Example sentences of "of [adj] [verb] [coord] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is surely wrong to draw a line between the right of another to live or die . |
| 2 | The first time one person whispered in the ear of another to make or break a third person 's reputation , then public relations was born . |
| 3 | We can use the power of narrative to intrigue and draw children into the work at the same time as teaching them about narrative ; teaching them how to manipulate it for themselves . |
| 4 | His highly playful Djinn ( 1981 ) — originally written as a French teaching text — demonstrates the limitless power of narrative to combine and fragment in ever-changing patterns . |
| 5 | If a church finds itself divided but comes together in spite of this to pray and fast and repent and seek God for a renewal of love , then unity and power can be restored from within and a breakthrough occur . |
| 6 | It was decided in the spring of 1892 to repair and rebuild the tower and as the Vicar in his letter puts it " To rebuild as an ornament to the village with a good clock in it , to make the fabric itself what it should be for a wealthy parish such as ours " . |
| 7 | Nintendo Co has lost a bid to keep competitors from selling devices that modify its video games after the US Supreme Court refused to hear its arguments against an appeals court ruling in favour of Lewis Galoob Toys Inc , which offers Game Genie , which plugs into the Nintendo Entertainment System and cartridges , enabling players to use a simple code to change up to three elements of a game at a time ; the appeals court wrote that because Game Genie does n't cause any permanent change to the Nintendo cartridges — and is dependent upon a cartridge and the Nintendo system in order to operate — it does not usurp Nintendo 's copyright ; Nintendo said Game Genie violates a copyright owner 's exclusive right under the Copyright Act of 1976 to authorise or prepare derivative works . |
| 8 | They used to say Bomber Wells was hardest of all to read and gather . |
| 9 | It is an offence for anyone under the age of 18 to sell or buy drinks . |
| 10 | It was a crime in New England , punishable by death , for a child of 16 to curse or strike a parent . |
| 11 | Well we 're asking people to enter in teams of four to come and plant as many trees a they can in the space of an hour . |