Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most had nothing at all to say about it and those that did comment relied to a large extent on a discourse and terminology borrowed from the ‘ agenda setting nexus ’ of mainstream criticism . |
| 2 | One thing I distinctly remember about watching that kestrel hover happened on a clear blue day when I 'd managed to position myself practically underneath the bird . |
| 3 | This portable version allows her out of home or hospital for a few hours … but for most of her life she must stay connected to a larger non-stop supply . |
| 4 | The other problem is that tasks honoured with a separate colour on-screen may not appear emphasized on a black and white printout . |
| 5 | If all scientists were and remained normal scientists then a particular science would become trapped in a single paradigm and would never progress beyond it . |
| 6 | Yet it is precisely that kind of issue that the coalition would like addressed in a coherent and collaborative fashion . |
| 7 | In terms of the concepts outlined above we could express Marx 's views thus : the economic class of proletarians ( propertyless sellers of labour power ) will necessarily become increasingly homogeneous in respect of income levels and conditions of life and work ; this will result in the increasing ‘ non-pertinence ’ of social collectivities based on branch of industry , religion , nationality , sex etc. , and the increasing pertinence of the social collectivity coterminous with the proletariat itself ; eventually as a result of the process of struggle this social collectivity will become organised into a corporate body — the trade union movement — and a political force : the communist movement or party . |
| 8 | The relatives and friends who are left behind can also become entrapped in an overwhelming feeling that says ‘ I must be there when he takes his last breath ’ ; ‘ I must n't miss any last word he utters ’ . |
| 9 | There are potential pitfalls , the association may become dominated by an unrepresentative majority that could attempt to bring undue pressure on school policies . |
| 10 | When students pick up a BOOKWORM they know that they will rapidly become immersed in an enjoyable , skilfully-written story which provides an excellent introduction to real reading in English . |
| 11 | First , a number of rules were specified about the use of rewards and punishers and it was suggested that a reward ‘ menu ’ be drawn up for each intervention in order that the child does not become satiated by a single type of reward which could then lose its reinforcing properties . |
| 12 | In a similar manner , if cells of the sponge ( the bath sponge is the skeleton laid down by the sponge ) are separated into a random mixture of individual cells they will actively move around and become reorganized into a normal sponge , with the cells in the correct relationship with one another . |
| 13 | Having accepted that deviance can become amplified through a positive feedback mechanism , and that the initial acts of deviance on which the system feeds are often quite minor , only a relatively weak explanation of the original deviance is called for . |
| 14 | Not surprisingly , therefore , entrepreneurs and managers can become locked into an existing company structure which may perform not particularly well but adequately enough to survive , or to survive while its position is steadily being undermined by import penetration . |
| 15 | A hazard is a threat which , given a set of circumstances , may become translated into a realized event . |
| 16 | The more viscous the lava , the more difficult it is to force it through a vent , and the vent may well become blocked with a slow-moving or stationary plug of lava . |
| 17 | Each grapheme is then translated into a corresponding phonemic representation on the basis of pre-established conversion rules ( each grapheme would become associated with a particular phoneme as one 's reading skills develop ) . |
| 18 | The Colonel was in a hurry , realising how essential it was to keep the momentum of the attack rolling ; otherwise the resistance might become coordinated into a strong , interlocked series of defence positions . |
| 19 | Thus , very high blood pressure can become established as a pathological state — ‘ essential hypertension ’ — which can help to precipitate strokes or heart attacks . |
| 20 | Most of your fans though , will remain condemned in a lonely monologue with their distant idol … |
| 21 | Wynne Godley has been consistently the gloomiest economist operating in Britain , believing that the UK economy is suffering from severe structural weaknesses , and it will remain locked in a low growth and high unemployment pattern for years . |
| 22 | If I 'd wanted to really zoom around the fretboard I would 've opted for a medium/short-scale bass with really light , roundwound strings . |
| 23 | Tawney 's argument placed ‘ the world of Labour ’ explicitly before his audience , at a time when he and they were concerned about the WEA 's drift towards the middle class — a drift that any radical , like Tawney , would have regarded as an unqualified loss , an opting for the ‘ line of least resistance ’ . |
| 24 | If we sh wanted other conditions we 'd live on a different planet or we would have developed on a different plant . |
| 25 | ‘ I was hoping it would have developed into a serious relationship , ’ he says , a line Best will recognise . |
| 26 | If the Scud attacks had provoked Israel into entering the war , experts say it could have developed into a global conflict . |
| 27 | At best it seems , a national strike would have developed into a bitter war of attrition which the unions , with their meagre resources , could only have lost . |
| 28 | In five years time from now it will have developed into an all powerful , constitutionally independent institution responsible for the Community 's monetary and exchange rate policies . |
| 29 | It can not be argued so categorically that this was the sole source of the style in the twelfth century or that it would not soon have developed in a similar manner elsewhere if the Île de France had not then produced it . |
| 30 | Realistically , it is hard enough to speculate on how multimedia will have developed in a few years time without looking as far ahead as the beginning of the next century . |