Example sentences of "the [n mass] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The data do appear to confirm the view that there was a relationship between the level of unemployment and the rate of change of prices . |
| 2 | So the first problem facing any study of land use is the paucity of good and compatible data , for as the upper section of Table 8.2 shows , there can be considerable variations between different estimates , although the data do provide broad answers to the main points of interest defined by Peters ( 1970 ) namely : How much land is there ? how is it distributed between the major land uses ? and how have the allocations changed over time ( and space ) ? |
| 3 | Although the aircraft did turn northwards , the flight-data recorder trace showed that the outbound track was held for only a short while . |
| 4 | Bites usually begin with a slight tremble , or lift of half an inch or so , and then a steady but determined rise that continues until you strike or the fish lets go of the bait . |
| 5 | I do not know if I have supplied this fish with the ideal conditions but the fish does appear to be very healthy and always has the dorsal fin held erect and is indeed an impressive sight . |
| 6 | If the fish did attack and he missed with his spear , Trent knew that his chances of getting out of the water in one piece were nil . |
| 7 | Well it has been suggested of course that the people do experience personality changes when their behind |
| 8 | But the people do doubt it . |
| 9 | And erm there 's lots and lots of erm poverty but yet the people do seem fairly content with their lot . |
| 10 | But , you know , the situation is difficult in that if the people did move in there 's not a lot you can do about it because it would mean that you would have to surrender the lease , which means you 've let the guarantors off the hook for paying the then and you 're left without a tenant whatsoever . |
| 11 | One issue which the people did discuss , and which did have military implications , was relations with Egypt . |
| 12 | Inasmuch as the media does reproduce such accounts it sustains the status quo , since ‘ the problem ’ is said to lie within the individual and not wider social processes , implying that a solution comes through changes in the individual rather than in society . |
| 13 | I 'm not saying it 's all false , but the media does highlight certain erm public aspects of people . |
| 14 | Public exposure on television and the continual attention of the rest of the media did have a marked effect on Hannah Hauxwell . |
| 15 | Even if the media did inflate the ‘ winter of discontent ’ , even if Callaghan was unlucky when the Scottish National Party chose to commit political suicide in revenge for the failure of Labour 's devolution proposals , by supporting the Tories ' ‘ no confidence ’ motion in the Commons , Callaghan 's procrastination and the effects of his autocratic dealings with the unions were surely the main factors weakening the credibility of Labour between 1978 and 79 . |
| 16 | Fortunately the means do exist for a PC to suspend the operation of one program and run another and it is the exploitation of this facility that has produced a veritable rash of Desktop Accessory software . |
| 17 | The essence , or form , of a species accounts for the properties of that species , and a definition of it provides the means of demonstrating that the species does have those properties , and why it has them . |
| 18 | Although the gentry did invest in canals through rural hinterlands in the later phase , it is evident that agricultural savings were not noticeably tapped . |
| 19 | I do this , and reel my other rod in so that if the carp does give one another chance there will be no other line to get in the way of my landing it . |