Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] to [noun sg] [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 | The least they should be required to do , without further reluctance , is to announce a firm decision to phase out the drift-netting within five years . |
| 4 | 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 … |
| 5 | ICI strongly supports the Montreal Protocol , an international agreement to phase out the dispersive use of ozone-depleting chemicals . |
| 6 | Non-typists have difficulty finding the desired keys and may take a long time to type even a short word . |
| 7 | The Mercantile 's switch to Klea 134a is another step in a growing trend to phase out the use of CFCs which is required by 1995 under a world environmental agreement . |
| 8 | Then Vernage noticed Sergeant King staggering down the road in a desperate bid to flag down a car . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Their names will be in Japanese history books if they can persuade the Soviet leader to hand back the islands . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , those unfamiliar with the original Dutch version ( which is most people ) may find this a satisfying way to while away an evening . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , those unfamiliar with the original Dutch version ( which is most people ) may find this a satisfying way to while away an evening . |
| 13 | It was expected that case law would give rise to sufficient precedents to flesh out the relatively few guidelines available under UCTA , but in fact cases have been few and not very helpful . |