Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [to-vb] [noun] or [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The term simulate is used in this chapter to mean mimic or copy a real event or situation . |
| 2 | Each ship carried seventy-five men , closely packed , with little room to swing sword or axe against roaring trolls high on the gunwales , who walked on men as on a highway and brought steel , thick and thin , hissing down , cleaving and searing . |
| 3 | More directors of trusts are indicating a willingness to draw on these reserves to maintain dividends or meet commitments . |
| 4 | The land , part of Westhay Moor , near Wedmore , a 100-acre Site of Special Scientific Interest , has not been managed , and all attempts to reach agreement or use legal powers have so far failed . |
| 5 | The bank has abandoned all plans to finance roads or logging in Cameroon 's forests , in keeping with its ‘ stringent policy to protect the rights of indigenous people . ’ |
| 6 | In the Fourth Duma ( 1912–17 ) the government showed little concern to defuse opposition or to exploit the deep divisions between its more moderate critics and the small minority of radical Left deputies . |
| 7 | In order to secure compliance with the Treaty of Rome , the national authorities in the member states ( including regional and local authorities ) are bound to inform the Commission in advance of any plans to grant subsidies or to alter the terms of existing subsidies . |
| 8 | The Chinese never felt that they had to go anywhere much beyond their own frontiers to acquire knowledge or to find riches ; to the extent that they did go abroad , it was to the west , by land or by hugging the coast . |
| 9 | I would be more than happy to receive any invitation to take workshops or to give talks on the subject . |
| 10 | The Society forbade any member to hold office or take as a spouse an individual who might invite or arouse the curiosity of the press . |
| 11 | He was a strange , rather lonely man with a lonely job that was highly pressured and did n't leave him any time to make friends or indulge in theatre gossip . |