Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The structure of OS/400 and the hardware are being remodelled not only to look and behave more like Unix , but actually be more like Unix ; with commitment to support the four basic level Posix standards , 1003.1 to 1003.4 , IBM says Posix will be central to the re-design of OS/400 , built into the licensed internal code beneath the machine interface level . |
| 2 | This new radar is designed not only to detect and track aircraft and sea-skimming missiles , but it also — ’ |
| 3 | I hope that , given the work done so far to design and cost the scheme , you can have tenders to hand by then on the basis that construction would begin on site very soon after a decision at that meeting . |
| 4 | The literature on the distribution of earnings is massive and no attempt will be made here either to summarise or evaluate it . |
| 5 | A staggering 70 per cent of Britain 's waste comes from packaging alone — plastics , foils , paper and glass — used not only to protect and retain food quality , but also to enhance product appeal , to give them an image which will raise their perceived value . |
| 6 | Mr Arrastía 's inspiration for FARCO grew our of his dissatisfaction with Argentina 's national networks and his increasing conviction that radio can be used very effectively to unite and strengthen marginalised communities . |
| 7 | Marginal land had to be given up either to waste or to sheep and cattle , since it was no longer profitable to plough it . |
| 8 | Fires are lit once again to subdue and intimidate the elephants . |
| 9 | The important feature of both initiatives was that people who normally work independently from each other and who shared a common vision and interest , were brought together also to share and benefit from each other 's expertise . |
| 10 | In July 1984 the Princess had agreed to become patron of a small medical research charity called Birthright , which had been set up initially to try and minimize the dangers of pregnancy and childbirth . |
| 11 | In an undercover police operation in London a shop was set up purportedly to buy and sell jewellery commercially ; it was staffed solely by undercover officers purporting to be shady jewellers willing to buy stolen property . |
| 12 | They are never brought up again to taunt or accuse us . |
| 13 | ‘ As I passed the boy I saw in the mirror the car had pulled out sharply to overtake and I just heard the bang . |
| 14 | The nature of these changes , then , can be seen as some confirmation that the trends identified by Dearlove were genuine enough , but that working them through has taken much longer to achieve and involved much more upheaval than his initial analysis would have suggested . |
| 15 | Should he be forced not only to retire but to leave behind a multi-party state , the example will be widely noted in Africa . |
| 16 | It had fallen too slowly to break but the wine had flowed out and made a dark stain like blood on the white candlewick . |
| 17 | If this interpretation is correct , curriculum managers who wish to manage the curriculum in the sense of modifying it so that it is better adapted to the needs of real children and a real society , will be best advised not simply to resist and criticise , but rather to use the power that many people at all levels of the system actually have . |
| 18 | Rather than overcrowding the wallspace with closely packed displays which can result in visual muddle , it is more striking to have fewer , more defined displays that are changed quite frequently to stimulate and maintain interest . |