Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [subord] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had more important things to worry about than the time . ’ |
| 2 | DRDA application programming interfaces are more complex to write to than the SQL Access Group interfaces , he says . |
| 3 | However , he declined to comment on whether the council was likely to change its mind about the scheme . |
| 4 | A spokesman for BT yesterday refused to comment on whether the company had received instructions to cut lines . |
| 5 | Approval , in my experience , is usually somewhat easier to come by than the thing approved . ’ |
| 6 | In a recent well-publicised controversy a group of scientists claimed to have obtained results whereby water that once had a certain substance in it continued to behave as if the substance was present even after the substance had been removed ; as if the water retained a ‘ memory ’ of the substance . |
| 7 | The British were tempted to behave as if the disparity in power between the United States and themselves was only of the order of two to one when seven to one would have been a more realistic figure . |
| 8 | He managed to behave as if the politicians were fallible beings whom we hoped against hope to take seriously . |
| 9 | The English aristocracy have , it seems , rather less to answer for than the French ; they are merely as redundant as the dinosaur . |
| 10 | Manicuring is boring actually , but it was meeting all those people , there was always something interesting to talk about because the people were so knowledgeable and travelled … you get all the kings and dukes and lords . |
| 11 | Some people found the sing-song voice a barrier , and found the beginning and the middle easier to listen to than the end . |
| 12 | The CECOS surveyors tended to dwell on whether the houses were clean , well-kept and so forth . |
| 13 | It was almost , I ventured to suggest as if the agnostic were declaring ‘ Lord , I want to believe , but please cosset my unbelief , because the resulting tension is so delicious ’ . |
| 14 | It began to look as if the way was clear for members of the department to take any action they chose , in the sure knowledge that their decisions on how to deal with problems such as the W family would be implemented . |
| 15 | As at least four other Darlington Labour councillors have received Mr Major 's plea , a fifth of the ruling group , it begins to look as if the wheels may have fallen off the Conservative administrative process altogether . |
| 16 | Shrugging her shoulders , but trying to look as if the answer was ‘ hardly any time at all ’ , Liz said , ‘ However long it is , you 'll be able to see him regularly . |
| 17 | It begins to look as if the graptoloids could have been free-floating animals , of a kind without any living counterpart . |
| 18 | I ignored her , trying to look as if the prospect of Corfu did not excite me . |
| 19 | For example , if the job change has meant a salary increase , the new scheme will probably be more expensive to buy into as the likelihood is that it will be earnings-related . |
| 20 | He makes a digging-stick , moro , for his boy to play with while the father is doing the actual work of weeding or turning the soil . |
| 21 | A fun program to play with as the computer will come up with some outrageous names as well as more sensible ones , you may even recognise one or two of them . |
| 22 | They need to focus on whether a report is addressed to funders , potential funders or someone else . |
| 23 | Mr Akehurst says one of the positive results of recent changes in the NHS , however , is that the medical profession has been forced to look at whether the services it provides meet local needs . |
| 24 | Just to look at if the lid was on . |
| 25 | In some cases there is a gate for the lever to go into once the brakes are correctly locked . |
| 26 | The traveller to New Zealand from England has more jet-lag to contend with than the traveller to Africa . |
| 27 | I found the early years far harder to cope with than the teens and others often agree with me . |
| 28 | Inevitably , it has come to seem as if the victims are to blame . |
| 29 | A sudden emergency may make a situation far more complicated to deal with if no plan of action has been previously thought over . |
| 30 | He became mayor again after the war only to be dismissed by a British officer of the occupying forces , who found him as awkward to deal with as the Nazis had . |