Example sentences of "[vb base] [pn reflx] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason why there are fewer disconnections is that the electricity companies have introduced card meters , so that people cut themselves off rather than having to be cut off by the electricity companies . |
| 2 | If he put down sheets of newspaper in the kitchen to keep the floor clean on wet days , one of his cats would back up to the far wall and then launch herself as fast as she could at the papers . |
| 3 | Information is increasingly a very marketable product and the advance of information technology gives the library , as a major source of information as well as an important user of information technology , the opportunity to take advantage of the strong current interest , and promote itself as aggressively as the purveyors of the hardware and software . |
| 4 | ‘ YOU can be a member and not commit yourself any further if you prefer ’ |
| 5 | If you are interested please contact myself as soon as possible and a confidentiality letter will be sent to you . |
| 6 | In the coming weeks and months , ask yourself as often as you can remember : ‘ Why am I creating this ? |
| 7 | But then , of course , there is one step beyond that which most people would find an even greater challenge : to widen the circle so that we see ourselves not only as one part of one human family , but of the family of all life on Earth . |