Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be noted that , despite the historical primacy of arithmetic calculation as the raison d'etre for computers , we ought perhaps to see them instead as symbol-processing devices . |
| 2 | And after that she seemed happy the rest of the way , saying how lovely it had been to see them even for such a short time and how she 'd come down again when she could , but it was such a long way and the trains were so crowded with soldiers and she had had to take two whole days off from the ambulance station . |
| 3 | Nobody has come to see me today about that and I think it is disgraceful that the surgery has been disrupted , ’ he said . |
| 4 | The specific function of the agents of transnational political practices is to create and sustain the organizational forms within which this penetration takes place and to connect them organically with those domestic practices that can be incorporated and mobilized in the interests of the global capitalist system . |
| 5 | In 1974 , visiting the northern region of the Maramureş , one of the districts richest in the everyday survival of peasant customs and dress , Ceauşescu told a group of folk-artists that adhering to traditions was one way of developing a communist country : ‘ I appreciate … these true works of popular art as an expression of your commitment to maintain the dress and customs of [ your ] ancestors , as well as to weave them tightly with that which is new , … because only in this way will we build a strong socialist society . ’ |
| 6 | From a subjective viewpoint , these differences do not seem to depend on linguistically-represented concepts , and moreover are of such a general character that it is implausible to ascribe them uniquely to human perceivers . |
| 7 | So , as villagers sadly began to dig up bluebell and primrose roots from the soon-to-be-flooded little woods of their pleasant countryside and to plant them elsewhere on safer ground , the Anglian Water Board asked Dame Sylvia Crowe , the landscape architect , to take on the challenge of turning the proposed 3,000-acre inland sea , with its 27-mile perimeter , into an ‘ environmental asset ’ . |
| 8 | Although all my aids had to work in unison , I had to really concentrate on being able to work them independently of each other . |
| 9 | What they believe in is that everybody out there is out to grab as much as they can for their own private interest and they 're prepared to meet them halfway on that . |
| 10 | Ryle 's point is that , since the terms ‘ mind ’ and ‘ body ’ are not of the same category , it is illegitimate to relate them logically in this way . |
| 11 | As the Tabarin and Lothagam jaws share only primitive characters with the earliest australopithecines , this is not enough to establish them definitely as human ancestors . |
| 12 | She looked right at O and Boy when she said this and it was as if she was trying to scare them in particular , even as if she was trying to frighten them away from each other , as if she was saying , to them , and to all of us , this is what you have to go through , right ? |
| 13 | Water lay in the ruts and in some places marshy muddy patches had developed where water-grasses grew and the track had spread to pass them now on this side , now on that . |
| 14 | Suppose I tell them that you want to escort me tonight for personal reasons ? ’ |
| 15 | If almost everybody who believes in A also believes in B — if the memes are closely ‘ linked ’ to use the genetic term — then it is convenient to lump them together as one meme . |
| 16 | You 're bound to find somebody there till twelve o'clock and any one of them will be able to take you to your destination . ’ |
| 17 | But whereas Roosevelt and Churchill hoped that ‘ friendly ’ policies could be guaranteed through liberal-democratic regimes , Stalin , with bitter memories of Western policy in eastern Europe between the wars , was willing to trust himself only to Communist-led governments . |
| 18 | I wanted with the help of God to coax you away from such terrible thoughts . |
| 19 | Ginny gave him the address and phone number of her office , and arranged to meet him there at 12.45 . |
| 20 | ‘ The Bank may — ( a ) by notice in writing served on an authorised institution require it to produce , within such time and at such place as may be specified in the notice , such document or documents of such description as may be so specified ; ( b ) authorise an officer , servant or agent of the Bank , on producing evidence of his authority , to require any such institution to provide him forthwith with such information , or to produce to him forthwith such documents , as he may specify , being such information or documents as the Bank may reasonably require for the performance of its functions under this Act . |
| 21 | What a bloody fool I was to trust him even in this . ’ |
| 22 | Before the right hon. Gentleman issues a denial , will he confirm that before the previous election the Tories said that they would continue to pay child benefit as before — only to freeze it immediately for three years when they took office ? |
| 23 | It was a world he had relinquished with small regret and he had not expected to find it again on Larksoken headland . |
| 24 | I would hate to find myself part of any anti-Diana conspiracy , but it did cross my mind that some of her critics were right when they claimed that she deliberately sought to dominate family photographs . |
| 25 | You 're right ; they ought to pull themselves together at one place . |
| 26 | If we 're going to try anything else for this restless leg , |
| 27 | Zimbabwe , which favours the legalization of trade in rhino and elephant products , is to store the horns in the hope of being able to sell them legally in due course . |
| 28 | The voter is required to state his preferences , and to state them once for all , before any votes are counted . |
| 29 | Varig knows Brazil best , being able to serve you efficiently through 170 branch offices all over the country , with connecting flights to 77 large towns and leading cities in Brazil and South America . |
| 30 | With only small amounts of money changing hands , a limited number of dedicated venues , and , if it were to restrict itself solely to black audiences , a finite number of punters , the black comedy scene is clearly still in its infancy . |