Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] [noun] [conj] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the dieter starts to lose weight and feels more energetic it might be time to consider further possibilities . |
| 2 | This is when the pupil is still coming to terms with using a low vision aid and is not yet skilful in its use , but needs to read text and notes that are too advanced in content to be available in the large print of junior and early reading books . |
| 3 | Adding new levies to fuel and power bills could be justified as environmentally friendly following the trend set in the US by President Clinton , and European Community plans to tax consumption that contributes towards global warming . |
| 4 | Experience tends to improve performance but has a lessening effect as the age of acquisition increases . |
| 5 | And yet it appears to frustrate business and fails to protect the individual , ’ |
| 6 | The crown-of-thorns starfish occasionally proliferates to plague proportions and devastates great areas of coral . |
| 7 | To overcome the problem PMMA lenses have been surface modified with a radiation grafted hydrogel coating of poly ( vinyl pyrrolidone ) which appears to improve biocompatibility and reduces endothelium damage . |
| 8 | The therapist helps to set goals and suggests means of attaining them , but tries whenever possible to put responsibility on the patient . |
| 9 | She tries to manipulate people and succeeds with Mitch but can not manipulate the others . |
| 10 | He seeks to blackmail Headstone but succeeds only in driving the man to desperation . |
| 11 | In that marriage she was easily the dominant partner and Joe let her be partly because it is n't in his nature to be pushy or dominant but mainly due to the fact his father bullied his mother , as we are told and he is afraid of him doing this as well and so fails to protect Pip and tolerates Mrs Joe 's dominant character . |
| 12 | The extension of a period fixed shall not be treated as relief from which the lessee is barred if he fails to pay arrears and costs within that period ( meaning the period fixed ) ( s 138(8) ) . |