Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The issue is not easy because in Botswana , Zimbabwe and South Africa elephants are doing well , and these countries understandably want to continue to trade in ivory . |
| 2 | ‘ These two ventures , along with the expected announcement of first gas from one of our recent discoveries in Colombia , are just the first of many exciting projects we expect to see come to fruition over the next year or so , ’ Chris told Pipeline . |
| 3 | If you want to help contact during office hours . |
| 4 | Auckland ( NZ 's largest city , and the one into which most visitors are decanted from their 747s ) has a fine international airport ( with a statue to Jean Batten and a well-worth seeking-out small memorial corner in the terminal dedicated to this New Zealand pioneer pilot ) , but this is the last place you want to start searching for vacation VFR . |
| 5 | And if you want to learn to type in German , Spanish , French , Italian or Dutch , it 's all here . |
| 6 | A Royal Navy spokesman said : ‘ They appear to have gone off course and were about five miles from shore . ’ |
| 7 | AD 160 across the courtyard building , after which it was not rebuilt although the baths appear to have remained in use . |
| 8 | ‘ You appear to have kept in touch with many of them . ’ |
| 9 | In the Department of Environment in London and in the Department of Energy and the Department of Health they appear to have quit at lunchtime . |
| 10 | These two key members appear to have acted on behalf of , and in the name of , the committee by negotiating contributions to specific sections of the proposal with the representatives of the sectional interests . |
| 11 | In the earlier series of auctions , there were large differences ( in terms of yield ) between minimum and maximum accepted bids but market operators appear to have learned by experience and , with the four auctions of 1991 , the difference was never more than three basis points . |
| 12 | These giant dustbins , some the size of a small garage , appear to have multiplied beyond count in recent years . |
| 13 | Some donors have explicit philosophies that they seek to see adopted as policy . |
| 14 | Liz Headleand stared at the scene with a marked lack of dismay , as Kate Armstrong knelt down and started to dust the earth off Giles , looking up to ask anyone who might be interested about the little blobs of white polystyrene that always seem to come mixed with bulb fibre : ‘ What is this stuff ? ’ asked Kate , ‘ I 've often wondered , ’ as she proceeded to re-pot a hyacinth with one hand while stroking Giles 's shoulder with the other . |
| 15 | I find it galling that they seem to keep looking for jam today . |
| 16 | Watch the seed carefully , as it ripens suddenly and will fall without warning ; alternatively cut the flower stems just as the smell of the seeds start to change and become pleasant , and hang to finish ripening in paper bags . |
| 17 | Yet some people seem to learn to live with imperfection and others find it an impenetrable barrier . |
| 18 | In the earlier regime it was accepted that rules had to be general to some extent , and open to change to allow for adaptation to changing circumstances . |
| 19 | ‘ But I happen to have fallen in love with your mother and , well , you 're part of the package , if you see what I mean . ’ |
| 20 | Both the proposed Crickhowell and Builth Wells by-passes seem to have gone into hibernation . |
| 21 | These seem to have increased in number since the Support Services Review , and some have only tangential relevance ( if any ) to the sorts of enquiries which my staff can routinely handle . |
| 22 | For young countrywomen able and willing to move to London , however , money wages in domestic service seem to have moved in pace with prices and even to have moved quite sharply upward from around 1800.57 . |
| 23 | They met several times more up to 1985 , but seem to have remained in touch until the last few months of Ceauşescu 's rule . |
| 24 | As , despite years of trying , I have not managed to find a plastic heater holder sucker that actually works ( and the rubber ones seem to have passed into oblivion ) I would attach heaters and the internal stat to the rear glass with blobs of silicone sealant . |
| 25 | Certainly geography helped and prevailing economic conditions played an important part , but most towns seem to have come into existence as a result of conscious decisions . |
| 26 | The quality I 'm referring to was something common enough here in Latin America , but very rare in the land of booze and animal fats , where the women seem to have taken to heart mad Hamlet 's advice to let their honesty admit no discourse to their beauty . |
| 27 | Whatever resentments they have stacked up they seem to have transformed into energy , driving them to learn , campaign , debate , organise and design . |
| 28 | What Morrissey still ca n't come to terms with is that now , for some strange reason , hordes of people profess to have fallen in love with him and previous to the band , he often states , no girl ever even took him into consideration . |
| 29 | Are these the gifts you so grandly claim to have bestowed on mankind ? |
| 30 | AN INVESTIGATION is to be mounted at BAFTA into the award of a prize to the Granada drama Prime Suspect after four of the seven jury members claim to have voted for Channel 4 's GBH . |