Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from a few straightforward effects ( slow motion , freeze frame ) , art movies tend to fall outside this area , because by and large SFX are expensive and time-consuming , whereas art movies of limited appeal tend to be made on relatively low budgets . |
| 2 | ‘ We will not develop the business where there is no emphasis on quality , and we intend to continue in that framework . |
| 3 | As we noted , nominal predicates tend to agree with actual number and person , finite verbs with the morphological person and number encoded in the polite form of the pronoun , with language-specific decisions on predicates of intermediate kind . |
| 4 | ‘ I tend to work with up-and-coming guitar bands because that 's the music I like listening to and that 's what I understand better . |
| 5 | I tend to work by this rule : for a big painting I paint very thinly and a small one I use thick impasto , although of course the rule can be broken . |
| 6 | I tend to work by this rule : for a big painting I paint very thinly and a small one I use thick impasto , although of course the rule can be broken . |
| 7 | So er I , I b basically go to the office one day a week , that 's my admin day , and the rest , I , I tend to work within this area . |
| 8 | Fancy designer labels tend to come with fancy price tags to match . |
| 9 | Some have right-wing parties like Germany 's Republicans that stir racial hatred and exploit the tensions that tend to come with large-scale immigration . |
| 10 | Simply nervous trainers tend to stand in one spot , feeted feet rooted like a tree to the ground . |
| 11 | In the rat brain there are regional differences in the structure of the cortex , but the areas that can be identified tend to blur into each other . |
| 12 | Another criticism is that UK banks tend to concentrate on short-term lending , causing a shortage of long-term funds for investment . |
| 13 | Most referees will tell you that when a new directive comes out on a particular law , referees tend to concentrate on that law , sometimes at the expense of refereeing other laws . |
| 14 | Stories told about Burton at this time are necessarily retrospective and tend to suffer from retrospective grandeur and glamour . |
| 15 | Whereas unit production costs tend to benefit from increased volume of production , distribution costs tend to worsen . |
| 16 | Although a backbencher he is currently the politician the voters most want to see as prime minister . |
| 17 | Suddenly , there facing you , is the person you least want to see at that moment . |
| 18 | We want to go through that line by line so |
| 19 | Where depth counters emerged these were linked to surface perceptions with the spots , for example , stimulating the following response : ‘ There 's spots on there , and I guess that 's another reason why I want to go into that area . |
| 20 | So this letter which refers to our processes in this county council , it 's talking about people who want to go into residential care and to use public money . |
| 21 | But must but I do n't know how much further I want to go along that sort of line . |
| 22 | You want to abort at that point , oh yeah retry 'll do . |
| 23 | Send to SCIAF for more information . |
| 24 | And I want to apologize for last night , I made an awful ass of myself , I am sorry . ’ |
| 25 | The most important aspect of scanning is that you must have a clear picture of what you expect to see on each instrument . |
| 26 | Many labour markets appear to fall into this category , with wage rates being determined through complex institutional arrangements and bargaining processes which seem to imply that they will be less than fully flexible . |
| 27 | sure but again I mean if there was a market for this I am sure that to take that and splinter it off into a unit it costs money to get people that want to come into this business |
| 28 | It is important we know how many want to come for each event , so PLEASE CONTACT Val Hawkins ( 453-3366 ) or David Cameron ( 445 1154 ) or sign the list to be circulated , as soon as possible . |
| 29 | ‘ You 've got to have ambition if you want to come to this club . ’ |
| 30 | There 's a special job Preston 's engaged on and I want to come to some arrangement with him — there should be room for both of us — if you would be good enough to tell me when your husband is likely to be back — " |