Example sentences of "of [noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I just need a bit of luck to get over that barrier . |
| 2 | The spiny newt of China goes through the same sort of contortions to warn off those that threaten it and adds a special deterrent all its own . |
| 3 | I prefer to let the game be fun , with little concern for competition , but sometimes children like to see who takes the shortest number of dives to pick up all the treasure . |
| 4 | I did not become a Labour Member of Parliament to hand over all power to bankers . |
| 5 | ‘ We call on members of parliament to throw out those parts of the Agriculture Bill which will spell the end of the potato scheme . |
| 6 | I mean , that takes a bit of research to find out these things ? |
| 7 | ‘ There are many groups who give people a great deal of help to get over all sorts of problems . |
| 8 | what are the best exercises then or the best form of exercise to build up some ticker to build up the heart ? |
| 9 | The bogwood went into a bucket of water to soak out any discoloration , and to waterlog it so that it sinks . |
| 10 | Gon na ask you to do an exercise now er it 'll it 'll take us to four o'clock before we start talking about assertiveness what I 'm gon na ask you to do is in one , two three , one two in two twos and a three I want you to put on paper one side one sheet of paper to sum up all the things we 've done about communication so far today and it 's going to other people on this course , and it 's going to be marked by one of them on this course . |
| 11 | These are tested in a number of ways to cull out those that seem less than clear or ambiguous , then they have to be scaled . |
| 12 | If the new clause goes through without amendment ( a ) , it will empower the Secretary of State to set up such a council . |
| 13 | just as the ermine changes it coat for winter ; just as the seed can lie dormant for thousands of years ; just as the bacteria and the rotifers can live in their desiccated time capsules for perhaps longer than we can ever envisage , awaiting a change of outer circumstances for the tiny living specks of dust to take on another form — just so , perhaps , may the living forms we know so well have secrets tucked away within them that only the rolling of the aeons can reveal . |
| 14 | It is that very distance that has allowed the memory of Vietnam to take on such a glow of nostalgia . |