Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [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 | Now one of the things you might 've seen from the corporate briefings is you 've got the budget figure and a forecast figure . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I could 've done without the naughty words in the scrolly , but this is a minor niggle ( prude ! — Ed ) — Dutch Breeze 1 & 2 are mighty fine demos . |
| 6 | At all stages the movement needs to be coached from the piano , but must always stay related to the recorded music . |
| 7 | The other problem is that tasks honoured with a separate colour on-screen may not appear emphasized on a black and white printout . |
| 8 | A manager may feel threatened by the seeming erosion of his authority , or by the uncertainties created by a culture of change and flexibility . |
| 9 | A burglar would be able to avoid the trip beam of an intruder alarm system , and a factory or office would appear illuminated by the infra-red light used by security cameras . |
| 10 | After dinner , you can stroll along the beach , relax at the bar , or sit back and watch an evening show performed by the versatile Club staff . |
| 11 | With some halls on campus and others off , you need to consider the pluses and minuses : the first eliminates travel time and expense but you may feel isolated from the wider community ; the second involves travel time and fares but provides more choice of shops and entertainment , with an escape from the enclosed campus . |
| 12 | Some USM companies do feel neglected by the financial community , but the easing of the rules for transferring to a full listing may assuage them . |
| 13 | If not , the persons ‘ knowingly concerned ’ would have to pay and , on payment , would become subrogated to the primary claim against the contravener . |
| 14 | Imperial preachers were haranguing the coastal populace to destroy … people like Jaq himself , people who would become polluted through no real fault of their own , in many cases . |
| 15 | Extraordinary profits , you may be surprised to see are only twelve point nine million after the Elserver sale but that is a function of the write back of good will on the disposal of Elserver which you will see explained in the preliminary statement , thus reducing the er , profit from two hundred and twenty nine million , which was the estimate at the interim , to thirty five million for the year as a whole . |
| 16 | Frequently , however , there is also an ingrowth of the sternum near their origin so that they are carried inwards and the whole forms a Y-shaped structure , the furca , whose internal arms may become fused with the pleural arms or are connected with them by short muscles . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | For instance , given the fact that metals expand when heated , it is possible to derive the fact that continuous railway tracks not interrupted by small gaps will become distorted in the hot sun . |
| 19 | Yet it is precisely that kind of issue that the coalition would like addressed in a coherent and collaborative fashion . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 ’ . |
| 22 | There are potential pitfalls , the association may become dominated by an unrepresentative majority that could attempt to bring undue pressure on school policies . |
| 23 | In a few years , the sward may become dominated by the coarse tussock-forming grass , Brachypodium pinnatum , and eventually the vegetation turns into some form of scrub and possibly woodland . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Whereas most novel beliefs can become anchored into the cultural patterns of common sense , there is something special about the transmission of scientific ideas in the modern age . |
| 28 | They place a predictable emphasis on language ( particularly English ) and on Mathematics , an emphasis which we shall see intensified in the actual curriculum . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |