Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Against a Bristol side content to cruise through experimenting with back-row moves and threequarter combinations , Irish too often fumbled and scrambled . |
| 2 | The latter would have overall administrative control and would be responsible to MEHQ for advising on technical and operational matters . |
| 3 | But then the record company comparisons started to appear with regard to new material : ‘ Well , it 's not as good as … ’ |
| 4 | His principal sexual enjoyment seemed to come from sleeping with young boys and his one foray into a heterosexual relationship ended dismally with his middle-aged paramour complaining , ‘ I ca n't seem to make him understand that biting 's no good . ’ |
| 5 | Not content with that dereliction , you have allowed five months to pass without responding to three more recent submissions . |
| 6 | I would like to know if an easily accessible written package , with information on topics such as diagnosis , psychiatric drugs and their side effects , how to adjust to living with mental health problems in the family and so is available , or if there are any leaflets on the subject . |
| 7 | One possible explanation for these findings is that people take time to adjust to living in residential homes . |
| 8 | A UDC was to be created — the LDDC — that was to concentrate on attracting in Private-sector investment , partly by attempting to overcome what were seen as major obstacles to regeneration : poor communications and infrastructure , a deteriorating physical environment , problems with land assembly and the area 's Poor image . |
| 9 | Er I think er it 's easy to talk about taking off two and a half percent here and there , I could probably put forward a number of reasons why it could add on two and a half percent , five percent to the figures and indeed I 'd be very disappointed if at the end of the day , we did n't achieve er greater reductions because once you get out long distance through traffic , er whose prime purpose is to move from A to B as quickly as possible , once you do that it gives you the opportunity then of bringing in the sorts of measures to improve pedestrian safety , er to slow traffic down , introduce traffic calming , which you ca n't do on primary routes . |
| 10 | Besides the planning element of opening up views and vistas — even in the smallest of gardens — and dividing up available space with walls and hedges , pergolas and arches , the book has plenty of ideas on which plants to choose for planting on given colour themes . |
| 11 | Clark Gable , Errol Flynn , Adolph Menjou — these are not the kind of men to serve as archetypes for celibate priests . |
| 12 | Having that Greater York dimension has certainly allowed progress to be achieved dramatically in Greater York , erm , it 's led to progress towards progress towards green belt definition , and more importantly it 's led towards resolution of future strategy for Greater York . |
| 13 | All of these subjects were for year 9 to choose from to study for 2 years at G.C.S.E. level . |
| 14 | Anything that makes them different is likely to lead to teasing by other children . |
| 15 | It is big enough for the bands to circle without getting in each other 's way or drowning each other out . |
| 16 | They tend to answer by pointing to such undesirable developments as the ‘ building tender ’ system . |
| 17 | The constant cuts in arts funding are forcing organisations like the ENO to look for backing from other sources |
| 18 | Secondly , the Director of Social Services has got the authority to waive any of these charges where it causes financial hardship and the whole mechanism has been put in place to inform people that this waiving waiver process is in place and to allow them to apply for waiving of those charges . |
| 19 | The visitors , who needed 427 to win after starting on 16 for three today , were grateful that the weather permitted only 17.1 overs . |
| 20 | The European Commission has vowed to continue with working towards closer union , abandoning Denmark if necessary . |
| 21 | Excluded property is taken outside any charge to IHT with regard to discretionary trusts by virtue of IHTA 1984 , s58(1) ( f ) . |
| 22 | The most important marketing device in the industry has nothing to do with skiing at all . |
| 23 | In the event Spooner found he had little to do in setting up most of Season Two 's stories . |
| 24 | The breadth of this review , which goes on to discuss Sir Thomas Elyot 's The Governour and to conclude by looking at immediate reforms applicable in a modern world of ‘ industrial exploitation … ’ where ‘ local community does not exist ’ relates clearly to ‘ East Coker ’ . |
| 25 | Another TV graduate was Ken Loach , whose UA-financed Kes ( 1969 ) , about a deprived schoolboy who finds some meaning to his life by befriending a kestrel , is a remarkable indicator of how far a Hollywood studio could be persuaded to go in looking for sellable films after the pop bubble had collapsed . |
| 26 | He dismissed Mr. Brand with immediate effect , reminding him of his right to appeal in writing within seven days . |
| 27 | The repeated frustration of his attempts to introduce changes led to an impassioned plea in the Sunday Express for more freedom of action at club level : ‘ I appeal to the authorities to release the brake which they seem to delight in jamming on new ideas … as if wisdom is only to be found in the council chamber … |
| 28 | The lay membership of the Executive Committee was reduced from twenty to eight , partly to take into account the smaller size of the union and partly to economise in travelling from distant ports . |
| 29 | Chimpanzees have been observed to indulge in mobbing in certain unusual cases . |
| 30 | Vaclav Havel , Czechoslovak President since December 1989 , announced on April 14 that he would seek a further term as President " not because I want to be President at any cost … but because I want to contribute towards pushing through certain values " . |