Example sentences of "[to-vb] [indef pn] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kissing in this form , as a proper way to greet someone in a certain relation to oneself , is a social convention . |
| 2 | Naturally , one desires to suppress the personal element so far as possible , but if one has an opinion to express there is nothing to offend anybody in a straightforward ‘ in my opinion . ’ |
| 3 | It 's as hard to do justice to the beauty of the Eternal City in a few words as it is to see everything in a few days . |
| 4 | The scenes of destitution which the journalists could not be prevented from glimpsing-it is impossible to put someone in a hermetic bubble all the time , even for ten days — had not apparently impaired their appetites . |
| 5 | Are we trying to achieve , erm unity or bringing children in to do something in a corporate way . |
| 6 | In the second the ‘ stage of conventional morality ’ , the child judges people by their intentions in carrying out something , and then moves on to believe it is a persons duty to do something in a particular way . |
| 7 | What gives you this impression ? 6 The teacher set them to do something in a short time . |
| 8 | Right , we , we , we did actually draw , or we not draw , we , we adopted a constitution during the year and the officers that are erm elected are the Chair , the Secretary and the Treasurer , erm and other , together with other such officers , yeah to determine by general meeting , erm , so it 's really only those three , er and we have sometimes had Advice Chair if there 's only been one Chairman have n't we , one Chair person erm so I think people need to say if they do n't wish to carry on the jobs they 're doing and if anybody wishes to nominate anyone in a particular post then slip at the bottom of the minutes could be filled in and either brought to meeting or sent back to the Secretary . |
| 9 | It costs the taxpayer £130-£165 a week to keep someone in a residential or nursing home , he says . |
| 10 | I 'm sure some of you last year or least last week or even last month , read about the black sack that had all the wonderful jewels in it that came into a charity shop and I think it 's a lesson for us all is n't it , not not to miss anything in a black sack , Jacqui . |