Example sentences of "[to-vb] [art] [adj] or [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certain kinds of illness and illness-proneness are experienced : people are more likely to catch a cold or flu , for example , and be less able to shake it off ; they feel generally run down and may suffer from mysterious but more debilitating viruses , such as ME or glandular fever , that are difficult to diagnose and take a long time to clear up . |
| 2 | In terms of legislative proposals , lobbying the assembly is more important in the United States , especially for groups wishing to exercise a negative or veto power to stop a proposal rather than have a new proposal passed . |
| 3 | Surprisingly , Dell has n't seen fit to include a low or zero insertion force socket in the 433/L . |
| 4 | as part of a manufacturing or processing complex , where units of materials are stored to service the industrial or manufacturing process . |
| 5 | Next on the ladder is an offence which carries a maximum of 14 years and is perpetrated where the defendant , in committing a sexual assault , carries , uses or threatens to use a real or imitation weapon or threatens to cause bodily harm to a person other than the complainant or is a party to the offence with any other person . |
| 6 | Interpreting in schools , colleges , courts , meetings and so on is provided by individual arrangement usually with a social worker for the deaf , though in most personal circumstances ( job interviews etc. ) deaf people say they prefer to use a relative or friend ( Kyle and Allsop , 1982b ) . |
| 7 | I have friends who are magistrates and I know they feel tempted to give a fine or bail , when they should be giving a prison sentence . |
| 8 | Costs deriving from the cost centre analysis are usually then allocated on a fair basis between the profit centres to give a departmental or activity net profit . |
| 9 | Gabbidon is calling for directors to support an annual or biennial conference for these women and staff . |
| 10 | ‘ It is very wrong to teach a five or six-year-old that to have two mummies is quite as right as to have a mummy and daddy , ’ he says . |
| 11 | It might be to get a criminal or terrorist prisoners released , ’ he explained patiently . |
| 12 | But would n't it have been a good idea to ask a relative or neighbour to go with her or to look after the children who were not going to receive attention ? |