Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] [noun] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While Davidge could not at that time be more specific , he observed , ‘ the appointment of Sir Anthony is intended to stimulate discussion and to help us rexamine all existing and potential services ’ . |
| 2 | The move is not designed to penalise smokers or to force them to change . |
| 3 | In addition , despite a disarmingly pleasant manner , Reagan was widely considered to harbour views that placed him outside the mainstream of American politics ; there was a possibility that he might tamper with social security or lead his country into war . |
| 4 | Arrangements can be made to consolidate debts and pay them off gradually . |
| 5 | In the process of sexual selection , certain males were said to develop characteristics that gave them the edge over other males in the competition for females . |
| 6 | It is the heart of a system that has helped revitalise Mantes and push it to the forefront of Europe 's high technology film manufacturers . |
| 7 | Now , this may sound also , but when you 've got to pay five hundred pounds out a year , and you 've got to fund raise and do it , often for young families this is a consideration . |
| 8 | And every Saab dealer is now bound to down tools and help you out without prior booking if the job takes less than an hour . |
| 9 | The consultant at first attempted to induce labour but discontinued it . |
| 10 | ‘ But I do have to see that the servants do everything , and since they all seem to leave as soon as they 've saved up enough money , half my time is spent finding replacements and training them . |
| 11 | She saw the woman summon a footman and point at her , and the footman duly arrived to collect Artemis and take her over to her father and his friend . |
| 12 | This ‘ tall stack ’ policy was intended to disperse pollution and dilute it to ‘ harmless levels ’ , while smoke was to be trapped at source by simple electrostatic filters . |
| 13 | But he added that government departments had been asked to complete forms and return them to the Treasury . |
| 14 | Radiogenic Ag , Te , Nd and Sm are trapped at a distance of about 50 metres from the reactor core — probably transported there by convection in aqueous solutions before enough bitumen had been generated to precipitate uraninite and trap them in its crystal lattice . |
| 15 | There are so many students involved that a Center for Entrepreneurship has been formed to offer advice and put them in contact with venture capitalists . |
| 16 | Having tried to arrange repatriation and found it hopeless , he was resigned to whatever future faced him in Germany . |
| 17 | They cause no great problem to anybody , and what ought to happen is that the gipsies and certainly the tinkers ought to be encouraged to buy sites and develop them and police them themselves . |
| 18 | The time taken to make equipment and give it out was frequently cited as a difficulty : " I 'd need a lab technician " . |
| 19 | By the time Tempy had managed to strip Tamar and get her into her nightdress , the baby 's head was in view . |
| 20 | members of staff who may be required to brief candidates or show them around ; |
| 21 | Lawyers are usually required to prepare cases and defend them . |