Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
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 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 .
6 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 .
7 Observers commented that the modifications would make only a token difference to the King 's real power .
8 But it will make only a marginal difference to the stagnant housing market .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 The privatisation will affect only the long-distance element of the network , which is run over lines leased from both British Telecom and Mercury .
12 Organizations can absorb only a small number of people with these work goals .
13 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 .
14 Eventually they become quite large , reaching six inches or more , so you will need rather a large tank for them .
15 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 .
16 Yet , although that directive will need only a qualified majority vote , it is unlikely to whisk through the council .
17 They are oh I do n't ken when but they must you ken obviously a long time ago story .
18 ‘ We need to improve and update constantly the contracting system , ’ she said .
19 Your skin 's moisture content varies according to climatic conditions , so when the humidity is high , you will probably need just a light moisturiser .
20 Can one really strip away the lexical component leaving behind a non-verbal residue which has nothing to do with communication in words ?
21 We will discuss shortly the social significance which the Chicago urban sociologists attached to the these zones .
22 Instead of blaming one partner we should drum home the essential message that parents have equal responsibilities .
23 Management must always consider both the short- term and longer-term consequences of their actions .
24 For this you will need both a plain writing nozzle and a basket-weave nozzle .
25 These packages will introduce both a European dimension and language learning to the existing course .
26 I shall describe later the hostile response to this demand , putting it into the context of sixteenth-century protest and rebellion .
27 An approach to the material world — research — can yield both a theoretical alternative and a concrete rebuttal .
28 We shall introduce now a scalar function by the relationship
29 These olives — their trunks warped , gouged , carbuncled , abrasive to the touch — seem indestructible , as if they could survive even a nuclear winter .
30 This will withstand even a determined attack , as the plastic film will hold even when the glass is cracked .
  Next page