Example sentences of "[vb infin] [art] [adj] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ireland was already there with its litany of laments , not thinly preserved , like the cultural echo that accompanies some exiles and émigrés into a new country where time will absorb the native generation 's traces of foreign identity and dispel them . |
| 2 | Erm I tend to share Patrick Earle 's reservations about this particular policy , I think that it would convey the wrong message erm to the development industry . |
| 3 | Oh great competition it was , in my day about who could build the best stack er you know both in the hay coles and the and the harvest time . |
| 4 | I have already explained that the most important change that we have made is to shift the balance between what is paid centrally and what is paid locally , so I can answer the hon. Gentleman 's question . |
| 5 | I shall answer the hon. Gentleman 's question about Trident in a couple of minutes . |
| 6 | I think that what I will conclude by saying will answer the hon. Gentleman 's point . |
| 7 | Then we 'll drive back to the city and dine in a little ristorante in Trastevere where you 'll eat the best carciofi alla giudia in all of Roma . ’ |
| 8 | You could adapt the dapper Dad 's card to include a smart tie or even a pair of cufflinks . |
| 9 | A defeat would gravely damage the Prime Minister 's authority at home and abroad . |
| 10 | If the OED were left as no more than a monument to the English of the twentieth century it would not remain the twenty-first century 's dictionary for long . |
| 11 | Often , they simply can not make the ultimate consumer 's choice , which is to vote with their cash and their feet and go to someone else for the service . |
| 12 | Now he drives a glamorous black BMW , owns a palatial house with a swimming pool and earns the kind of salary that would make the average Muscovite 's eyes pop . |
| 13 | Just a desperate imitation of what he must think the real thing 's like . |
| 14 | I do n't think the internal wranglings erm of , of members of the County Council are actually of any great interest to members of the public . |
| 15 | What do you think the oldest girl 's name meant ? |
| 16 | I also told Sam that I did n't think the main Benskin 's board would approve the switch to management . ’ |
| 17 | The corollary of this is that any receipts received or payments made in the current financial year which relate to accruals made in the last financial year , will not affect the current year 's profit figures . |
| 18 | As for Mr Kinnock 's conversion to multilateral nuclear disarmament , Mrs Thatcher said : ‘ How does one explain the Labour leader 's contortions ? |
| 19 | The hon. Gentleman did not explain the Labour party 's attitude to that . |
| 20 | Rather than handing the parent a written agreement which was prepared beforehand , the social worker should explain the local authority 's position sympathetically and clearly . |
| 21 | Does he think that we should employ 5,000 HMIs to carry out inspections , or does he prefer the Labour party 's solution — that only local councils should be allowed to inspect schools ? |
| 22 | If , for instance , you will not enjoy a visit to the opera , then you may prefer the next month 's barn dance . |
| 23 | Then Wayne would complain that he could n't memorize the next day 's dialogue if he did n't know what they were filming , and Huston , according to Wayne , replied , ‘ Do n't worry , we 'll improvise . ’ |
| 24 | How do we know the other mob ai n't onto us ? ’ |
| 25 | And I 'm afraid I do n't know the other brother 's name . |
| 26 | This is a fax I want you to send to Ian in Aiden Mouth and it reads as follows good afternoon Ian , at long last I 've been able to get down to this memo of yours , dated the thirtieth alt can you please let me know the actual deliveries ' figures in the first part of this memo . |
| 27 | I do n't know the actual percentage erm but it 's pretty high . |
| 28 | And I did n't know the dead girl 's name . |
| 29 | The lady of medium build will need the regular ladies ' shaft coded " L " , while the more powerful and hard-hitting female could use the same clubs as a slightly-built man . |
| 30 | Food would become the weapon with which the United States would counter the Arab world 's use of an oil embargo in its fight against Israel . |