Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [art] [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The General Herborising was also conducted by the Demonstrator who led his more expert colleagues further afield , sometimes to the coast where they would remain for a couple of days or more . |
| 2 | ‘ You can take me to a hotel , somewhere I can stay for a couple of nights until the police can find the very sick person who sent that letter to me . ’ |
| 3 | These advantages appear to me to outweigh the disadvantages identified by Mr of there being more outsiders in the family household , possibly homesick and unhappy carers who are not living in their own homes , but at the establishment and the trouble and worry to the of what would be not infrequent , recruitment of new carers for Mrs , I hope perhaps a trifle pessimistically thought that on average carers would not spend more than about a year of course , some longer , some shorter , because such carers necessarily had to be fairly young , fit , strong people and the stresses and strains of the er the whole business she thought would lead to reasonably rapid turnover , not the emergence of long-term carers who might stay for a number of years , er , as I say I 'd rather hoped that she may be unduly pessimistic about that , but , that , I accept what she says about it . |
| 4 | ‘ Be not cast down : if ye saw Him , who is standing on the shore holding out His arms to welcome you to land , you would not only wade through a sea of wrongs , but through hell itself , to be at Him . ’ |
| 5 | Group formation may arise as a result of factors favouring defence or resource acquisition and the sizes and compositions of groups express the effects of social selection within them . |
| 6 | Let me explain for the benefit of viewers that a sump is like a U-bend in plumbing , permanently full of water , so that the only way through is to dive under the water . |
| 7 | I am afraid it is written in enviro-jargon , which will need translating into ordinary English or Welsh , but I hope it helps you think about the kind of issues that need to be got across in a popular television programme . |
| 8 | Let's think about the number of regions we have , the T & G have got seven , we 've got ten . |
| 9 | Now I 've got four letter Ps to do with the voice er and what I want to do is is think about the comparison of aspects of the voice when we have a normal one to one conversation and compare that with the same aspects when we 're making a presentation standing in front of a group . |
| 10 | Typical of the government 's hypocrisy , in Pink 's view , that it could bleat about the failure of exporters while at the same time putting every sort of obstacle in their path . |
| 11 | While a cannon ball may plough through a line of troops and kill two or three victims , a mortar shell explodes with a tremendous bang , scattering mud , dirt , and bits of shell over a wide area . |
| 12 | And he seems to think I may not get any worse , but we sha n't know for a couple of weeks . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ We wo n't know for a couple of days but everything points to her having used large amounts of cocaine , ’ a senior detective told TODAY . |
| 14 | I 'll buy for a cost of bottles of his favourite beer Grosche |
| 15 | There is no point in denying them , even though we may justifiably quibble about the subjectivity of palaeontologists , the imprecision of the boundaries and the importance of the hidden gaps . |
| 16 | Also , voting for this season 's 1st team seems interesting , but should we wait for a couple of weeks before all signings are done . |
| 17 | Do you know of a source of parts ? |
| 18 | He does n't approve of a lot of things . |
| 19 | Thousands will demonstrate against the axing of jobs and ‘ vital ’ public services because of council cutbacks in London boroughs . |
| 20 | Do n't refer to happenings during that period or this whole fabrication will fall like a pack of cards . |
| 21 | He has recently ventured into an export business and hopes this will flourish with the lifting of sanctions . |
| 22 | Within Photographic Department , for example , volunteers could assist with the filing of slides and prints , and with data entry for a photographic database . |
| 23 | Hunt suggests that conflict of this kind may act in a group of individuals to : |
| 24 | As mass consumption , a particular array of objects may be found to represent and assist in the construction of perspectives relating to control over production or rivalry between consumers , but also to wider issues concerning morality and social ideals . |
| 25 | This should assist in the formulation of meetings and course programmes . |
| 26 | It did , however , assist in the concentration of bombers on route to the target and was invaluable in getting aircraft back in conditions of bad weather , GEE 's most important occasion was perhaps the 1,000-Plan , when nearly 1,000 aircraft passed through the target area in about 90 minutes , making Koln a watershed in the history of the British Bomber Offensive . |
| 27 | Comprehensive and accurate information on antecedent offences will assist in the prosecution of cases and in sentencing , and it will help the prison service to determine the appropriate prison regime . |
| 28 | By day it 's very much a ‘ let's get a sunlounger and lie on the sand ’ sort of resort and the sandy beach is well equipped with everything you 'll need in the way of bars , restaurants and shade , and there are several places to waterski , windsurf and parascend or try your hand on the wet bikes . |
| 29 | There is not much sign that the King did in fact profit from the sale of offices ; but others certainly could and did . |
| 30 | Certain performances that would qualify within the definition of plays are expressly exempted . |