Example sentences of "[subord] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although sprayed on the outside of the banana plant , the pesticide had been absorbed into the fruit . |
| 2 | It 's no good to them , this land if sold in the on this particular piece of land , they 've sold all the viable access off to the residents of the have n't they ? so there , there 's no right of way really for them to get down there , and it should be cheap . |
| 3 | Two or three people have been having problems with the listserv software here this week , and it 's been to do with personal mail addresses , as shown in the From : field of the header of every message each of us sends . |
| 4 | When used with the to infinitive , on the other hand , find denotes rather the discovery of a fact : ( 96 ) I measured the tail of the dead rat , and found it to be two yards long . |
| 5 | In this respect cause recalls the impression of an enabling condition associated with the verb help when used with the to infinitive . |
| 6 | Palmer ( 1988 : 199 ) proposes that when followed by the to infinitive , verbs of perception function as verbs of reporting , so that He saw the children to be eating their lunch means " He reported the children to be eating their lunch " . |
| 7 | The trading position of the British economy is one crucial factor here , not only as expressed in the ex post trade balance but also in the constraint posed on expansionary demand management . |