Example sentences of "[subord] [n mass] [vb base] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If people try to apply a ‘ turning off the tap ’ strategy when they are hopping up and down in scalding water they may merely make themselves feel worse . |
| 2 | if people need to learn a language for some real purpose , then they learn it . |
| 3 | If people want to think a song is about them , it does n't bother me . |
| 4 | Sir George said : ‘ If people want to adopt a nomadic style of life they must remain within the law and should do so at their own expense . ’ |
| 5 | She said : ‘ We do have a large level of donation to the unit because people want to give the money to us . |
| 6 | The first is that insofar as people continue to believe the figures , the Government derives an unfair advantage . |
| 7 | This is because when people try to translate an APR into what a loan will actually cost them they generally still seem to assume that an APR of , say , 10 per cent on a $100 loan would mean a credit cost of $10 — regardless of the period of the loan . |
| 8 | When people try to investigate the possible meanings of dreams , they focus on the ‘ different ’ dreams , regarding the ‘ only ’ dreams as just so much mental detritus . |
| 9 | How does disclosure of APR and total credit cost alter this relatively simple pattern of preferences for short repayment periods , stretched out longer when people have to bring the size of individual instalments down to meet budgeting exigencies ? |
| 10 | It is at times like this when people begin to lose the true principles of religion as they become too involved and so wars begin . |
| 11 | The concern then must be that when people start to suffer the rule of the power which has replaced the national government , their resentment against not having been warned of the full consequences of what was happen — There are signs that this may indeed be what is happening in Germany . |