Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do , however , have some minor reservations about their approach to individual movements ( the Finale of Op. 51 No. 1 strikes me as a little lacking in urgency , for example ) and the recordings tend to emphasise a rather compressed dynamic range . |
| 2 | Check beforehand if you intend to wear a badge because , if the rules are being strictly interpreted , only a single national or association badge will be permitted . |
| 3 | From the waist-down I intend to wear a pair of blue jeans with the possible added attraction of whatever I manage to spill down them tonight in the pub . |
| 4 | Cooke said : ‘ You hate to lose a game like that , especially when it is so tight and when two decisions go against you in that manner . ’ |
| 5 | There are cases like ( 141 ) , where make evokes a form of coercion : ( 147 ) — " Big Hans made me come . |
| 6 | I I find this quite extraordinary Chairman after two years of consistently arguing and voting in committee and at council , they appear to have been bought off by the Labour group and now intend to support a fudged half merger , half federation option . |
| 7 | The extension of the project could not but mean bringing a mixture of the sexes to regular printing offices . |
| 8 | Also higher property transfer taxes and commision rates make selling a house a much less attractive option in Europe so people tend to treat a house as a long term home rather than as an investment . |
| 9 | The Government intend to conduct a full review of the assisted areas — for all of Great Britain — early in the next Parliament . |
| 10 | It 's at such times , as you sit eating a damp sandwich as water drips from your nose , as you scour the map for all the things you ca n't see , that you wonder why the hell you do it . |
| 11 | Perhaps I should n't interfere but I hate to see a young man throwing his life away . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I hate to see a decent man making a mess of his life . |
| 13 | If you intend using a wheelbarrow measure it first . |
| 14 | If you intend using a small cast will it consist of the most fluent readers — those with the strongest voices — the best dancers — the top recorder group ? |
| 15 | By mid-afternoon , with DeFreitas absent nursing a sore groin , and after Botham and Lawrence had shared a fruitless new-ball partnership , Gooch 's men were looking right down the barrel . |
| 16 | So if you intend to paint a cold , bleak , winter scene , the grey would be an ideal choice . |
| 17 | Bulk load a wrong formulation or a not a wrong formulation |
| 18 | A more serious problem is the bias of the sources , which reflect the views of the ruling class rather than those of the rebels and therefore tend to paint a picture of disorder rather than to record the grievances which prompted the revolt . |
| 19 | Durability is still a point of concern because most tend to lose a certain amount of loft with extended use . |
| 20 | When I paint , I tend to see a colour , put that down , then move to something else and put that down , hopefully with a bit of shape as well . |
| 21 | Firstly , despite the functionalist tendencies already mentioned , The History of Sexuality does offer an alternative view of seeing the relationship between sexuality and wider social forces to the traditional functionalism of many ( particularly ) left interpretations , which tend to see a direct relationship between the nuclear family and organisation of sexuality , either in the interests of capitalism or as directly responsive to the urges of ‘ modernisation ’ . |
| 22 | Elderly people , with those in later middle age , are more likely to be shocked or outraged by sexual practices which they consider undesirable — and tend to see a wider range of sexual practices as such . |
| 23 | Below the photic zone oxygen is consumed by biological activity so immediat from immediately below the photic zone you tend to see a decrease in oxygen with depth reaching a minima somewhere between five hundred and a thousand metres depth |
| 24 | In consequence , they tend to see a simple one-to-one relation between attitudes , interests , and group organisation , and so they take the interest group world as a given that arises " naturally " in a way that calls for no complicated explanation . |
| 25 | Right , yes , it is important you see is n't it ? , because one of things that happens also I think is , is that we tend to see a motorway and we tend to see a call one side it , and a call the other side , and work on the assumption that we can actually get across the motorway there , or under the motorway there , but sometimes you ca n't can you ? |
| 26 | Right , yes , it is important you see is n't it ? , because one of things that happens also I think is , is that we tend to see a motorway and we tend to see a call one side it , and a call the other side , and work on the assumption that we can actually get across the motorway there , or under the motorway there , but sometimes you ca n't can you ? |
| 27 | Law of good continuity Then you tend to get things like closure where , instead of seeing four separated lines , you tend to see a square or a rectangle or whatever . |
| 28 | that people tend to see a meeting as having to be really , oh it 's got ta be at ten to five , it 's got ta |
| 29 | Such a clause is not attractive to the seller , because he loses control of the conduct of the claim of infringement , and it is often a difficult clause to persuade the buyer to accept unless there is a problem which is so well-known in a particular industry that many sellers tend to include a reservation relating to it . |
| 30 | Having their receptors overstimulated is something people tend to like a lot . |