Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( The Japanese , who once provoked riots , tend to invest in higher-tech operations and are seen as relatively generous . ) |
| 2 | We notice that the words tend to fall into natural sets : |
| 3 | Some certificates tend to lapse into impersonal references to ‘ the rectory ’ or ‘ the chaplain' . |
| 4 | Clovers , being of prostrate habit , tend to thrive in close-cropped swards . |
| 5 | Despite corporate financial officers ' best intentions , firms tend to go through various stages of growth . |
| 6 | We suggest you find out where your newly-acquired friends and acquaintances tend to gather at different times of the day . |
| 7 | It means that the stressed syllables in an utterance tend to come at regular intervals with a varying number of less stressed syllables in between . |
| 8 | D-i-y kits tend to come in separate sections , forming two sides of each arch , one on each side of the wall , sometimes with a separate soffit section which can be used for wider walls . |
| 9 | They tend to come in large groups , but there are singletons and couples as well . |
| 10 | New moves tend to come from middle-class artists who have had the opportunity to absorb a great deal early and feel sufficiently confident in an educational and financially secure context to move it along . |
| 11 | Research proposals therefore tend to come from established departments , and also tend increasingly to consist of safe , conservative projects which have possibilities for future income-generation for the universities . |
| 12 | Hooligans tend to come from social backgrounds where masculine aggression is highly valued . |
| 13 | Unfortunately , most bureaucracies tend to concentrate on small details , sacrificing the overall picture . |
| 14 | However , since management courses tend to concentrate on basic tasks and procedures , there is a risk that the much larger matters signalled here will be treated rudimentarily at best . |
| 15 | Those who gossip about him tend to meet with nasty accidents . ’ |
| 16 | Many other countries have announced that they expect to proceed towards democratic elections in the coming year — Angola , Cameroon , Kenya , Liberia , Madagascar , Nigeria , Seychelles and Sierra Leone . |
| 17 | There are many clinical features in common among these treponematoses and some of them appear to go through similar stages and periods of latency . |
| 18 | ‘ We have to get back to a position where investors want to invest in unquoted companies and believe they 're still getting a good return , but I do n't think that will be the 30% they might have been promised . ’ |
| 19 | ask your Social Secretary office for form AG 5 ( and form AG 1 if you want to claim on low-income grounds and you do not hold a current AG 2 or AG 3 certificate ) , fill them both in and send them where the form tells you . |
| 20 | This is only the latest in a series of issues which have emerged as computer technology has developed and linked up with telecommunications , and which appear to bear upon fundamental questions of individual freedom . |
| 21 | If my sons want to train as chartered accountants , I shall do everything in my power to persuade them otherwise . |
| 22 | Surprising data from the machines can still clash with big egos that want to trust to old-fashioned hunches . |
| 23 | They believe he 's carried out several sex attacks in one town , and want to talk to other victims who may have been too scared to come forward . |
| 24 | So I want to talk about medical practices er |
| 25 | In particular , fare increases appear to lead to high losses of passengers , particularly at off-peak periods . |
| 26 | Your Royal Highness , it is , it is , it is interesting that when I attended the Annual General Meeting last year of the Boats Organization , the fact that I said that yachtsmen was a Con Conservation Body as well surprised them and since that time we have having collaboration with them er more and more and this is to be welcomed because we all want to sail in nice surroundings . |
| 27 | I want to look at new charges for home care and day care and transportation services for disabled people . |
| 28 | Your reasons for this colossal exploitation of what is to you hi-tech may be quite divorced from ours ( we want to look for black holes , whereas you want to ascertain the precise time you should sacrifice a virgin in order to propitiate the gods ) , but the principle is much the same . |
| 29 | We want to specialise in high-reliability systems . |
| 30 | Keeping the pencil in your hand you may feel that you want to shade in certain shapes . |