Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He accepts as-if legal rights in that spirit and for reasons of strategy will make mostly the same decisions a conventionalist would make when statutes are plain or precedents crisp and decisive . |
| 2 | This should need only a few turns |
| 3 | Even the currently flourishing Pinnacle Distribution did a kamikaze act just a few years ago , decimating the indie scene . |
| 4 | While managers will pursue broadly the same tasks , they will do so in an increasing variety of ways . |
| 5 | It is sometimes very difficult indeed not to be very cross , and there have been some occasions when I have had to go and chop up a few logs in order to abate my own aggression before replying . |
| 6 | We could hang up a few politicians too. , ‘ There 's that farmer who used a plough with horses . |
| 7 | Carlos Palenque , a mestizo who built up a media empire by getting poor Indians to telephone their complaints to his radio and television shows , may win quite a few votes in the capital . |
| 8 | Categories such as ‘ theatre and entertainment ’ or ‘ cinema and film ’ did not include quite the same things in 1987 as in 1961 , or not in the same proportions . |
| 9 | This limits the degree of possible grazing or nibbling and explains why deer and cattle , for example , will eat just a few mouthfuls from each tree before moving on . |
| 10 | She could feel only a few twigs . |
| 11 | ‘ If I went to manage a team on the continent I would still do exactly the same things I did at QPR . |
| 12 | I 'll do just a few observations on the match . |
| 13 | Let me give just a few facts and figures . |
| 14 | Thus , would give exactly the same results as the previous example . |
| 15 | Q Could you please clear up a few points which I am sure confuse other readers as well as myself . |
| 16 | On the whole the Merovingian comites have been seen as similar to the late Roman comites civitatis , and there is certainly a case for thinking that both could carry out the same duties , which included the hearing of law-suits and the enforcement of justice , and could involve military leadership as well . |
| 17 | I found that a Parish Church could present almost the same problems as our Congregational ones . |
| 18 | It 'll look less the more branches you draw |
| 19 | Soon the mist grew thicker and he could see only a few feet in front of him . |
| 20 | In the mist , Giles could see only a few feet ahead , so he moved very carefully . |
| 21 | On bad days it rains and the mist covers everything in silence — you can see only a few yards in front of you and , if you wander from the road , can easily get lost . |
| 22 | If you can scrape together a few hits and make enough to retire to a little place in the suburbs , you 've made the most of the opportunity . |
| 23 | Just as young children will cry and remonstrate or say ‘ do n't leave me ’ , so the adult may use just the same words or convey by their behaviour that this is their worry . |
| 24 | The least attractive side for paid golfers must be the continual travel , the airports , the courtesy car that fails to show , the lost baggage , and the certainty that when they get there , they 'll see exactly the same faces , talking the same shop , week after week . |
| 25 | We can see exactly the same connections being drawn in the case of Frances , Jenny and Ian . |
| 26 | Should he dash off a few writs ? |
| 27 | Farmoor Reservoir does n't provide quite the same conditions as those off the coast of Brittany . |
| 28 | okay it 'll be that so you can eventually you can build up a few tricks that 'll help you sort out a lot of the spelling . |
| 29 | Okay , let's have a break er if you can come back reasonably quickly er we can make up a few seconds . |
| 30 | The parents had all departed into the warehouse with Uncle Knacker to ‘ knock up a few looseboxes ’ . |