Example sentences of "[vb base] [det] sort of [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An emotivist will think that Butler is merely expressing and inviting an attitude whereby we favour this sort of system of self control , while an intuitionist will think that there is tacit appeal to an intuition as to what ought to be . |
| 2 | He did n't for one minute expect that sort of treatment in Gloucester , but that was how he would spend this afternoon . |
| 3 | The interview ended shortly and our Elt said something about how perhaps he ought n't say that sort of thing on the Northwestern TV station … |
| 4 | Could that person obtain advice from people in the armed forces who have legal training , or could the armed forces obtain that sort of advice for the person seeking it ? |
| 5 | And you give that sort of thing to the estate agent . |
| 6 | Only three per cent of employers give any sort of help for childcare and I ca n't really see that increasing ’ . |
| 7 | Taken together Tables 8.3 and 8.4 indicate some sort of policy for dividend payout ratios on behalf of the commercial companies in the UK . |
| 8 | Erm or a need to I du n no find some sort of facility in common . |
| 9 | Now I have already criticized recall and memory as a guide to advertising effectiveness , so I am clearly vulnerable when I adduce this sort of thing as evidence for long-term effects of advertising . |
| 10 | Well no , I suppose the , use some sort of analysis of what er , what words are in use . |
| 11 | Use this sort of comparison in assisting where your turns will take you , and do n't get further away than your original sighting distance . |
| 12 | You did n't at that stage I do n't think make any sort of link towards referrals and introductions . |
| 13 | I am hopeful that it does not impinge upon the game 's great amateur status — I leave that sort of thing to the likes of Naas Botha and David Campese . |
| 14 | I mean you do that sort of thing at home do n't you , but |
| 15 | If a horse has to be shot , or , I suppose , a rider — perhaps they do that sort of thing in polo ; I expect they do since the Army has a hand in it — you do n't have to go out of your way to ensure that she has a ringside seat . |
| 16 | So bear that sort of thing in mind as well . |
| 17 | This is why I think this sort of folder worth its weight in gold put the C C Q in there and it does n't become a barrier if you have it like that . |
| 18 | I do this sort of thing for relaxation . ’ |
| 19 | When I do this sort of thing in England , I tell my agent to go out and say , ‘ I have been instructed to buy all this land by a woman who i9 completely mad . |
| 20 | It 's about watching for this cycle we do this sort of thing in many aspects of our life . |
| 21 | There are various former members of the BBC who believe that I was the instigator of the action against them , but unlike politicians I bear this sort of thing with a great deal of tolerance , taking what I think is a sensible view that one can not make omelettes without breaking eggs . |
| 22 | I think erm most most of the people who do blinds , do some sort of system like this |
| 23 | Or even write some sort of clue into the message . ’ |
| 24 | Introduce Brenda who 's going to speak to us on Make do and Mend and she 's asked me to say that she 'd be very pleased if people break in or erm sort of form some sort of dialogue with her as she goes along . |
| 25 | Cos the doctors er still have that sort of element of kudos for for people to be associated with . |
| 26 | But , well I think they check that sort of thing for social workers do n't they ? |
| 27 | What we need to arrange is that control subjects perform some sort of task in the first phase — not one , of course , that requires them to attach different labels to the critical stimuli , but one that guarantees that attention to these stimuli is maintained . |
| 28 | We need some sort of method for finding out what people need to know . |
| 29 | In language use ( as opposed to the drills of formal language practice ) we almost always have some sort of knowledge about the senders or receivers of the discourse . |
| 30 | The nature of stress is simple enough — practically everyone would agree that the first syllable of words like ‘ father ’ , ‘ open ’ , ‘ camera ’ is stressed , that the middle syllable is stressed in ‘ potato ’ , ‘ apartment ’ , ‘ relation ’ and that the final syllable is stressed in ‘ about ’ , ‘ receive ’ , ‘ perhaps ’ , and most people feel they have some sort of idea of what the difference is between stressed and unstressed syllables , though they might explain it in many different ways . |