Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [coord] [vb infin] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Businesses now have a lower pound — that means a golden opportunity to invest and export into new markets . |
| 2 | Citing ‘ the absence of significant interaction ’ between the museum and the mall these two ‘ sites of consumer culture ’ Ms Greenberg condemned ‘ the Western museum 's inability to acknowledge and respond to this new presence ’ , i.e. , the mall , labelling it ‘ one more episode in a history which continues to separate art and life , the past and the present ’ . |
| 3 | Despite the imperfections of the documents , he felt to the full his responsibility to preserve and hand over intact to his successor all the rights , privileges , and possessions of which he was the divinely constituted guardian . |
| 4 | Why people spend good money to go and listen to that sort of stuff I 'll never know . |
| 5 | The buffet provided at this year 's Meeting with the opportunity to meet and chat with other members does not seem to have had sufficient appeal to justify another evening out . |
| 6 | The operator , which claims sixth place in the packaged holiday market , says the move is part of its intention to identify and cater for specific market segments . |
| 7 | We find it useful to have someone available as a stock figure to represent or stand for certain kinds of person . |
| 8 | A programme to trade and dispose of these interests in order to concentrate on major projects and significant new opportunities has already commenced . |
| 9 | Based on an aspect of attachment theory which emphasizes the relationship between a sense of security and willingness to explore and venture into new domains , this framework allowed us to examine secondees ' experiences during a period of transition . |
| 10 | At the same time teachers are being treated more and more like workers and less and less like professionals , so that their sense of power and freedom to evaluate and select among these opportunities feels diminished . |
| 11 | Apart from their capacity to excite and frustrate in equal measure , the pair shared a common bond as they meandered away from Highbury — and both would do well to heed the advice given freely to them . |
| 12 | It drifted and swirled about him , making him peaceful and tired , until his sense of loss began to go and the night was no longer awesome , for he had the protection of a Callanish eagle near him , and that gave him peace to rest and sleep at last … |
| 13 | Fix it for someone who does n't love the Scum to present and commentate on Manc of the Day , Alan Hanson 's brilliant but the rest seem to have their noses burried up Alex Fergusons behind or even Eric the Fleds . |
| 14 | Speechreading should be more than a communication aid ; it should enrich your quality of life , perhaps assisting you to become a more observant person , more aware , more alive , with the flexibility to adapt and adjust to new circumstances and with the courage and confidence to persist . |
| 15 | Henry 's failure to attend and comply with imperial councils finally led to a declaration of forfeiture of his fiefs , and the title of Duke of Saxony was conferred upon Bernard of Anhalt , the younger of son of Albrecht the Bear . |
| 16 | I am not sure if I would still sing if I had a wife , because I think marriage is a commitment to one woman , and I have no right to go and sing to all those others . ’ |
| 17 | So , for example , Burns and Stalker ( 1961 ) were able to divide forms of management structure into mechanistic and organic , the former being appropriate for firms operating under relatively stable market conditions because routine decision-making handles unchanging tasks efficiently , and the latter being appropriate to rapidly changing product environments where there is a continuous need to innovate and deal with new and unpredictable problems . |
| 18 | It is our commitment to providing customers with outstanding value for money , and our emphasis on quality , innovation and service , which allows the Group to grow and prosper in varying market conditions and in extremely competitive retail sectors . |
| 19 | Under the complex solution agreed between Yeltsin and Khasbulatov to the question of the interim appointment of a Prime Minister , the Congress won the right to nominate and vote on alternative candidates to the presidential nominee , but Yeltsin could choose his preferred candidate from among the top three , then to be confirmed in a further ballot by Congress . |
| 20 | Although , officially , the supremacy of the party was firmly maintained , relationships with other significant sectors of society were slowly being realigned as the party realized the need to recognize and adjust to new social and political roles ( Benvenuti , 1991 , pp. 4664 ) . |
| 21 | After all , Mercurius was the tutelary deity of the Art , and it was of his very nature to beguile and confuse in this manner ; but she could take no comfort from the knowledge , for she must pursue him as through a hall of mirrors , from one bride-chamber to the next , and at each remove he shifted shape with such dispiriting agility that , again and again , she might have cried out loud for rest . |
| 22 | If police were treated as ordinary public service employees they could demand the right to strike and come under all the other Health and Safety regulations applying to other jobs . |
| 23 | you always stay to your left , only use the right lane to overtake or turn to right |
| 24 | Can one person count and cope with that sort of flow ? |
| 25 | Social support remains , however , a rather nebulous concept to define and measure in social surveys . |
| 26 | Return meat to pan and cook for 1 min more , stirring continuously . |
| 27 | In the static methods , changes in the temperature dependence of an intensive property , such as density or heat capacity are followed and measurements are carried out slowly , to allow the sample to equilibrate and relax at each observation temperature . |
| 28 | But now they 're being given the chance to play and learn like normal children . |
| 29 | The patient and carer might also need a home help to clean the house or flat , or the social worker may call in ‘ care assistants ’ , who are trained in very basic nursing skills , if the patient is too heavy for the carer to handle and move about alone . |
| 30 | By s.5(3) : [ w ] here a person receives property from or on account of another , and is under an obligation to the other to retain and deal with that property or its proceeds in a particular way , the property or proceeds shall be regarded ( as against him ) as belonging to the other . |