States . ’ |
| 5 | I am sure William no longer thinks you 've been sent here to poison my wine , or whatever dark thoughts he was harbouring . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It is something I 've been working hard to improve . |
| 7 | Mike says that they 've been working hard to organise the trip — and is not bothered about the risk of visiting the country . |
| 8 | ‘ You 've been brought here to give a full account of Captain Meredith 's dealings . |
| 9 | ‘ The boys are naturally worried and they have been phoning home to find out more about the situation , ’ Mathur said . |
| 10 | Employers have consistently complained that most forms of standard building contract published by the Joint Contracts Tribunal have inadequately catered for their requirements , and have been devised mainly to suit the traditional procedures adopted by the building designer , quantity surveyor and contractor . |
| 11 | Union leaders have been meeting today to discuss their response to the job cuts : |
| 12 | Too few senior church leaders have been prepared publicly to state that sex outside marriage , as well as homosexual practice , are viewed in biblical teaching as outside God 's will and purpose for human good . |
| 13 | And they have been pushing hard to shake money out of any European Community project that looks remotely applicable . |
| 14 | Naturally , companies trading in the more risky markets , for which premiums have been increased somewhat to reflect the risks , are less than enthusiastic . |
| 15 | Finally , some of the country 's flashiest car collectors have been getting together to show off their prized possessions . |
| 16 | Mistrust even more two leaves that have been joined together to fabricate a bifolium . |
| 17 | But what happens if we have been sent here to die , one by one ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Sixthly , we have been sent here to find the Grail and Excalibur — though there 's fat chance of that — as well as to assist our two dark shadows to root out the activities of these Templars . |
| 19 | Recently , however , electron accelerators have been built specifically to inject FELs , and these are now becoming operational . |
| 20 | In a pulsar , all the matter has been completely crushed : it no longer consists of atoms , because all the protons and electrons have been jammed together to form neutrons . |
| 21 | So tourists have been stopping even to take photo of that the largest slave in the world . |
| 22 | If two people are merely sharing a house or flat , e.g. two friends , unless the underwriters have been asked specifically to cover both persons ' property , there would only be cover for the property of the Policyholder . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , the purse strings have been loosened sufficiently to provide a palatable enough feast . |
| 24 | Euroqualifications from LCCIEB have been developed specifically to meet the needs of those doing business in the European Community after 1992 and to help to promote mobility of labour in the internal market . |
| 25 | Group resources have made the innovation possible because polymers have been developed specifically to meet the requirements of the chemists developing the formulations . |
| 26 | He said : ‘ Over the past 10 years we have been striving hard to maintain the numbers of part-time firefighters which are needed for this vital community service . ’ |
| 27 | " Forests , " it says , " have been swept aside to grow crops for western consumers , flooded by huge hydroelectric dams to power mineral smelters and cut down to provide timber for export markets . " |
| 28 | Many attempts have been made simply to control the starfish . |
| 29 | Multipage and multiple spreadsheets have been made easier to use in version 5.5 by the inclusion of icons that let you move forwards and backwards between pages and spreadsheets — these are the double arrows in the third section down in the Tool Bar . |
| 30 | Recent advances in knowledge of thrust belts based on seismic and drilling have been made easier to apply to frontier areas by published descriptions of typical geometries , improved understanding of the mechanisms involved , and the establishment of standard terminology ( see , for instance : Hossack 1979 ; Berger and Johnson 1982 ; Butler 1982 ; Boyer and Elliot 1982 ) . |