Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of the many hours of sitting that we do , we lose the ability to squat or even the ability to sit down without falling down . |
| 2 | It was strange to Fenella to know that presently the night would begin to die and that the pale grey and pink streaks of the new day would start to lighten the sky as it had done on Renascia before the Star Maps changed and the Dark Lodestar had sent out its hungry beckoning . |
| 3 | Only when some convincing reason can be adduced for believing that both employers and workers not only misread market signals , but also misread them in the opposite direction from each other , will it be plausible to infer that both the supply of and demand for labour will rise with the general rise in prices and money wages . |
| 4 | The crux of the matter is that while one can accept the proposition that judicial labels often express a conclusion already reached , rather than dictate the result which should be arrived at , to infer that therefore the type of labels that we use are irrelevant is a non sequitur . |
| 5 | The question is held to be one for the unrestricted discretion of the jury or magistrates who are allowed to find that even a bruise is enough . |
| 6 | Just aft of the fire a small motorboat was still secured to its davits : it was n't difficult to guess that either the explosion or the fire had rendered it inoperable . |
| 7 | It often happens , especially if you train only spasmodically , that you start off the season with a personal best time , get really excited because you think there is a lot more to come and then the rest of the summer turns out to be something of a damp squib . |
| 8 | On his death there were then no freehold estates to pass and therefore no liability to feudal dues . |
| 9 | It is sad to report that neither the Transport Department nor the Environment Department ( they made a joint decision in favour of the trench on the grounds of cost ) made any attempt to value Twyford Down , its inhabitants and the enjoyment gained now and in the future from them . |
| 10 | I agree with the judge that " What is required for this purpose is not an intention to own or even an intention to acquire ownership but an intention to possess , " that is to say , an intention for the time being to possess the land to the exclusion of all other persons , including the owner with the paper title . |
| 11 | Having been involved in a substantial amount of this sort of work for 15 years , I believe it is correct to aver that once a person reaches 60 there is an unwritten rule or convention which determines that he or she shall not receive a first appointment . |
| 12 | Two days passed before the man was strong enough to talk and then the Captain asked him to tell his story . |
| 13 | As from April 1993 , even more flexibility will be allowed with couples able to choose whether all the tax relief should go to one partner ( husband or wife ) or whether to split it on a 50–50 basis . |
| 14 | They soon learned not to talk when just a look would do , and even when separated , each seemed to know instinctively when the other was in trouble . |
| 15 | Such a feature should always have somewhere positive to go and here the path leads one on with a genuine air of anticipation . |
| 16 | 15 It causes the muscle to contract and hence the hand is pulled away from the pin . |
| 17 | When she too heard the clatter of the galloping horse far below she went to the window , but there was no longer anything to see and only the sound of the nursemaids chattering . |
| 18 | Later Helen told Maureen that they had intended to wait until nearer the time to announce their news , but that seemed the right moment . |
| 19 | Because there 's always been an opport , I mean even if your sort of poor , there 's always the opportunity , I mean I learnt to drive and then the driving instructor erm , lived next door to my mother saying , it , at the time it should of been three pound and erm , he let us have it for two pound |
| 20 | In each of the East Asian economies there is evidence to suggest that both the level of complexity and the degree of individuation of labour are less than is typically the case in a classical Weberian bureaucracy . |
| 21 | We we got lots of evidence to suggest that actually the amount of noise problem outside weekends is actually and we do n't actually have the staff to actually deal with this problem without considerably more expenditure than anybody in this council is actually talking about and our tendency towards this erm again this is a bid of of what 's it sounds good and as as to the public conveniences this has been liaised it 's been negotiated about , it 's been looked at very , very expansively indeed . |
| 22 | This meant that a large part of the lesson time was wasted getting on buses and to and from the slopes instead of learning to ski and also a lot of walking around in boots and carrying skis . |
| 23 | The waiting patients pricked their ears and tried not to smile and then the surgery door would burst open and eject … a little old lady , pink with pleasure ! |
| 24 | Nitrite is also extremely poisonous to fish and hence the reason it is very important to check the pond water for the presence of either of these toxins . |
| 25 | Her family soon knew what to expect and so the potential for resentment was never allowed to build up . |
| 26 | This encompasses the design of passenger seats and the methods of body restraint with seat belts , the establishment of the forces they are designed to withstand and even the strength of the seat attachments to the floor of the aircraft . |
| 27 | The kid laughed loud enough for me to hear and then the chain snicked off . |
| 28 | Bill goes behind Doug to help but suddenly the line slackens , and flutters in the wind . |
| 29 | ‘ I would like to help but then the business is not entirely in my hands . |
| 30 | By ‘ crisis ’ , the head of cultural affairs means not only the need to economise but also the fragility of the administrative structure . |