Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun sg] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If liked , you can transfer the marzipan to a sheet of non-stick paper now to make inverting it with the cake easier . |
| 2 | like it you know , you , you can spend a lot of bloody money just to try and improve |
| 3 | John Major 's taking a break from the hard grind of political life here to sell Britain to the Japanese . |
| 4 | It would now be an act of political madness further to raise them to support the pound ( as indeed it would be to sacrifice more of our reserves to the same purpose ) . |
| 5 | It is in the interests of each individual therefore to proclaim clearly among the confusion of swarming fish , that its particular niche is occupied so that no other individual of the same species will poach its territory . |
| 6 | Place the dough on greased baking sheets , raising the edges of each piece slightly to contain the topping . |
| 7 | Will Kampuchea become a land of gentle peace , or is the bad blood from ten years of fratricidal war about to gush in torrents ? |
| 8 | None of this , though , for Ifor or for Cis or , I presume , for the rest of the family , was to be compared with the fact that Richard Walter Jenkins Junior , aged eleven , passed a scholarship to the Secondary School and went there : the first Jenkins of that line ever to do so . |
| 9 | Madam Chairman if I may just make a comment of concern that information was not , on this point was not forthcoming to the county councillors of that area perhaps to make er give them an opportunity to make comment prior to you so you could make this delegated action . |
| 10 | ‘ The challenge on the people side of the business was to change behaviour , ’ says Mel Smaje , ‘ because most people enter the profession of chartered accountancy either to get the qualification and go out or , if they are going to stay in , to tackle intellectual challenges in the field of accountancy , which often makes them deskbound . |
| 11 | He has n't played a competitive game since , but turned out with an Ulster XV in the unlikely setting of Sheephaven Bay yesterday to mark the local club 's introduction into the Ulster League . |
| 12 | I got paid for August which was quite clever really cos my date would of been sort of half way through to book my holiday |
| 13 | It would make little sense in this context to increase the categories of sexual assault simply to maintain gender specificity . |
| 14 | At the same time the great Victoria Terminus was extended by the addition of another station behind to cope with increased long-distance traffic . |
| 15 | In the case of information relating to er say client A which is obtained by the auditor while auditing client B , the auditor ought as a matter of sound practice normally to use the information to make further enquiries for the purpose of the audit of A. These interpretations have been set out more fully in the statement of auditing standards and the professional guidance issued by the auditing practices board that will accompany this legislation and as matters of courtesy to the house er Madam Deputy Speaker , I ask that a copy of that be placed in the library . |
| 16 | Seb reached Burford in a state of high excitement only to find that Superintending Constable Aplin was in London . |
| 17 | My right hon. and learned Friend and I meet the chairman of British Rail regularly to discuss all current issues . |
| 18 | My right hon. and learned Friend and I meet the chairman of British Rail regularly to discuss all current issues . |
| 19 | Will my right hon. and learned Friend confirm that he will ask the chairman of British Rail urgently to look at the position of the tunnels further along the line to ensure that precautions similar to those that are being instituted in the Severn tunnel will also be made in those tunnels if signalling changes have taken place recently associated with the general modernisation work ? |
| 20 | They also have a gain setting which will allow a field of this magnitude not to overload the output of the stage . |
| 21 | For the people of this city like to meet and greet the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress , we will strive to meet as many people in all walks of life as possible . |
| 22 | 7.1 Each of the Parties agrees during the term of this Agreement not to participate in any project which competes with the Project or which is designed to fulfil the same or similar objects . |
| 23 | The bill was designed to permit workers in companies with more than 50 employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave annually to care for a sick or new child , receive medical treatment or tend to a seriously ill spouse or parent . |
| 24 | The eggs can remain viable for a considerable period of time , however , and so you should dispose of faecal matter carefully to prevent any risk of infection in the garden if you have a young family . |
| 25 | Indeed , about a million years ago some species of primate — the forerunners of human beings — seemed to select out larger brains in one of the most explosive periods of evolutionary change ever to occur on Earth . |
| 26 | Women like Sarah , on the other hand , who do have high expectations of marriage , are likely to be sufficiently disillusioned by the reality of wedded bliss not to want to repeat the experience . |
| 27 | She argues that we need to rethink the theories of moral development altogether to encompass a respect for both the masculine ‘ ethic of rights ’ and the feminine ‘ ethic of care ’ . |
| 28 | ‘ save that it can be required by Matlodge [ the purchaser ] to give possession on not less than one quarter 's notice in writing upon Matlodge certifying that it is ready at the expiration of such notice forthwith to proceed with the development of the property and the neighbouring property involving , inter alia , the demolition of the property . |
| 29 | If the fundamentalist factions drop their differences to form a coalition , they could sweep the board : a prospect dreaded by many Algerians who do not want to emerge from long years of joyless socialism only to face even more joyless Islamic militancy . |
| 30 | Perhaps for this reason , Haig now extended the front of Second Army northward to include the crucial Menin Road area , thus giving Plumer the principal target : the Gheluvelt plateau due east of Ypres . |