Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one case the opinion was expressed that the foreign affairs powers of the President are extra-constitutional , resting upon the international sovereign status of the United States and the necessity for that country to be able to perform effectively in foreign relations , uninhibited by domestic legal restrictions . |
| 2 | Well-established organisations in non-competitive environments might be able to perform successfully with any type of organisation structure , because they are secure within their environment and can ignore contingency factors ( eg. the Civil Service , perhaps ) . |
| 3 | Over the past few years , they have continued to perform successfully for this club even though they did n't know whether they would end up having their wages paid . |
| 4 | Over the past few years , they have continued to perform successfully for this club even though they did n't know whether they would end up having their wages paid . |
| 5 | Bodie began to drive slowly past both houses , using his transmitter to speak to the surveillance man . |
| 6 | Prices and rents are likely to fall slowly in most cities , though there could be some serious casualties in the boiling Berlin market as sanity returns . |
| 7 | Some of these changes relate to the way the US ideal model of liberal democracy was said to sit uneasily with Japanese experience so some refining was necessary to render them more effective . |
| 8 | The ascetic life , previously most popular in the Eastern provinces , now came to appeal widely to Western aristocrats , men and women , virgins and widows . |
| 9 | It is notable that the one country which stands to lose most by free competition in labour is Germany , where labour and social costs are highest . |
| 10 | In order to be sure that our data would be as reliable as possible a decision was made to report only on those countries from which we had received at least three questionnaires among which there was a high level of agreement . |
| 11 | Jarvis managed to bowl only at half pace in the match against Hampshire at Basingstoke which petered out into a draw yesterday and he is still being troubled by a sore hamstring . |
| 12 | The net wickets at Queen 's Park were considered too dangerous and , indeed , the five specialist seamers were allowed to bowl only at unguarded stumps . |
| 13 | Gooch , manager Keith Fletcher and England chairman Ted Dexter all praised the Whittingdale sponsorship which has allowed them to gather together for two days in each of the last six weeks . |
| 14 | As a result she was renowned for her ability to cope patiently with awkward guests . |
| 15 | If the government decides to cut its expenditure , or if there is a loss of export markets , or if domestic firms decide to invest less at all interest rates ( perhaps because they are less confident about future economic prospects ) , then the unc line will shift downwards . |
| 16 | The congregation of a 60-year-old wooden church in Darlington have been warned not to go inside in bad weather . |
| 17 | Laymon 's star , on the other hand , is rising , and he seems to perform better with each title ; Koontz continues to challenge Stephen King at the top of the pile . |
| 18 | The new guidelines will tell the police to give no more than two cautions , except in rare circumstances , and to caution only for minor offences . |
| 19 | A new sense of harmony is unlikely to be developed if bored parents have to wait endlessly in long queues to see teachers . |
| 20 | But there is at least some chance of cooperation , in contrast to the absence of an obligation to plan together between higher education , sixth forms in secondary schools and colleges of further as well as tertiary education . |
| 21 | London had one of its worst thunderstorms , and she had had to cope alone with thirty women in varying stages of labour on the gynaecology ward . |
| 22 | And through them all does there not run a consistency of effort to strengthen the ties of monastic life , to bring back those in error , to wait patiently for better times , while occupying his time with theological work , with preaching and counselling the erring , for whom he displays an affectionate concern — even for the king . |
| 23 | The precise circumstances of the birth of the Universe , perhaps some 15 billion years ago , are still a mystery — and are likely to remain so for many years . |
| 24 | With their creation , the institutional pattern is settled and seems likely to remain so for some years to come . |
| 25 | ‘ The real singer of that name was indisposed , and was likely to remain so for some time . |
| 26 | ‘ Cider is a good area at the moment , ’ says co-author Philip Shaw , ‘ and is likely to remain so for some time . |
| 27 | It concluded that the Simonian concept of state medicine was far in advance of public opinion and was likely to remain so for some time to come . |
| 28 | Far from there being a ‘ rearrangement of values ’ , as Titmuss believed , officials tended to cling stubbornly to entrenched attitudes . |
| 29 | Although theory and practice are meant to go together in most accounts of economic endeavour , one area where there seems to be an alarming gap is between tax theory and tax practice . |
| 30 | While many students subsequently enter the teaching profession or work as professional musicians , they find that the study of music as a discipline trains them intellectually to work successfully in other professions , for example , business , personnel management , arts administration , the civil service , computing , the careers service , librarianship and journalism . |