Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun sg] [to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The regular production of films featuring these performers gave their production companies some sort of economic foundation to build on , as well as allowing producers like Balcon and Dean a glimpse of what a popular British cinema might achieve . |
| 2 | But he underlined sharply too , how discouraged and disappointed he had been at the inability of his own Department of Agriculture and the Department of Economic Development to sort out their roles in the scheme of things . |
| 3 | The moth 's surest means of staying alive , therefore , is not to be detected ; and it has the advantage of advance warning to keep out of the way . |
| 4 | He had two almost contemporary biographies and a wealth of oral tradition to draw on , and out of these materials he made a lively and dramatic portrait , full of sentiment and warmth , which easily outdistanced in popularity the biographies written by later writers who tried to do better . |
| 5 | Information on matters like drug and solvent abuse is widely available and will also tell you what signs of possible abuse to look out for . |
| 6 | Perhaps the work-load is high at the time , looking at the map and the ground for possible clues as to where they are , looking for signs of possible lift to climb in , together with all the other little worries involved in a field landing . |
| 7 | Many who moved were glad to do so and the economy as a whole has benefited from the release of agricultural labour to take up employment in the expanding manufacturing and service sectors . |
| 8 | Furthermore Mr himself has said to me on more than one occasion that given the history of the situation it 's unlikely that we would get anybody of sane mind to take over the running of the two centres . |
| 9 | And usually a loaf of fresh bread to make up the weight . |
| 10 | The partial lifting of the oil ban was reportedly prompted by a recent UN report recommending limited sales of Iraqi oil to stave off imminent mass starvation [ see p. 38361 ] . |
| 11 | Now , though still experimental , the methods of gene-transfer promise to bring about even more productive variations , crossing the species-lines that has stopped nature cold . |
| 12 | An increasing imbalance between accumulation and supplies of additional labour requires the faster scrapping of old plant to speed up the transfer of workers to new means of production . |
| 13 | Personalities , presentational skills , prejudices , and political dogmas all play their part , but the working of the market-place helps the coinage of sound argument to drive out the counterfeit of special pleading . |
| 14 | Britain has a whole new culture of public education to work out : new expectations , customs , relationships and attitudes more profound than the new vocabulary which is at present being learnt . |
| 15 | Its use of public money to set up a network of city technology colleges in joint ventures with businesses mocked the needs of the majority of children . |
| 16 | In this sense professionals have already attempted to break down the norms of public discourse to bring on the clients of welfare who have suffered in silence . |
| 17 | It is a matter of social conscience to go on explaining and proposing , and at the same time help in organising and educating the victims . |
| 18 | It will then be the responsibility of the Department of Social Security to take out a maintainance order against the father , although the form of the order should be such that the order continues to operate when the mother leaves welfare . |
| 19 | I have asked Lord Ferrers to work on this with the Chief Police Officers , Sir George Young at the Department of Environment and Nick Scott at the Department of Social Security to draw up a strong package of measures which can improve our ability to protect the rural public against these parasites . |
| 20 | This is a delightful , funny , quirky old thriller , belting along on high octane enthusiasm and using its copious quantities of High Tech to dress up a more human story which gleefully sings the praises of Spirit over Machine . |
| 21 | I shall not necessarily take the hon. Gentleman 's figures on the disabled as being correct , but I shall certainly make inquiries of British Coal to find out what the position is , and I shall write to the hon. Gentleman . |
| 22 | ‘ That was a lot of extra weight to carry around . |
| 23 | I think , ’ he said , moving slightly so that his body covered hers again , ‘ that we have a lot of lost time to make up for . ’ |
| 24 | Where domination strategies are a pervasive feature of the culture of teaching in a school , pupils can be remorseless in their expectations that teachers conform to the ‘ normal ’ pattern and can exercise powerful sanctions of disobedience and disruption against those who allow reason or consideration of personal concern to show through , against those who seem to show manifest signs of weakness or softness , that is . |
| 25 | At the same time I practised assiduously my calculus of personal ritual to ward off any kind of eidesis . |
| 26 | In Britain , the tight financial regime imposed on local councils and the reluctance of central government to take on any new expenditure makes it necessary to seek funds from the private sector . |
| 27 | he is he 's hop hoping to open it probably a week at Christmas but I would tell people if they do go to wrap up warm because the heating is as original except for a sort of Aga stove in the kitchen which they use as their sort of central point to live in . |
| 28 | They buy a cot , a changing table , a convertible buggy/pram , a baby seat to go in the back of the car , a changing mat , a night-light , a sterilizing unit , five large bottles plus teats , five small bottles plus teats , five baby-grows ( newborn size ) , three undervests ( newborn size ) , three pairs of socks ( newborn size ) , a mobile with four fluffy ducks dancing around a clockwork mechanism that plays the Brahms Lullaby , a wallpaper frieze with chickens on it which Paul has to put up in the nursery , a van-sized packet of newborn nappies , a tub of cream to put on the kid 's bottom , a bucket of white emulsion to freshen up the nursery walls , a lampshade with more chickens on it to brighten up the nursery light , a parasol to go on the buggy and a breast pump for expressing milk . |
| 29 | To find the time of day , use a slip of white paper to blank out three of the discs . |
| 30 | There was fresh salmon to start with , baked in a light-as-a-feather pastry , then duck cooked in a mouth-watering loganberry sauce , plus a couple of huge tureens of fresh vegetables and plenty of white wine to wash down each delicious mouthful . |