Example sentences of "[adj] [vb base] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some want to expand it by making themselves indispensable within different agencies and organizations , even if this entails the loss of a clear identity as a psychologist ( e. g . |
| 2 | But some want to keep it to themselves . |
| 3 | In consequence it is becoming increasingly accepted that not only does the anthropologist have his own social history and subjective stance , but more importantly , that those accounts which ignore this seem to lose something in the telling . |
| 4 | About fifteen of the boys said that they felt some need to prove themselves to the others and to become known to them by name . |
| 5 | Some have compared him to Orson Welles . |
| 6 | Some have assigned it to 481 , the probable date of Childeric 's death , others to 486 , when Clovis is said to have defeated Aegidius 's son , Syagrius , and taken over the city of Soissons which he ruled . |
| 7 | Some have seen them as a fine declaration of faith , but they are not . |
| 8 | Some have attributed it to the old French torques in reference to Turkey by way of which the stone reached Europe , and others to the Persian word piruzeh . |
| 9 | Some have described her as a 1920s version of much-admired Kate Adie , who always appears to be in the thick of things wherever the action is ! |
| 10 | Some have criticised him for not doing more to help urban California , where 80% of Latinos live . |
| 11 | It is not the first time the British have found themselves in the path of an offensive , it is the first time they 've evacuated , in such numbers and with such urgency . |
| 12 | All of these have assisted me in compiling this book . |
| 13 | They all seem to have something on their minds . " |
| 14 | My mother has just arrived and I would say from the look of her she is all set to greet you as a long-lost child . ’ |
| 15 | Valentine 's pertinent comments about the origins of different behaviour originating in structural constraints which excluded the poor from the life-styles of the more affluent have lost none of their force , but any consideration of everyday life in Cramlington and North Shields has to address the issue of different and distinctive life-styles which are none the less embedded in a common cultural matrix . |
| 16 | Gandalf ( a good and respected wizard ) , Elrond and Aragorn ( friends of Frodo ) all refuse to take it to Mount Doom . |
| 17 | I do n't suppose many have read it in depth , cos to be honest , when do we read a rule when we do n't have to , unless we absolutely need it . |
| 18 | The underlying improvement in operating performance and the restructuring implemented in 1992 have set us on the path to full recovery . |
| 19 | Members of Unix International have approached it about UI trying to get a piece of the COSE requirement process . |
| 20 | ‘ We all have to do something for the good of our country . ’ |
| 21 | Many schools have used continuous assessment of course-work as part of the work leading to GCE O level ( Mode 3 ) ; and still more have used it in the CSE examinations . |
| 22 | Many more have claimed him to be a genius of the hidden writings of the past ; an unsurpassed esoteric ; an extraordinary magician who deliberately mixed up his mysterious verses to hide them from weaklings and meddlers . |
| 23 | Mr Colman if I might add that re- orientation has brought with it the need to change our pricing strategy and therefore rather than going package by package right through the whole thirty four , we 're actually trying initially on the engines to go in one bang to price everything on the engines and do it in the next few months . |
| 24 | All the above serve to promote lots of healthy discussion and criticism ! |
| 25 | ‘ In recent weeks , businesses large and small have told us of their fundamental worries both about their immediate problems of the cost of finance and their treatment by the banks . |
| 26 | One is that the present level of unemployment must concern the health service ( and 1 have said nothing about other social problems ! ) . |
| 27 | Atrophied muscles can not cope with artificial legs , so patients first have to strengthen them with ‘ stump wrestling ’ competitions . |
| 28 | I do n't think there 's any need to check it on that cos we can see the pattern |
| 29 | The ram the point home with a stabbing , jerky version of Dead Kennedys-style punk-pop , but with a Gang Of Four influence to keep you on your toes and screaming choruses to knock you off your feet . |
| 30 | Erm , grant comes at a rate of fifty per cent that have accepted it as expenditure . |