Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [pers pn] [vb -s] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he refuses to accept that he has a bad boy reputation which goes before him with officials . |
| 2 | After that claim it is good to know that it has a — precision quartz movement ’ that rotates the hour , minute and second discs . |
| 3 | We know this because sometimes we may use a word which we ourselves consider innocuous , only to find that it produces a strong emotional response in someone else . |
| 4 | Many women have seen a new and demanding career at midlife as their way to satisfaction , only to find that it becomes a prime cause of problems for their husband . |
| 5 | AMERICA expects to wake up two days from now to find that it has a new President . |
| 6 | She expects him to be an untidy swimmer , but is irritated to find that he has a smooth powerful crawl which takes him through the water swiftly and seriously . |
| 7 | Nobody wants to know unless he commits a crime . |
| 8 | The counterparty to this forward contract , let us say it is a bank , may for its part be willing to transact because it has a wider , more diversified portfolio than the hedger , within which it can to some extent offset the risky prospect . |
| 9 | We will now examine the commonest and most important kinds of fossils , the kinds that the reader will be able to find when he starts a collection . |
| 10 | The first essential is to see that she has a good solicitor to advise her and sort out her husband 's affairs , making sure beforehand what his fee will be for the work he is going to do for her . |
| 11 | A governing party is apt to claim that it has a mandate for doing something which it said it would do in its election manifesto , or which it simply said it would do some time before being elected . |
| 12 | Dally goes as far as to state that it indicates a bad prognosis for the disease , but I am glad to be able to report that although my jealousy continued into my adolescence , including the anorexic period , it did not deter my recovery , and that my sisters and I are now the best of friends . |
| 13 | They say that 20 per cent of American motorists who can run cars on unleaded petrol are switching back to lead because it gives a better performance . |
| 14 | In the case of each plaintiff , the application form for a further advance requires the borrower to state whether he wishes a basic valuation , a house buyers ' report or a structural survey ; the brochure having pointed out the limited scope of the first two . |
| 15 | This essentially empirical question is very difficult to answer as it raises a whole host of conceptual , theoretical and practical difficulties that are only partially resolvable . |
| 16 | The main aim of the present book is to discuss the theory of psychoanalysis as such ; not to sociologize about it , but to see if it has a contribution to make to sociology itself . |
| 17 | If you use a videocassette recorder with this facility , check it to see if it has a socket you can plug a microphone into . |
| 18 | of the substance venial alanine it , the level rises up in the blood , it 's a bit like overfilling a jug , if you have a quarter pint jug and you have a pint of milk , when you get to the top you do n't stop pouring , it spills out the edge and in the body it actually goes into the body tissues , nowhere else to go and it causes a devastating result , it causes abnormal mental development , it causes gross retardation . |
| 19 | It is entitled To Choose or to Lose and it proclaims a strategy ‘ developed against the background of the desire to solve or gain control of environmental problems within the duration of one generation ’ . |
| 20 | One response to the effects of the crisis upon trade unionism is to suggest that it needs a more politicised education . |
| 21 | ‘ In general , I think it 's slightly unfair when you 've got someone who 's considered a virtuoso player such as Mark King — he 's obviously very talented , but his basses are so incredibly easy to play that it seems a bit of a cheat to me . |
| 22 | In that case it will continue to grow until it becomes a gross and bloated two hundred kilos or more . |
| 23 | Firstly , I would recommend trying to identify whether he has a contact dermatitis and avoid whatever is identified that could be soaps , detergents , perfumes , some materials such as wool or nylon or leather or the dyes used with them . |
| 24 | It too , in a sense , is a potential person but it would seem the act of a fanatic to insist that it has a right to life . |
| 25 | For example , needs to account for why if the sentence P and Q is true , then so is the sentence Q and in order to do that it assigns a certain structure , for example as on the handout in my assigned structure and brackets P Q. Erm anyway erm it just has and has a separate particle operating on two distinct sentences that are not ordered syntax needs to account for the well-formedness of the structure , sorry P and Q. The ill-formedness of P Q and the similar grouping of and with or that is in English between sentences and where you can find one and find another but not with , not you do n't say John loves Mary not Peter loves Jill . |
| 26 | The book says the princess is now determined to remain and to persevere until she reaches a working relationship with the Royal Family . |
| 27 | Although the process is powerful it is by no means easy to use because it requires a very great deal of imagination and conceptual skill . |
| 28 | If a horse has to be shot , or , I suppose , a rider — perhaps they do that sort of thing in polo ; I expect they do since the Army has a hand in it — you do n't have to go out of your way to ensure that she has a ringside seat . |
| 29 | ‘ The catering industry is unique in the challenges it offers young people and every effort must be made to ensure that it plays a central role in careers advice , ’ he said . |
| 30 | Whatever the structure , it will be increasingly important for the institution to take a strategic view of its information requirements and the supporting technological structure , as well as for the library to ensure that it plays a leading role in any new arrangement . |