Example sentences of "a [noun] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's important to take a case just to try , but we 've never won such a case yet . |
| 2 | In such a case better to accept whatever penalties the Church might impose , however harsh , for theft and deceit , rather than fall into the hands of the secular law , my law , ’ said Hugh firmly , ‘ where murder is a hanging matter . |
| 3 | I 've been retired from playing for five years , although this season I messed about a bit just to keep in touch with what was going on , and I really do think that someone else should have the honour of captaining the team . |
| 4 | Mars takes a bit longer to revolve on its axis than the Earth , so a Mars afternoon would be a bit longer than an Earth afternoon . |
| 5 | ‘ That gives us a bit more to go on . |
| 6 | Chop that up and you 'll get a bit more to go with it . |
| 7 | Two hundred and seventeen poll tax with a bit more to go on it . |
| 8 | I 'll sa I 'll have a bit more to say about stimulus response coupling in a second . |
| 9 | Um also by that time er perhaps with a bit more experience of the world you 've got a bit more to compare it with and you 've got a strong sense that this is unjust , unreasonable and that other people do n't have to suffer from it . |
| 10 | In fact , Conservative opposition in the Lords is proving very important , and if Colonel is concerned about the future level of the police budget , why does n't he do a bit more to stop this nationalisation of the police going through parliament at the moment , and I just want to quote the , the words of Conservative Chairman of the Sussex police authority , over the years from nineteen eighty-two to nineteen ninety-three , four of them , and the most senior of course , who led the Association of County Councils for the Conservatives . |
| 11 | ‘ He was n't put on contract because we felt he had to do a bit more to earn one . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , we 've quite a bit more to do before dinner-time . ’ |
| 13 | I did the Maastricht one well as which is a bit more to do . |
| 14 | I 've still got a bit more to do , you know ? |
| 15 | Ken 's got a bit more to do then ? |
| 16 | He saddles Wajiba Riva in the Coventry and warned : ‘ Stonehatch will have a bit more to beat than he did when winning at York . ’ |
| 17 | Learning it type is a full business and I for one need a bit more to keep me interested . |
| 18 | In practice , however , share prices would have to rise by a bit more to convince holders to convert warrants into shares , since by switching from bonds into equities they would be taking an extra risk . |
| 19 | Well he 's like that different taste , never sort of with Christopher stands for what he likes and what he does n't like , shall we mix it round a bit more to mix in ? |
| 20 | It 's a bit far to take her to near Berwick . |
| 21 | He says it 's a bit far to come but he thinks they pay expenses , so it 's nice . |
| 22 | I 'll have to work a bit harder to make up for lost time when I get there . |
| 23 | We 'll take it a bit gradually to begin with . |
| 24 | At about seven months of age the average baby is quite skilled at removing obstacles to prehension ; is well able , for example , to pull a cushion away to reach a rattle behind it . |
| 25 | If the pharmacy goes people are not gon na go to that doctor because there wo n't be a pharmacy nearby to get a prescription . |
| 26 | A decision today to send the case to the Human Rights Court would be an embarrassment to the Government which would be forced to mount a vigorous defence of its policy against the IRA to justify the shootings under the human rights code . |
| 27 | ‘ The FA should have been brave and made a decision either to eliminate Peterborough or allow the 9-1 result to stand . |
| 28 | When we are sinned against we have a decision either to forgive or harbour resentment . |
| 29 | STRATHCLYDE youngsters will lose more than 23,000 days of outdoor education each year after a decision yesterday to shut four centres . |
| 30 | EGG HATCHERIES will be monitored for salmonella , following a decision yesterday to tighten controls on the bacterium which has caused a rising tide of food poisoning cases in recent years . |