Example sentences of "[indef pn] [unc] [noun sg] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it does not take somebody with a great imagination to think of using someone 's invention to base two of the hatter 's obsessions upon . |
| 2 | I ca n't begin to try to explain what is in someone 's mind to do such a thing . |
| 3 | once you have mailed out your tapes , it becomes somebody 's job to phone all of these people everyday until you make contact and you get some feedback . |
| 4 | It is in nobody 's interest to see eastern Europe become a black market for laundering the world 's money . ’ |
| 5 | Hence they feel that it is in everyone 's interest to have full and open dialogues . |
| 6 | I have been speaking to him on the phone and we have decided that it would be in everyone 's interest to postpone First Holy Communion until the last Sunday of term , July 15th . |
| 7 | Thus , roughly speaking , one 's ability to make definite predictions is halved . |
| 8 | Such a consent is binding , and is not trivial as it reinforces one 's motivation to respect that government 's authority . |
| 9 | Instead of providing the British people with more incentives to work hard and succeed , the Labour Government preferred to increase taxes , so that it was hardly worth one 's while to produce more wealth . |
| 10 | And a most disturbing one at that ; too disturbing by a long chalk to display on one 's sideboard to embarrass one s guests . |
| 11 | One of the boys in question leaned forward and drawled in an upper-hive accent , ‘ Shame , having to hack off one 's pinkie to say sorry to one 's boss for a blunder . |
| 12 | Now I know the love for a man and the love for one 's child are two totally different things , but it 's not always simple for the father of one 's child to understand that . |
| 13 | My original programme included the week 's Workshop in Jaipur and two lectures in Delhi , but in fact I found myself with many more professional engagements than this , through the Indian habit of ‘ cashing in ’ on one 's presence to arrange last minute lectures and seminars , and the Indian tendency to solicit one 's opinion of personal research , of Ph.D . |
| 14 | In the long-term it is one 's capacity to make open and honest relationships , outside the Fellowships as well as within , that makes the real difference to the quality of life and recovery . |
| 15 | One 's inability to make better speed on a scrambling descent seems as paradoxical as it is frustrating . |
| 16 | When there is more than one right act it is one 's duty to do one of them , though not one in particular . |
| 17 | At the very least one owes it to one 's family to do this , as well as to oneself and even one 's current employer . |
| 18 | He thinks nothing of staying up till two or three o'clock in the morning in casinos , although I tell him it 's very , very bad for one 's constitution to have irregular hours . |
| 19 | And it 's not everybody 's job to do that , so ordinary people took the jobs as shunters and could be taught how to do it in short time , if they were average and er in good health . |