Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun pl] [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , in the MISLIP project teachers in different subjects ( biology , history , English ) found that the microcomputer helped pupils to plan projects better and improved the motivation of pupils ; while the school librarian at Bankhead Academy pointed to the use of a wider range of resources by pupils in the school library . |
| 2 | had actually taken him on that he used to know years ago and had finished the |
| 3 | Then the first company might decide to introduce the product at a price level below initial cost , such as P 1 , in order to frighten rivals off and gain the maximum possible accumulated production experience . |
| 4 | The quest for respectability was very much part of the drive to increase audiences generally and to ensure that motion-picture theatres were not confined to any down-town ghetto but it was also part of an even more fundamental question . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's less threatening for men to lump women together and deal with them as one , rather than pointing out the differences . ’ |
| 6 | Well a lot of people out there think it 's a fitter 's job to clean chutes out and unblock screens . |
| 7 | Then it would be possible to set matters right and return to the correct position of Clause 9 . |
| 8 | It 's good to have someone to bounce ideas off and talk to — it 's something men have known about and done for years . |
| 9 | The gyro has made it much easier to learn to fly but , once you overcome the basic hurdle , it merely serves to smooth things out and make your flying tidier . |
| 10 | And now particularly Ron Todd who 's of course the General Secretary of the biggest union in this country , is making a real effort to open things up and to try and get negotiations going , and we 're very hopeful that we 'll get some positive of response from that . |
| 11 | Likes to set things out and make them go you know |
| 12 | But a doctor , one of the doctors in the same hospital saying , that the , during the First World War , when they were so desperate , you know , so many casualties , they had to cut short treatment , and they had to bandage men up and leave them bandaged up a long length of , they found it was often better to leave a wound bandaged up in it 's own |
| 13 | If you can get hold of the rarer tritium you may liberate nearly 18 MeV through the reaction : A problem the problem in the attempts to fuse nuclei together and release their internal energy — is that all nuclei carry positive electrical charge . |
| 14 | This may only serve to aggravate matters further and undermine your role as a neutral . |
| 15 | When Richie Lowell ignored late arriving , was prepared to discuss things reasonably and lowered his Australian voice to a coaxing murmur then suspicion loomed in her mind . |
| 16 | You see when committees are meeting at two o'clock usually have a much shorter agenda than this committee discussion but to enable to this committee and to do its job properly , I would think we 'd be looking where possible to be able to discuss items properly and to get start at a reasonable time like we do . |
| 17 | Up to now all has been plain sailing but at the third row you have a straight arrow indicating to select needles again and transfer with the lace carriage and you have only just transferred stitches the other way without working two knit rows between . |
| 18 | We are able to identify absentees immediately and use the extra time to tackle the problem with academic counselling . |
| 19 | Britons have stood successfully shoulder-to-shoulder in order to win battles abroad and to repel foreign invaders from their shores . |
| 20 | Socialists and feminists oppose this move , not only because it enables landlords to evict tenants easily and raise rents , but because they recognise that the demise of this sector is , broadly speaking , a result of the decreasing profitability of investment in this sector ( Merrett , 1979 , p.281 ) , not of legislation concerning rent control and tenants ' rights . |
| 21 | ‘ The initial plan was to put companies together and bring them to the market . ’ |
| 22 | The aim was to draw together good practice and make recommendations to enable organisations to manage secondments effectively and provide secondees with the support necessary to enable them to contribute fully to their new jobs and to their old , once they returned . |
| 23 | If you ca n't make a straightforward decision you 'd be wise to put things off and wait until certain issues settle themselves . |
| 24 | But when I awoke , it was time to put dreams aside and get hold of reality . |
| 25 | ‘ Security in some schools has to be 24 hours a day to keep kids out and stop them burning them down . ’ |
| 26 | Winning financial backing and contracts has meant overcoming suspicions about the viability of a small co-operative with social commitment and an unusual building method timber-frame construction to keep costs down and training straightforward . |
| 27 | The use of easily-obtained European woods helped to keep costs down and contributed to an individual and unique tone . |
| 28 | In the case of public transport Mackintosh ( 1987 ) shows very clearly for London Transport in the early 1980s that politicians from the GLC had to challenge the market-based arguments of the bureaucrats in order to increase subsidy to keep fares down and maintain services . |
| 29 | The key ability is to know to address problems early and to know what you can reasonably expect the banks to do . |
| 30 | We ought to run things properly and see if we ca n't do things better in future . ’ |