Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its newly established corporate sales force is intended only to drum up demand among the Fortune 1000 . |
| 2 | An early contestant for the role of heir apparent , Aleke Banda , a minister in the 1960s , was restricted to his village for several years before being partially rehabilitated only to fall in disgrace again in the mid 1980s . |
| 3 | Yet conventional categories can be modified also to allow for change in concepts and attitudes . |
| 4 | It consists of a boat-like main hull and two outrigger pontoons , or sideswimmers , which are lifted hydraulically to rest on top for road travel and which are extended and lowered to the sides for stability on the water . |
| 5 | This questionnaire , the driver behaviour questionnaire ( DBQ ) , was designed particularly to look at driving errors from the type of perspective Reason has adopted elsewhere ( e.g. Reason , 1984 , 1990 ; Reason & Mycielska , 1982 ) , however , it additionally provides an important insight into the frequency of various types of memory failure in driving . |
| 6 | ‘ We 'll take a quick break for some tea and then we should be ready to run it up in another hour , ’ he briefs Captain Tuck-Brown , who has come across to check on progress before going home for the day . |
| 7 | It is argued in [ 110 ] that Euclid 's fifth axiom ( The whole is greater than the part ) was included specifically to eliminate from mathematics the paradoxes ( c. 450 BC ) of the infinite introduced by Zeno |
| 8 | Yet Burn 's Revesby shares with Soane 's Pelwall the distinction of being one of two houses Save and English Heritage have done most to save from demolition , and rightly so . |
| 9 | In the last twenty years there have been times when he would have done better to return to investment in land . |
| 10 | My encounters with girls were destined always to end in rejection until I 'd left my teens behind me . |
| 11 | Work left on unattended open display needs to be visited regularly to check on wear and tear or even sabotage by children loyal to another school ! |
| 12 | The cat had done well to run for shelter … |
| 13 | Mr. Livsey : Will the Secretary of State note that British Coal Opencast has decided again to try for permission to work the Bryn Henllys site in my constituency , after an inspector turned down that application about a year ago ? |
| 14 | Multipage and multiple spreadsheets have been made easier to use in version 5.5 by the inclusion of icons that let you move forwards and backwards between pages and spreadsheets — these are the double arrows in the third section down in the Tool Bar . |
| 15 | Recent advances in knowledge of thrust belts based on seismic and drilling have been made easier to apply to frontier areas by published descriptions of typical geometries , improved understanding of the mechanisms involved , and the establishment of standard terminology ( see , for instance : Hossack 1979 ; Berger and Johnson 1982 ; Butler 1982 ; Boyer and Elliot 1982 ) . |
| 16 | I truly believe that each of us had held on in there not only for ourselves , but also for the women we are destined never to meet in person , but with whom we share our motivation to create a world where our creativity is valued . |
| 17 | Like Jean Rhys 's fictional Englishmen , these real ones were taught early to rely on reason and suppress their feelings , and this opposition made the struggle of their lives . |
| 18 | In practice , the word seems to be used mostly to refer to animal sonar . |
| 19 | Several of them — constipation , confusion , urinary incontinence and difficulty seeing and hearing — have been shown elsewhere to increase with age ( Cartwright , 1990a ) . |
| 20 | It was used mainly to grind for flour and animal feed . |
| 21 | The Profitboss is lit enough to thrive on stress , to take the never-ending pressures , to work exceptionally long hours when necessary . |
| 22 | Groups of different markets ( as well as different firms in the same market ) are sufficiently interrelated also to benefit from location in London ( for example futures markets to cover eurobond exposure , or the different currency sectors of the eurobond market ) . |
| 23 | The project was to be a three-year one and was to employ one action project development officer in each of the two locations ( employed by Age Concern at its Research Unit ) and three researchers ( two employed by Age Concern at its Research Unit , and one , a research psychiatrist , employed by Guy 's Medical School ) ; in addition , the funding ( which amounted in total to approximately £250,000 ) was to cover the wages of local people to be employed specifically to work with dementia sufferers . |
| 24 | knitted directly to cast on edge or directly to last row of knitting |
| 25 | Each will be revised regularly to check on progress , and raise standards higher . |
| 26 | Gone early to hunt for tent , etc . |
| 27 | Its newly established corporate sales force is meant only to drum up demand among the Fortune 1000 . |
| 28 | Among the young couples moving into the area were those who had dropped out of church life when they had left home to go to university , or when they got married . |
| 29 | Later on the flight to Nice Kate let herself regress ten years to relive once more her beloved only brother 's funeral , something she had forbidden herself to do ever since she 'd left home to go to university . |
| 30 | Having tried unsuccessfully to negotiate by telephone a compromise truce with Mola and other rebel commanders , he in turn resigned and was replaced by Azaña 's friend José Giral . |