Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [be] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There would be a fine view across the Thames , except that all there is to see opposite is the gasworks and Delta Wharf , a place that has not been prettified . |
| 2 | To communicate effectively is an art which also presupposes the ability to listen . |
| 3 | ‘ Mr Fallon refuses to accept there is a problem with mortgage repossessions in Darlington , ’ he said . |
| 4 | The first thing to establish however is the pattern of differences in pay and employment prospects for different segments of the labour force and the implications these have for assessing the extent of lifetime employment . |
| 5 | The most basic qualification which is generally required to work anywhere is the Mountain Leader Course ( summer award ) . |
| 6 | So sex and the capacity to evolve rapidly is a property of the species , not of an individual erm and consequently once can visualize erm species selection being responsible for it 's evolution , so I do n't actually have much taste for species selection . |
| 7 | Although increased exports of goods and services is in the national interest , individual firms have more selfish objectives , and the most positive inducement to them to sell overseas is the existence of potential profitable opportunities . |
| 8 | Having to retire early was a shock — but if he felt he could be useful … ’ |
| 9 | There was plenty to do on your own doorstep — to look further was a cop-out . |
| 10 | What I want to cover now is a type of network that we study a lot in the computer architecture group and I 've been working with for years and years and years erm called the N tuple network . |
| 11 | Another Mitchell known as " Puddin " was for many years tree planter in the village and at the later part of the 19th century planted trees around the cemetery , always maintaining he was one short , and if one takes the trouble to look there is a gap still awaiting the missing tree . |
| 12 | What I wish to discuss then is the contention of some in recent years that ‘ Jesus was a feminist ’ . |
| 13 | One of the most important topics for pupils to be able to discuss explicitly is the difference between spoken and written English . |
| 14 | To do so is a service to everyone . |
| 15 | Senior staff assume the pollution control officer will meet his sampling quota : to do so is no sign of hard work or competence . |
| 16 | Trying to do so is the equivalent of adding oranges and lemons . |
| 17 | The local authority appealed against the orders and sought an interim care order on the grounds that ( 1 ) the justices had erred in law when they had made the order preventing the parents from having contact with each other as contact between adults was not a step which could be taken by a parent in meeting his responsibilities towards his child and thus fell outside the terms of section 8(1) of the Children Act 1989 ; ( 2 ) there had been no application for a section 8 order and before exercising powers under section 10(1) ( b ) of the Act of 1989 the justices should have invited the parties to make representations , and the failure to do so was a material irregularity ; ( 3 ) the justices , having found as a fact that the parents had been in continuous contact and there were grounds for believing that the children would suffer harm , had been plainly wrong in refusing to make the interim care order in respect of both children in that they had failed to have regard to the facts that both parents had colluded over injuries to D. , the mother had lied when she had stated that there had been no contact with the father , the father had been in breach of a bail order there had been a violent incident on 23 November 1991 which had involved both parents , the mother had refused to be accommodated with the children in a mother and baby home , and the mother had changed her mind about the adoption of R. ; and ( 4 ) in all the circumstances the order which would have been in the best interests of the children and which the justices should have made was an interim care order . |
| 18 | The first to do so was the Queen of Italy . |
| 19 | Another Scottish company to do well was the Bank of Scotland , which was the UK 's best regarded bank with 556 points . |
| 20 | The other things I 'd like to put forward is the things that Mr actually put forward , the idea of reducing committee sizes , reducing committee numbers . |
| 21 | What I would like to see now is a turn , sorry turning to the document what I would like to see is actually a change of direction . |
| 22 | What we need to consider now is the possibility that discrimination training also allows processes to operate that modify the distinctiveness of the stimuli themselves . |
| 23 | What I want to emphasize here is the impact of these findings for a phenomenologist . |
| 24 | The point to emphasize here is the extent to which man 's view of his environment is affected by his technological mastery of it . |
| 25 | A good example to consider here is the blood platelet that expresses predominantly αIIbα3 ( GPIIb/IIIa ) , which binds fibrinogen , fibro-nectin , von Willebrand factor , and vitronectin but also lesser amounts of αVβ3 , α5β1 , α2β1 ( collagen ) , and α6β1 ( laminin ) . |
| 26 | If the front rabbit sits tight and declines to budge there is no way the others can move . |
| 27 | Before hacking away at walls , it is always wise to check with a detector to ensure there are no cables or pipes in the immediate vicinity . |
| 28 | Push the flap well home , using the bone folder to ensure there are no folds or creases |
| 29 | Prepare the containers by filling loosely to the brim with peat compost , press it down gently with finger pressure around the rim of the tray to ensure there are no air pockets and roughly level it again , then press it down to make a firm , level surface about ½ in ( 12mm ) below the rim . |
| 30 | If your Poodle is in a lamb clip or similar style then pay particular attention to the inside of the legs and around the anus and hocks , to ensure there are no knots . |