Example sentences of "[vb base] [that] [pers pn] [verb] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suggest that we proceed along those lines and look for the most economic way to alleviate my constituents ' problems while not doing too much damage to my hon. Friend 's constituents . |
| 2 | The climactic series of explosions of 27 August added volumes of fresh material to the already huge eruption column above the volcano , and some estimates suggest that it rose as much as eighty kilometres into the air . |
| 3 | Researchers there say that they achieved similarly fascinating results , though handicapped first by a small budget and also by several death threats from potential subjects . |
| 4 | On the album sleeve of ‘ Back To The Light ’ you say that you use both old and new AC30s . |
| 5 | Yeah because he said as soon as they see arrears he said they insist that it 's paid up and they insist that you have like three months pay them no problem he said |
| 6 | Solanki had told the Lok Sabha on March 30 that " I now regret that I handed over this note " but that " neither I nor my ministry instructed the Swiss authorities to stop or impede investigations into the Bofors case " . |
| 7 | One woman was so mean that she turned out all the lights immediately they got into their bedroom . |
| 8 | The Government 's own dietary surveys of British school children show that they eat too many crisps , chips , biscuits and chocolates and very little fresh food . |
| 9 | Some parents complain that they feel rather awkward going up to their child , when ( for example ) she is not behaving badly , in order to say , ‘ You are painting so nicely , I really feel pleased ’ . |
| 10 | The US and the Anglo-Saxon countries , for example , complain that it spends too much time and makes too little progress on basic standards , which they see as of benefit to developing countries alone . |
| 11 | Though some local followers complain that she spends too much time in West End theatres and not enough in party meetings , Miss Jackson seems well-informed about her part of London , down-to-earth and fully committed to becoming a Labour MP . |
| 12 | Moreover , you know that I become quite powerless whenever I am obliged to write for an instrument which I can not bear [ the flute ] . |
| 13 | Choosing to turn a blind eye to the unlikely drama that was unfolding a few feet in front of her , she merely expressed her gratitude for the imitation topaz bangle that she 'd just unwrapped , before turning on her heels and heading downstairs to catch the special seasonal episode of Crossroads . |
| 14 | It was an answer that did not mean much to me then and I confess that it means very little to me today : it is not only a rather arid and pompous definition , which seems to drain the idea of God of imaginative life , but it also seems arrogant — even hubristic . |
| 15 | Please also remember that it does not all end this evening . |
| 16 | I believe that they lie as much , or even more , in the form in the ground plan which the buildings and the natural objects together make . |
| 17 | the trouble is I find that they go very boardy when you got |
| 18 | The second is that it does not adequately take account of the sad fact of life that health authorities may on occasion find that they have too few resources , either human or material or both , to treat all the patients whom they would like to treat in the way in which they would like to treat them . |
| 19 | ‘ I have very much looked forward to retirement , and , like many others , I find that I have even less time than before to pursue all that I would like to do , ’ Dr Florin said . |
| 20 | I feel that we rely too much on the present state of affairs , too much on uniformitarianism , when interpreting the fossil record , especially in those groups that are now completely extinct or but a shadow of their former selves . |
| 21 | I feel that we need now new blood on the committee , and coupled with the fact that I 've done one one more year than the constitution says I should , I 'm not standing for reelection as Chairman . |
| 22 | Many feel that they have so few opportunities to do so . |
| 23 | The UK government 's strategy for reducing carbon emissions has been attacked by environmentalists , who argue that it places too much reliance on voluntary action by industry and the presumed effect of market forces , and that it pays scant attention to the need for research into energy efficiency . |
| 24 | That is an important assurance and it stands four-square with the patients charter that we published earlier this week . |
| 25 | He was tall and reasonably good-looking , with a slightly sad , very reserved look which could melt into a charming smile , so intimate that it unbalanced almost any girl he cared to direct it at . |
| 26 | And I certainly think that they felt more comfortable coming to our flat , than they would have felt coming to a big private house somewhere |
| 27 | We estimate that it costs about fourteen thousand pounds to train er and and recruit our our management staff . |
| 28 | ‘ I see that I know very little . |