Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [to-vb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Such conditions are all too rare today ( works bought for public institutions like the Tate disappear from view for decades together ) , and it must have been a factor in the decision of some artists to give in the first place . |
2 | Now the editors have picked out some plums to make up a poets ' special - from Eliot and Auden , through Allen Ginsberg ( 'I think it was about the same time that I was having these Blake visions ' ) to John Ashbery and the delightful Elizabeth Bishop . |
3 | The gruesome ability of some individuals to take up a cannibalistic diet is , in evolutionary terms , a sensible solution to the problem of food shortage in a rapidly disappearing pond . |
4 | Her pleading frail voice went straight to my heart every time , and quite often I would crack her more than a few eggs to make up the dozen . |
5 | REVIEWING Government policy and achievements in several areas of concern , the Friends of the Earth report finds ‘ some good intentions but relatively few actions to back up the words ’ . |
6 | Rick had gone to Cheltenham to help some friends to set up an art exhibition and Lou had gone with him . |
7 | But Melody ( 6-4 fav ) , feeling the strain of a gruelling season , failed by three and a half lengths to pull back the Isle of Man-owned winner . |
8 | Surprisingly , it 's normal for some women to squirt out a fluid at the moment of orgasm . |
9 | Then use a few stitches to sew up the top of the hat where you cast off . |
10 | It is best in such cases to set out the contra agreement in writing right at the outset . |
11 | There is therefore potential for such trusts to build up a stake in Newco for the benefit of employees on a much more tax-efficient basis than if employees themselves used their after-tax earnings to acquire shares and then had to pay income tax or capital gains tax when they disposed of them . |
12 | I would advise anyone taking up such offers to work out the amount of fabric required and the normal retail price of curtain tape and hooks in advance as a way of calculating whether or not the cost is fair . |
13 | Although he believed thoroughly in the ability of these products to fill out the tiny character lines around the eyes and mouth , and to smooth his neck , he did not want to admit he was buying them for himself . |
14 | erm There 's not much opportunity for job advancement , there are fewer opportunities to rise up the scale and become Readers or Professors and so on . |
15 | PWMI has studies these sectors to work out the average lifetime for the material in the market . |
16 | Ideally , to be honest I would like a diamorphine maintenance course , but I do n't know if that 's possible these days to pick up a prescription once or twice a week and be able to do it that way instead of having the hassle of having to go on the street . |
17 | Remoteness is still the keynote of this region , but a Charlton reiving party would be hard put to it these days to work up a good gallop along the upper reaches of the North Tyne River . |
18 | We we we 're empowered er by these orders to set up the new constituencies , er they do not actually come into effect to enable the elections to be held upon them er until all the countries of the E E C have agreed the changes that are necessary to accommodate the new numbers that er they will be having , er so the act , the ninety three act , has a commencement hour within it . |
19 | For instance , accountants and solicitors would normally both enquire into the terms of any leases or major contracts held by the target , and it is obviously not in the investor 's interest to retain both these advisers to carry out the same examination . |
20 | In other words , if we choose coordinates so that the linearised flow near the origin takes the form we can use these equations to work out the point on the side of B where a trajectory emerges from B if it starts at a point on the top face of B. ( We assume that the box B is a cube with faces which are part of the planes . |
21 | On the odd occasions I met him , I felt that he 'd adopted all these trappings to keep off a world with which he could not cope . |
22 | You may wish to photocopy these spells to make up an Ice Magic spell deck . |
23 | He had the unenviable task of trying to reconcile the disparate interests of , say , the RCM and the International Solidarity Fund , whose interpretation of their grand title was to resist all efforts to open up the labour market to non-nationals . |
24 | Working with colleagues at the University of Utrecht , he performed many experiments to find out the nature and function of postural reflexes throughout the body . |
25 | Okay okay just so I ca n't I need a couple more calls to finish off the programme and take a couple more records er O nine O four six four one six four one would you ring me . |
26 | Could you not use the drama teachers in those schools to carry out the kind some of this kind of marketing as well . |
27 | I could only lie there staring , burning more pages to hold back the dark , because every time I closed my eyes I saw the same thing : the dark shadow of a manlike creature with shoulders curving up in two great arcs on either side of its head … |
28 | By the inter-war years such Sikh artisans had a number of Kenyan assistants adopting their skills ; by the 1950s the Sikhs were moving on to the role of investor and entrepreneur in both construction and industry , leaving the way clear for their former assistants to take on the role of artisan . |
29 | If this is so , then any attempts to conjure up a single popular will can only be factitious , and dangerous to the rights of individuals and groups within society : hence , in part , the suspicion with which mass political movements are viewed from within this perspective . |
30 | It took her several minutes to shake off the resulting stupefaction . |