Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [vb -s] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you liken the body to a computer for a moment , the computer can only function when it has the correct date and commands fed to it ; otherwise it refuses to work or breaks down altogether . |
| 2 | I merely want to make the limited point that many of these students — who may be highly intelligent — do not have the existing familiarity with poetry , not to mention the general knowledge and cultural literacy , that would enable them to engage as equals in genuinely critical discussion . |
| 3 | The wasp strays in , eats a little honey , warms itself , tries to sting and travels out to some winter lair . |
| 4 | Being a water-based mousse , it 's ultra light to apply and blends in perfectly with your natural skin tone . |
| 5 | When lava like this comes to rest or slows down , the ‘ skin ’ piles up against itself , buckling up into a closely-spaced series of pleats . |
| 6 | In the circuit of Fig. 6.14(a) , for example , linear acceleration and deceleration profiles are produced by integrating a signal which turns on when the motor is to accelerate and turns off when deceleration in required . |
| 7 | It will prove difficult for MPs and peers to amend and rules out favoured alternatives . |
| 8 | There might be something I 'd like to watch that comes on at ten o'clock . |
| 9 | A peasant catches two partridges , takes them home to his wife to cook and sets off to invite the village priest to join them . |
| 10 | Available in one size only , it measures 30in from nape of neck to hem and fits up to 42in bust . |
| 11 | Stress applied to a migrating epidermal cell at right angles to its direction of movement ( tangential to the leading edge of its lamellipodium ) causes the lamellipodium to retract and brings about a reorganization of the cell 's actin into a cable oriented along the major axis of stress . |