Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [conj] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( It does seem a little perverse of EMI to have included with these discs the specification of the Sainte-Trinité organ as it now stands rather than as it was at the time these recordings were made . ) |
| 2 | they say that ad , it pays to advertise I mean , to me advertising has never done anything for me well I do n't think it has anyway but if it pays to advertise and look at the number of people that read the Express |
| 3 | The rabbit then drops downwards and as soon as this happens you should reintroduce the line ferret . |
| 4 | ‘ It looks almost as though it might be a fire . ’ |
| 5 | She has smooth , soft skin which glows softly as though a candle were just below the surface . |
| 6 | It looks sadly as though only too much of England — or shall we say the English populace — is what it seems . |
| 7 | You 've got to give them a very specific task to do and give them the support and the materials to do it with and make sure it happens so that when they turn up at 3 o ’ clock , it 's set up to go . |
| 8 | Mr Colston-Hayter warns darkly that if laws are introduced to prevent all-night parties , the ‘ right to freedom of association ’ would be compromised , and calls on the Government ‘ committed to freedom ’ to reconsider . |
| 9 | He says now that if he 'd known what it would involve he would have taken the first plane out of town , but I was hugely relieved when he agreed . |
| 10 | Adhesion generally occurs readily and if not the quality of the PLL coating should be questioned . |
| 11 | Wright comments : " Comparison of the two passages shows clearly that while Malcolm focuses on the basilect , Tania 's narrative is more diffuse . |
| 12 | Lothian Region Transport is a bus company which , although owned by the Council , acts independently as though it were a privately owned firm , it has no powers or funding to subsidise bus services . |
| 13 | Follow the track which leads downstream and when it divides , turn right into a field . |
| 14 | Joe and Pip 's relationship suffers dramatically because as Pip becomes more accustomed to his new lifestyle he puts Joe and his old life further and further behind him . |
| 15 | Careful attention to engine mounting and sound insulation means that the large engine sounds almost as though it belongs to the car in front — a remote burbling noise that seems to have travelled a long way before it reaches the driver 's ear . |
| 16 | Why the sea anemone stays there and whether it gains anything from this relationship is not known . |
| 17 | Isabelle shrugs amiably as though to say ‘ boys will be boys , ’ and shoots Perry up easily in the top of his hand . |
| 18 | To me it seems now as though all had ended well . |
| 19 | It appears therefore that whilst ‘ private ’ homosexual conduct may have been decriminalised , the ‘ public ’ margins came to be increasingly policed . |
| 20 | A BBC spokesman said : ‘ If all goes well and when Anne feels up to it , we will introduce her and her baby to the Good Morning audience . ’ |
| 21 | A BBC spokesman said : ‘ If all goes well and when Anne feels up her and her baby to the Good Morning audience . ’ |
| 22 | Nevertheless , their interest articulation role is very much qualified in practice in the sense that ‘ unions are asked to act as filters rather than as mouthpieces ’ ( Pravda , 1983 ) , passing on shopfloor grievances to management or higher union bodies . |
| 23 | The Corrado feels subjectively as though it is screwed together just a little more tightly but neither car suffers from rattles or shakes . |
| 24 | Unfortunately , this may be precisely when your scoring technique thumps home but if the panel ca n't see it , they ca n't award a point . |
| 25 | Well if we 're producing more of our own goods , we are importing less of somebody elses alright and if we actually become a net exporter then we 've erm closing down the markets of third country exporters right so not only do we er consume less of er New Zealand lamb than we might do otherwise , right . |
| 26 | No male member of the Royal family had ever been directly involved with the hospital before , but she feels strongly that when children are in hospital it is the parents ' problem , not just the mother 's , and so the request was specifically for them both to be patrons . |
| 27 | It feels almost as though it might stay this way for ever . ’ |
| 28 | The young woman feels curiously as though she is only playing at house once more when she goes into the first flat or home that she can truly call her own . |
| 29 | ‘ It implies only that if a control measure is deemed to be practicable ’ then it must be adopted . |
| 30 | It means merely that where the trustee was in possession of the property under trust , he could be ordered to make it over . |