Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] to [noun] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Written in a very attractive style this little publication is the ideal vehicle to while away a quiet few minutes and , at the same time , does something practical to help with the preservation of steam . |
| 2 | Pretty comfortable ways to while away the summer |
| 3 | Drawing from his experience of Japan , Johnson ( 1984 : p. 8 ) considered that this ‘ means the initiation and co-ordination of governmental activities to leverage upward the productivity and competitiveness of the whole economy and of particular industries in it … |
| 4 | Non-typists have difficulty finding the desired keys and may take a long time to type even a short word . |
| 5 | The progression is familiar enough , and it adds another modern dimension to Middle-earth-or rather a timeless one , for though in the modern age we give Saruman a modern ‘ applicability ’ , his name , and the evident uncertainty even in Anglo-Saxon times over mechanical cleverness and ‘ machinations ’ , shows that his meaning was ancient too . |
| 6 | In 1155 , the customs confirmed by Louis VII for Lorris on the royal demesne established that no parishioner should have to pay taxes on food intended for his own consumption or on grain grown by his own labour ; he should be exempt from tolls when he took his produce to the neighbouring towns of Etampes , Orléans , Milly , or Melun ; if required for a chevauchée , he must be allowed to return home at the end of the day ; the only labour service he owed his lord was in carrying seigneurial wine to Orléans twice a year ; and the burgesses of Lorris as a whole were exempted from seigneurial tailles . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , those unfamiliar with the original Dutch version ( which is most people ) may find this a satisfying way to while away an evening . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , those unfamiliar with the original Dutch version ( which is most people ) may find this a satisfying way to while away an evening . |