Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [verb] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sam shrugged into his anorak and joined her on the lawn , where Midnight settled happily to graze . |
| 2 | We are perfectly capable of breaking rules we believe in ( for , example , where conformity fails adequately to satisfy our other needs ) and we may comply in the absence of belief ( where the fear of the consequences of non-compliance is strong ) . |
| 3 | Under this ‘ simulated market ’ , districts would receive a population-based allocation and would pass this allocation ‘ down to GPs in the form of notional budgets for hospital and community health services ; GPs would exercise choice , as in the model of Maynard et al ; but that choice would be made against the notional budget , where GPs stand neither to lose nor to gain financially from how their actual use of services compares with their budget ’ ( Bevan , 1989 ) . |
| 4 | There are also many joint degrees available where departments work together to train graduates who will be well equipped to face a rapidly changing job market . |
| 5 | And although Ian has yet to transfer his club form to the England scene , you ca n't question his ability to handle the big occasion . |
| 6 | The pressure again began to take its toll so Ofahengaue slipped away to visit his family and relatives in Tonga . |
| 7 | The Italian Serie B side looked yards ahead in terms of skill and pace , and although Pompey fought hard to equalise , they did look vulnerable on the break . |
| 8 | The people were the best of all that God had made , so God planned always to have people on the earth . |
| 9 | THE FIVE pupils attending Heiton primary school in the Borders have been told they will be educated in Kelso next term , although councillors have yet to decide the fate of their local village school . |
| 10 | This approach is best suited to the study of small to moderate amounts of data but its merits have probably been exaggerated since even skilled statisticians need minutes rather than seconds to respond sensibly to output from all but the simplest analysis steps . |
| 11 | I cried all day long and although Bessie tried hard to tempt me with nice things to eat or my favourite books , I took no pleasure in eating or even in reading . |
| 12 | ‘ You look gorgeous , Maria , ’ Nicky said generously , also already dressed for the gig , although Florian had still to change . |
| 13 | Although time seems always to have been important for Petrarch , he tended to value it even more as he got older because he realized that , as with other things , it becomes more precious as it becomes less plentiful . |
| 14 | However , if I does well to use a randomised strategy , it seems sensible for II to do likewise and we must ask whether LPI* and LPI are still valid if II is using randomised strategies . |
| 15 | The little goblin , who was terribly afraid of what the king of the vookodlaks would do to him if Yanek went home to look after his grandfather , gave him a great push . |
| 16 | Some of the great controversies were so trivial that it seemed as if people had positively to search for something to quarrel about . |
| 17 | Mr asked why we should close our homes and let private homes profit erm , if people choose either to go into the private sector or to stay into their own homes , what are we supposed to do tell them they 've got no choice but to keep our substandard homes going ? |
| 18 | like that cos Bill goes early to release them on Fridays cos that way they can go shopping with their missus and everything . |
| 19 | On its own , this could prove a nice little facility for corporates to share their thoughts and ideas , but if Microsoft continues seriously to pursue the bottom-up , template approach , we can expect to see the bulletin board melded with the capabilities of electronic mail , Visual Basic and the company 's various database access tools . |
| 20 | ‘ Only try to hide how we feel and wait until Terry comes home to sort it out . |
| 21 | Because wood takes longer to burn , copper would just you would you could you would feel the heat you had if |
| 22 | Because people seem either to write or commission reports at the slightest excuse you must assume that in most cases a formal , written report is not in fact wanted . |
| 23 | Also , as in-patient beds are much more plentiful than supported housing and hostels , they are often used as substitute accommodation because people have nowhere to live after hospital treatment has ended . |
| 24 | But of course er the timetable er for the constituency changes er now and the problems that we 're facing are nothing to do with er any action in the compass of the government here , it is because France has yet to ratify , one hopes they will . |
| 25 | Here , while journalists strive earnestly to shed their previous role as mere mouthpieces of dictatorial regimes , they are forced to face up to the enormous financial difficulties involved in surviving in the market-place , without the comfortable support they formerly received from the state . ’ |
| 26 | Picking up the dog , he carried him , still whimpering , to the house , while Theda ran ahead to find basilicum powder and linen for a bandage . |
| 27 | While Merseyside did well to restrict the opposition to 22 at Smethwick , the Midlanders were too strong for our local bowlers and an overall deficit of 53 shots speaks for itself . |
| 28 | While Miller seemed chiefly to glean knowledge on the cultivation of flowers and vegetables from Holland , he turned to Italy for information on fruit culture and here again he had many correspondents . |
| 29 | As the names suggest , the RSA functions predominantly by overt coercion to ensure that the conditions of production are maintained , while ISAs function predominantly to reproduce existing ideology , which is the ideology of the ruling class . |
| 30 | They hammered hapless Rovigo by 40 points , while Treviso worked hard to prevail 36–24 over Naas Botha 's Rovigo . |