Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He goes on to give a splendid example of the thing he has in mind , when an old Muslim tribesman went on urging a drug-addicted English hippy to ‘ pray to Jesus the Messiah ’ , until he was converted and delivered . |
| 2 | The text pronounces that so far as the words are concerned no trust is created , but then goes on to give a moral reason for holding one to have been created ; it ends by referring to a similar decision of Marcus Aurelius . |
| 3 | These two paragraphs are quoted in his book Modern Fantasy by Dr C. N. Manlove , who then goes straight on as usual to spearhead the critical assault and declare : and Dr Manlove goes on to cite a well-known Ubi sunt passage from the Old English poem and to observe that ‘ This is real elegy , for it has something to be elegiac about ’ . |
| 4 | Opening with a tirade of four letter abuse from Roman footsoldiers to their ( absent ) leaders , the translation by David Johnston ( for The Gate Theatre ) goes on to incorporate a great many deliberate anachronisms which give the play a decidedly modern flavour . |
| 5 | She goes on to make a new life in Hampshire with Harry still remaining ignorant of her great change and her children , of which she is extremely fond , remaining unaffected . |
| 6 | Meanwhile the speaker N uses a Creole obscenity in line 8 , but goes on to make an ironic comment on Brenda 's request in London English ; but this overlaps with Brenda 's next turn , which this time is an ironic comment on N 's behaviour , and is in Creole . |
| 7 | The chapter examines different theories of stratification and then goes on to present a full account of the facts of class inequality according to income , wealth , and so on . |
| 8 | Starting with the creation of the German night fighter force the author makes good use of eyewitness accounts from former Luftwaffe pilots , and goes on to portray a vivid account of what life was like serving on a night fighter unit . |
| 9 | Very rarely , a newborn infant contracts herpes simplex and goes on to develop an acute viral infection of the brain , which is almost invariably fatal . |
| 10 | For instance , interactionists point to the evidence in the Kinsey report on sexual behaviour that over one-third of male adults have had a homosexual experience to the point of orgasm , and that only one in twenty goes on to adopt a continuing homosexual role . |
| 11 | James , who has still to keep a clean sheet , would be disappointed to be overlooked , but he has the confidence and the talent to establish himself at Anfield . |
| 12 | James , who has still to keep a clean sheet , would be disappointed to be overlooked , but he has the confidence and the talent to establish himself at Anfield . |
| 13 | Creating your own designs on the screen does not actually involve any drawing because it is done by plotting a series of points or co-ordinates , which the computer automatically joins up to form a two dimensional shape it is a bit like joining the dots in a dot to dot picture , except that you have to decide where the dots will go and the computer does the joining up ! |
| 14 | All this adds up to make a strong , well constructed tent . |
| 15 | Skipper Mike McIntyre has yet to nominate a second helmsman , although the early favourite was Jo Richards . |
| 16 | His former Sunderland boss has yet to appoint a right-hand man at Bristol City . |
| 17 | As Stuart Marshall observed pointedly , postmodernism authorizes but has yet to create a new populism . |
| 18 | Semi-finalist at her first attempt at the age of 14 in 1990 , Capriati has largely flattered to deceive since and has yet to reach a Grand Slam final although she did capture the Olympic gold last year . |
| 19 | At the age of 32 , he has yet to win a major championship . |
| 20 | The Royal Horticultural Society ( RHS ) has made clear that it has yet to develop a conservation policy and will continue to give awards for plants collected in the wild . |
| 21 | What has yet to become an accepted methodology in the study of public administration is a perception of organizations , including those in the public sector , as being themselves political systems.l Organization theory , drawing primarily as ever on evidence from private firms and corporations , offers political interpretations of the internal structures and decisionmaking of large-scale organizations which the study of public administration has yet to take up in any systematic manner ( Walsh et al. |
| 22 | Alan Smith , the Arsenal striker who has yet to sign a new contract with the club , is still part of manager George Graham 's plans even though he is unlikely to start today 's game against Crystal Palace . |
| 23 | Colin Calderwood has been with the club since their fourth division days , but has yet to sign a new contract for next season . |
| 24 | As Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury , he has yet to experience a single quarter 's growth in output ( excluding oil revenues ) , but nor will he accept any blame for the recession . |
| 25 | He , alone among the TV-am presenters , has yet to find a new position . |
| 26 | The Irishman has yet to handle a winning Celtic team against Rangers at Parkhead . |
| 27 | Liverpool can not afford to concede a goal tonight - and James has yet to keep a clean sheet . |
| 28 | Liverpool can not afford to concede a goal tonight - and James has yet to keep a clean sheet . |
| 29 | LIRT has yet to make a substantial impact on library instruction in the USA . |
| 30 | The ministry of agriculture has carried out successful trials on the new tests but says the government has yet to make a final decision on wether to fully adopt the new system . |