Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [prep] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Figures are sketchy but all these categories combined appear to total at least 100m , or over 9% of the Chinese population — nearly 20% of the adult population . |
| 2 | Organisers hope to raise at least £5,000 for Help the Aged . |
| 3 | Needless to say , the sight of such impressive architecture stimulates me , and I begin to contemplate on how rail travel has been a source of artistic inspiration to passengers for more than a century . |
| 4 | The direst accusations always seem to centre on husbandly refusal to wash or change underwear and a tendency to wear socks in bed . |
| 5 | More specifically , we have found that there are adaptive reasons that seem to explain at least part of the variation that Lewontin cites in each of his examples . |
| 6 | Erm and he 's saying that you know to start with basically education has always been the preserve of the landlords , er the peasants have n't had anything to do with education , have always been poor illiterate peasants erm and now he 's saying that because the landlords have been overthrown erm suddenly peasants er have , you know , are forming erm schools and have been able to be taught various things . |
| 7 | Set to operate at around 60°C to 65°C |
| 8 | The rich countries reckon to have at least 95% of their adults literate . |
| 9 | Cover and leave to soak for about 15min — longer if possible . |
| 10 | Leave to cool for about 10min . |
| 11 | This is relevant when you come to look at how cholesterol is transported around the body . |
| 12 | The result is that first-time buyers now have to find at least 6% of the valuation to put down in advance . |
| 13 | Again , to learn to render this we have to listen to how people speak . |
| 14 | And in fact , if we look at even more , I mean where I work is a Family Centre in Berinsfield erm and I interviewed erm some of the carers of young children , and most of the women I interviewed had , in fact , been subjected to marital violence by their male partners and in many ways this had been triggered off by arguments over who should take care of the children and over the woman not being in her place , so although it 's important to maybe look at the macro level , I really think we have to look at how men and women behave towards one another , particularly where child care is concerned . |
| 15 | Investors can take out a combination Pep , allowing them to choose the balance they want between the two plans , though they have to put at least £500 in each one . |
| 16 | ‘ These have to last till tomorrow lunchtime . |
| 17 | We need to raise at least £50,000 to put our plans into effect . |
| 18 | Now I think that the concern that erm I have , and it 's shared by colleagues I have to say at both County and at er District Council level , is that none of those will really fully provide a proper strategic planning service and therefore the , the , the threat to proper forward planning of a coordinated nature across a wider area of land such as is er currently taking place in Sussex , West Sussex and other counties and which is desperately needed as we 've seen in the context of the flooding that we 've just been talking about , that is in er great danger of being undermined and the alternatives that the government is , is putting forward would in my view not go anywhere at all towards meeting the needs of strategic planning . |
| 19 | We need to move beyond both multiculturalism and antiracism . |