Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without such explanation , of course , it makes it difficult to accept that the same things really are taking place in the different spheres . |
| 2 | When night fell we were appalled to find that the same principle had been carried over to the highway . |
| 3 | When was the last time you bought an item at one shop , only to find that the same item was much cheaper in another shop ? |
| 4 | Indeed it would be difficult to imagine how children were able to use language to communicate if no such conception were present . |
| 5 | The law against sex discrimination was strengthened by the Sex Discrimination Act of 1986 which removed the restrictions on the hours women could work , allowing both night work and shift work , and gave women the right to work until the same age as their male colleagues . |
| 6 | It would be interesting to know whether the same criteria were used in the restructuring of the reserves . |
| 7 | In the second example , the comma is used to signal that the same clause represents new information . |
| 8 | Although it was difficult to pretend that a former member of the Rhodesian Special Air Service was on a par in purely military terms with a goat-herd from Bolivia , the fact that both were starting afresh made administration that much easier . |
| 9 | Children will begin to see that the same amount of water will fill containers that appear to be of different capacity . |
| 10 | When the parties returned , it was to report that no more men had been found and that there was no way out . |
| 11 | took longer to sort than a same meaning pair like : |
| 12 | As soon as the back marking algorithm finds a proof that some state N does not lead to a goal , it tests to see if the same proof applies to ancestors A of N. When the same proof works for A , it prunes A and all its other descendants too . |
| 13 | It will be interesting to see if the same thing will happen in Japan ; the Japanese manufacturers belief in the preference of the client for service over a cheaper product is already being tested in the marketplace — to their chagrin , according to contacts within the Japanese manufacturers . |
| 14 | The faster the heart beats the more rapidly we may be inclined to breathe and the more oxygen we take in . |
| 15 | It would be absurdly sanguine to suggest that the latter half of the twentieth century has witnessed any global movement in the direction of democracy or popular power . |
| 16 | Indicators relating to the struggle between the hardline members of the Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) and those in favour of economic liberalization continued to suggest that the latter group was gaining ground . |
| 17 | It is tempting to suggest that the same kind of jigsaw process will explain the shape of an elephant , but almost certainly it is not true . |
| 18 | The right has had the cheek to suggest that the same iron discipline should apply in the aftermath of defeat as in the anticipation of victory . |
| 19 | Mr. Eames will no doubt be pleased to hear that a few foxhunters are killed every year in falls . |
| 20 | Certainly Premack 's findings are under this cloud since Sarah 's performance suffered considerably when in the presence of a trainer who did not know the answers that she was supposed to give , and it would seem natural to expect that the more broadbrush methods of the gestural teaching would be equally suspect . |
| 21 | But that should not lead us to assume that the same holds for the externalities identified here . |
| 22 | It is tempting to assume that the same rule applies , but quasar redshifts are , in some cases , very much bigger than any measured galaxy redshift , so the assumption involves considerable extrapolation . |
| 23 | The Windows for Workgroups beta included software to permit a DOS machine to hook up to a Windows for Workgroups network , although only as a client , so it 's safe to assume that the same Workgroup Connection software will find its way into version 6 . |
| 24 | This is probably the most difficult material to handle because the many characters and nationalities involved in the various available libretti must express themselves as distinctively as they do in real life and the choreographer must try and ensure his design has some semblance of reality if it is to communicate meaning . |
| 25 | He goes on to remark that a few minutes later the same antlers could be in use with the animals full weight behind them as they slash and batter those of an opposing stag . |
| 26 | Once the lids of the outer case and the leaden shell had been removed , the workman prised off the lid of the inner coffin ; the slightly yellowed silk sheets were drawn back and there lay the body of the child , looking as if he had gone off to sleep but a few moments before . |
| 27 | To cite but a few examples , he notes that a ‘ refreshing drink for such as are ill of fevers ’ was whey in which was boiled violets ( Viola riviniana ) , , ‘ field bowl ’ . |
| 28 | To cite but a few examples , the thistle is the official badge of the Clan Stewart . |
| 29 | Because the life-experience of women is normally so different from that of men , they are likely to conceptualise freedom , equality , rights , responsibility and autonomy , to give but a few examples , in a rather different way from men . |
| 30 | Damascus urged the Lebanese to allow the PLO to continue operations from southern Lebanon while ordering the Syrian security services to ensure that no such activity could be undertaken by Palestinians from Syrian territory . |