Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] [conj] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the study period three patients were found to be sensitive to the elemental diet formula used to induce remission and a further patient proved to have profound salicylate sensitivity . |
| 2 | Restricting your consumption of fats is a sound way to lose weight and a healthy way of eating for all the family . |
| 3 | Nibbling , rather than gorging , is a healthier way to lose weight and a better way of satisfying your appetite . |
| 4 | While the Almighty was prepared to spare that wicked city if fifty righteous men could be found within its walls and haggling induced him to promise pardon if a mere ten righteous men were discovered , the Inland Revenue are willing to discourage saving and to destroy the whole economic system and social structure to prevent five tax avoiders squeezing through a loophole . |
| 5 | They like to see officialdom and the upper classes getting a kick up the backside . |
| 6 | In their zeal for a long overdue expansion of the tiny electorate , the critics , however , fail to offer a convincing explanation of how any opposition candidates managed to secure election if the whole system was so totally corrupt , for the argument that certain constituencies were blessed with unusually pure and honest voters is not one which carries much conviction . |
| 7 | However , when presently the knights were admitted to the castle , it was to find Moray and the High Steward themselves therein . |
| 8 | In general there was the invocation of one or more deities to bear witness that a binding contract was being undertaken . |
| 9 | Such an approach ignores any pre-planning or the detailed work programme and will lead to total confusion and an absolute lack of control . |
| 10 | The sacred spring , however , continued to attract visitors as the latest votive object found to have been cast into it is a penannular brooch with enamelled terminals of late-fourth- or early-fifth-century date . |
| 11 | What action will the Government take to isolate Burma until the military relinquish power , and democracy is installed ? |
| 12 | It is not improbable that men worth £1 or less did not begin to attract attention until the later stages of the subsidy bill , as a result of the Commons ' determination to shift the burden of taxation downwards , for if the intention was to rope in labourers and servants as a makeweight , it could not have been seriously supposed that any substantial amount could be wrung from them . |
| 13 | You know , using artificial insemination techniques , they 're using erm , some er , designer er , seeds for their er , for their crops , they 're using scientifically engineered agro-chemicals , they 're using state of the art machinery , and they 're , they 're using those , that technology to increase output because the more they produce , the more support , or the higher their , their income will be . |
| 14 | Immediately post-operatively his temperature fell to 35.8 C. Warmed blood was transfused to counteract shock and an extra blanket was placed around him . |
| 15 | Resetting a fallen Maxim machine gun to lay down covering fire , Ace stepped out to meet Petion and the first of the arriving Marines . |
| 16 | The search of Clinton 's files had been ordered in September 1992 , at the height of the election campaign , in an effort to find evidence that the Democratic candidate had , while a student in the UK , sought to obtain foreign nationality as a means of avoiding being drafted for service in the Vietnam War . |
| 17 | An equals sign within brackets is used to indicate race when a geographical number is not sufficiently precise ; for example , 94(=924) is History ( of the Jewish People ) . |
| 18 | However , the case is significant in showing that the court did not regard as an abuse of the court 's process , a second prosecution whose principal objective was to obtain redress or a second victim . |
| 19 | The alternative strategy is to inform patients whether a given method of diagnosis or treatment has been properly tested for efficacy so that they can make an informed choice . |
| 20 | It is one thing to demand efficiency and the just use of public resources ; it is quite another to impose conditions where the universities can not provide what the nation requires . |
| 21 | This station is new ; much excavation had to be done to provide space and a new platform hall . |
| 22 | In 1842 he was commissioned to tour Europe and the Middle East with Sir Thomas Phillips [ q.v. ] , former mayor of Newport , to record the journey . |
| 23 | It was left to the adjacent churches to provide elaboration and the upward thrust of towers , domes , and crosses . |
| 24 | However , one evening an imposing delegation of Tominahs arrived unannounced in our royal upstairs boudoir to inform Ranteallo that the spiritual path was finally clear to transfer Puang Sangalla 's remains from its abode of four years , a quarter of a mile away , to the death-house in the Rante for the culminating month of final rites . |
| 25 | About then , word came from Salines , three hours away , to inform Nicholas that the Venetian sugar ship had reached Alexandria and would be leaving soon for Episkopi to pick up the combined Cypriot cargo . |
| 26 | A not-for-profit corporation in the state of New York , the ADAA today numbers 133 members in nineteen cities , and has a roster of activities ranging from appraisal services and lobbying efforts , to lecture series and the annual Art Show at the Seventh Regiment Armory on Park Avenue . |
| 27 | In an apparent attempt to defuse the crisis , Meciar declared on Oct. 30 during a visit to neighbouring Austria : " We are willing to suspend work until an international commission checks the technical problems of the project , and we are open to further negotiations . " |
| 28 | In an apparent attempt defuse the row , the Slovak prime minister , Vladimir Meciar , declared on Oct. 30 during a visit to neighbouring Austria : " We are willing to suspend work until an international commission checks the technical problems of the project , and we are open to further negotiations . " |
| 29 | But it was difficult to sustain indignation when every other thing the man said was calculated to infuriate . |
| 30 | Consequently the top 1 per cent appear to lose wealth while the next richest band gain . |