Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Though you did make rather a big dent in my dignity . |
| 2 | But it would make rather a lovely weekend home . ’ |
| 3 | In this new lab of his he can knock together a human being out of the unlikeliest odds and ends . |
| 4 | Therefore , simply to represent Jesus as the Good Shepherd without any explanatory note would convey entirely the wrong impression . |
| 5 | It has no calories of its own , but it does slow down the metabolic rate , making it harder to burn up the calories you do consume . |
| 6 | However , if weight loss is excessive , then muscle tissue rather than fat tissue is lost , and this in turn will slow down the metabolic rate , making it more difficult to lose weight thereafter . |
| 7 | Better sacks have bound seams which do at least slow down the leaking process . |
| 8 | Vitamin E : research shows that it interrupts the free radical chain of destruction and so can slow down the ageing process . |
| 9 | Here the examiner will probably have divided up the possible marks in his mind among the component parts , and an answer to one part , be it ever so brilliant , can earn only the appropriate total for that part . |
| 10 | I know that I shall make only a small start before Christmas , so perhaps I can take the opportunity afforded by this Newsletter to wish you all a very happy Christmas and a good New Year . |
| 11 | Observers commented that the modifications would make only a token difference to the King 's real power . |
| 12 | But it will make only a marginal difference to the stagnant housing market . |
| 13 | This is because the profit function before the change must have been horizontal at the optimum , so a small change in the optimum price will make only a marginal difference to the firms ' profits . |
| 14 | I suspect part of the reason behind the council buying the ground in 1983 ? was so they could knock down the old rugby league stadium . |
| 15 | For example , an HP buyer could make much the same sort of claim against his finance company over faulty goods as the Sale of Goods Act would have allowed against a shop . |
| 16 | The change of context can influence only an excitatory association and thus the result of Fig. 4.6 , a loss of the CR , can be expected . |
| 17 | The privatisation will affect only the long-distance element of the network , which is run over lines leased from both British Telecom and Mercury . |
| 18 | Organizations can absorb only a small number of people with these work goals . |
| 19 | The defence could always allege only a constructive possession and that there was no actual possession in the absence of a witness stating positive actual possession . |
| 20 | Eventually they become quite large , reaching six inches or more , so you will need rather a large tank for them . |
| 21 | In this section we shall consider only the simplest type , that is temperature-composition phase diagrams of liquid mixtures which form a simple eutectic . |
| 22 | While the United States would yield a constant strategic threat to the Soviet homeland the USSR would yield only a first strike threat to the American fleet . |
| 23 | We should not overlook the possibility of attracting professional musicians into church music , and the teaching profession in particular contains people who might need only a little persuasion to help , at least on an occasional basis . |
| 24 | Yet , although that directive will need only a qualified majority vote , it is unlikely to whisk through the council . |
| 25 | If you are aiming almost for pure comedy , then your detective will need only the smallest core of toughness or commonsense . |
| 26 | Oot there fur hours tryin' tae strip doon the lavvy seat . |
| 27 | They are oh I do n't ken when but they must you ken obviously a long time ago story . |
| 28 | I have never seen anyone fall down a disused mine shaft . |
| 29 | ‘ We need to improve and update constantly the contracting system , ’ she said . |
| 30 | A die could survive over a long period of time . |