Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [adj] [verb] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope to encourage some to seek and find . |
| 2 | Few guests enjoy bending double to eat or balancing lasagne on the knee . |
| 3 | Since nineteen seventy nine we have done much to extend and improve the tax incentives available in order to encourage individual and corporate donors to give to charity . |
| 4 | Although precious substances have done much to dignify and enrich the lives of individuals , their prime function has always been social . |
| 5 | I have been an elected representative of the Labour Party for 20 years and have seen many come and go in their own shadow . |
| 6 | Due partly to the propagation and acceptance of various theories of development , ( e.g. Coale & Hoover 1958 and Ehrlich et al 1973 ) and perhaps to the direct pragmatic experience of government , states have seen fit to try and persuade , induce or coerce the people to undertake new patterns of reproduction or agricultural practice . |
| 7 | I have to make two remarks that bring me great pleasure . |