Example sentences of "[vb infin] [noun sg] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's when I thought you could make money out of gardening . |
| 2 | If everyone thinks they can make money out of bargain books , let them . ’ |
| 3 | The rain fell incessantly until it seemed they travelled through sheets of water , the old cobbled road turned into a muddy mire , sometimes dangerous with potholes , where a man could plunge waist deep in water . |
| 4 | In its Working Paper No. 22 , the Canadian Law Reform Commission stated that one of its objectives was to ‘ direct attention away from rape as a sexual offence and towards the right of every person to be free from physical assault . ’ |
| 5 | So it remains to be seen whether we may have such a network , or perhaps even assuming that nearly all the cheap oil runs out , whether we might in fact manufacture petrol artificially from wood , coal , or gas , simply to provide the excellent fuel with its wonderful storage characteristics for long distance transport . |
| 6 | The commission could buy land either by agreement or compulsorily , and it was given very wide powers for this purpose . |
| 7 | Pain , or the fear of pain , can restrict mobility especially after surgery , when patients tend to lie still , keeping their whole body stiff regard-less of the site of . |
| 8 | We took the view that this was a misplaced use , both of the finances required as it would divert money away from community provision , but also that there were no success criteria guaranteed other than removal from community . |
| 9 | The foregoing illustrates but one way in which the instilling of a belief in the existence of a ‘ god ’ with powers to provide for all human wants without effort on the part of the beneficiary to contribute , can do harm instead of good . |
| 10 | Mr Clarke may invigorate the police , but nobody thinks you can beat crime just by legislation . |
| 11 | There are few places in the world where you can feel welcome away from home , but Liverpool gave us that and more . |
| 12 | Hence , pressure groups for the disabled , the old , neglected children and so on will exert influence out of proportion to their naked power . |
| 13 | One would go too far in saying that by Civizade 's time a scholar could achieve greatness solely through office ; but at the least , such a distinction as that made by Karamani Mehmed Pasa had become almost impossible to make , since greatness ' and " office " had grown so closely intertwined as to be inseparable . |
| 14 | ‘ They did n't collect art simply for art 's sake , but also to demonstrate to those around them just how much power they possessed , that they could afford to hire the greatest names of the day . |
| 15 | He can send legislation back to parliament , veto the prime minister 's choice of ministers ( as President Evren has done on occasion ) and in extreme circumstances dissolve the National Assembly and call a general election . |
| 16 | It 's one that should bring excitement back to heavyweight boxing . ’ |
| 17 | The British government 's programme for the development of renewable energy has been massively oversubscribed , with developers submitting applications for projects which would generate electricity well in excess of the government 's target . |
| 18 | However , it can also be argued that the ‘ bullion famine ’ did not have such a catastrophic effect because merchants could use credit instead of cash to keep their businesses running . |
| 19 | Even those who do not condemn democracy out of hand have often contrived more subtle ways of disparaging it . |
| 20 | She did n't dare ride fast in case she startled the cows into a charge or a stampede or something . |
| 21 | For one thing , the Hebrews did not divide man up into spirit , mind and body as we tend to do : they thought of him as a single entity , an animated body , a living person . |
| 22 | Just stop here now can you see caravan out on road ? |
| 23 | These computers can use RAM instead of tape or disk as a non-volatile storage medium . |
| 24 | Blood tests will provide information early in pregnancy , and a small sample of blood will be taken for testing . |
| 25 | That help makes all the difference to people sick with AIDS who want to stay at home , rather than spend time unnecessarily in hospital . |
| 26 | And the recently discovered structure of atoms gave them the idea that they could make helium out of hydrogen . |
| 27 | You can create suspense out of subtlety . |
| 28 | The analysis of the previous section offered one mechanism whereby individuals would voluntarily redistribute income either in kind or in cash ( see Hochman and Rodgers 1969 ) , the cases being those of the specifically and the generally interdependent utility function respectively . |
| 29 | Because of the accounting principle of conservatism , it is unlikely that an accounting system would recognize revenue merely on receipt of an order . |
| 30 | The report does n't lay blame solely with government , building societies , credit companies or irresponsible borrowers , they say life is n't that simple . |