Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [art] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this is the case , we would expect to find only a few of the many polymorphisms readily interpretable as responsive to present proximal selective forces . |
| 2 | Patients were asked to write down the highest of three blows for the paper and pencil diary and to enter the values of all three blows into the computer . |
| 3 | ‘ So you got to try out a few of these nice new cars yourself . ’ |
| 4 | I managed to hammer out the brief for the marioc debate in the nick of time . |
| 5 | Bob tried to imagine Morris completing the trainee scheme , joining the pensions fund , and going on to groove out the diagonal of Hand and Ball Court morning and night for twenty or thirty years . |
| 6 | He explains that most specialist dies are , of course , catered for , including vegetarian dishes , which , I noticed , were unusual enough to tempt even the staunchest of meat-eaters like myself . |
| 7 | His luck — and he would have a lot of luck ( which he acknowledged generously and constantly ) — was to meet here the first of many teachers who set him on his way . |
| 8 | In addition , the hospital will rely on a high-wind turbine to provide around a fifth of its power ; it will be enveloped in a plastic membrane to prevent heat loss ; a computer programme will enable it to make the most efficient use of power from various sources ( gas , oil , electricity , wind ) depending on fluctuations in cost and availability ; and heat exchangers and an on-site incinerator will recycle heat . |
| 9 | ‘ I hope to meet quite a few of them , ’ she said yesterday . |
| 10 | Make your visit a chance to sample just a few of its many varied and exciting cultures by taking advantage of one our Far East multi centre holidays featured on pages 26 and 27 . |
| 11 | Make your visit a chance to sample just a few of its many varied and exciting cultures by taking advantage of one of our Far East multi centre holidays featured on pages 26 and 27 . |
| 12 | It took many months of research on the part of Vanessa Forbes to track down the 21 of Marjorie Worgan 's original class members ( some now grannies ) who managed to attend the surprise lunch she organised for Marjorie 's 80th birthday . |
| 13 | Very few men do have any moments whatever , and for the benefit of such readers as have not sufficiently respected Mr Binyon for his , it would be well to set forth a few of them . |
| 14 | They told the inquiry that if a particularly strong FM transmission was made very near the radio it might be possible for it to pick up the sub-harmonic at around 14 MHz but that such a signal could not have emanated from a low-powered , hand-held type of two-way radio . |
| 15 | It is surely rather a lot to ask an alien species , perhaps 50 light-years away , to pick up the faintest of traces and then instantly respond . |
| 16 | We would n't wish to do that , but nor would we want to open up a free for all . |
| 17 | As in Chapter 2 , there will be room only to open up a few of the many possible perspectives and issues , and to suggest some ways of thinking about them . |
| 18 | Of course , you do n't have to set up the JMP-1 through a regular stage rack . |
| 19 | Mr Campbell was inspired to set up the fair by the publication last year of an Arts Council pamphlet which gave names and addresses of those producing books in Britain at the present and his fair is concentrating on British work . |
| 20 | Its primary function is to sharpen up the best of good practice . ’ |
| 21 | The more populous the parishes became , the more diffuse the community grew , the more acute the problem : no longer did the overseers or the ratepayers know everyone receiving relief , and it was then far from an easy task to sort out the needy from the charlatans . |
| 22 | Toby Freely felt somewhat out of his depth , not confident enough to sort out the genuine from the assumed . |
| 23 | That implicit decision to lock out a third of British adults from civic engagement is unethical . |
| 24 | On the darkened half-landing Frankie rubbed his face to wipe away the last of his tears . |
| 25 | Had you bothered to look up the LD-50 in any standard work , or even bothered to consult Dr Woodward , you would have been more cautious about repeating tales of poisoning . |
| 26 | To buy back a few of her father 's paintings she would be glad to sell the house and move into a rented flat . |
| 27 | tyme out of mynde , when any deere of the said forrest … have commen into the said manor of Hackness … the Rangers , and other officers of the said forrest … have always used to fetch out the same with their houndes and to rechase them into the said Forrest . |
| 28 | It is impossible to list here the hundreds of post-graduate , professional , and continuing studies courses that might be of interest to alumni . |
| 29 | Bill drew the curtains to let in the last of the twilight , then , as Faye 's eyes began to adjust , he turned to two low antique glass lamps . |
| 30 | The people murdered last week were every bit as innocent as were the people in the Shankhill Road , and I would be certain that the families of the people in the Shankhill Road would be horrified that the murder of their loved ones would be used as an excuse as an excuse to do exactly the same to other innocent people . |