Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [noun sg] to [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some people lack one colour pigment , and so lose sensitivity to part of the spectrum , usually red or green . |
| 2 | The cliffs soon give way to miles of long sandy beaches . |
| 3 | A decade after the end of the first post-war period in Britain ( that is , during the sharp oil price rise mentioned above ) social mobility was characterized both by heightening opportunities of rising socially , as well as increased risks of being caught in a downward spiral — particularly for those of working-class origin , who are among those who most easily fall prey to recruitment into the underclass . |
| 4 | Many people had worked on the paper for twenty years , and never once come face to face with the Editor . |
| 5 | Despite the difficulties , people still regard access to education for their children as a ‘ passport out of poverty ’ . |
| 6 | Earlier this year , The Sunday Telegraph reported scientists also fear damage to life in the oceans . |
| 7 | The EEC wants to limit noise emissions from bikes to 79 decibels , which riders claim will make all air-cooled machines illegal , and also limit power to 100hp for motorcycles with more than 400cc capacity . |
| 8 | JUNIOR club Banbridge sent CIYMS crashing out of the First Trust Senior Cup yesterday — and now play host to Ballymena in the quarter-finals . |
| 9 | An insurance company can choose whether or not to insure anyone , and all companies now refuse insurance to people with HIV . |
| 10 | Text books often include reference to explanations of legislation given by a minister in Parliament , as a result of which lawyers advise their clients taking account of such statements and judges when construing the legislation come to know of them . |
| 11 | Please give headline to Sid in process A day to be together |
| 12 | CHILDREN of today come face to face with images of the past at an exhibition in a Middlesbrough museum . |
| 13 | Foreign learners increasingly need access to dictionaries of " English Language and Culture " ( for example , Longman 1992 ) not only for literary texts , but for London Underground posters . |
| 14 | Martinho and I were separated , then put back to back at about twenty metres , very much like pistol duellists from the old time . |
| 15 | well that 's what I wan na know , that 's right , that 's all I wan na know , never give way to traffic on the , on the right , you could pull out on it , if indicating |