Example sentences of "to [verb] [conj] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These were the gig mills , which raised the nap on the cloth prior to shearing and vastly shortened the time needed compared with the old hand method , and shearing frames , which by mechanically aligning the heavy forty-pound shears reduced the time taken to a quarter . |
| 2 | Similarly , although the smallness of the samples of 16th , 17th , and 18th Century publications in need of repair means that conclusions about them must be treated with some caution , it is worth noting that if all pre-1800 items are treated as a group and the proportion of them allocated to each of Categories 3–5 calculated , their pattern of distribution ( ‘ Poor' 78% ; ‘ Bad ’ 18% ; ‘ Fragile ’ 7% ) comes close to matching that already established for all defective items . |
| 3 | The contractions were not related to swallowing and usually consisted of several bursts of contractions , each burst composed of two to five simultaneous contractions of rather low amplitude ( 20 mm Hg ) . |
| 4 | as questions lead to shouting and then crawling back to his Then a little bit about language and an experiment that they did . |
| 5 | Old Dundalk is the class horse in the race and was very impressive in victory at Marks Tey , but he has a mind of his own when it comes to racing and much depends on his current mood ! |
| 6 | One typical outcome is that the reference strip ( which is what is used for the diagnostic ) is seen as too big due to spreading and then overflows its allotted area . |
| 7 | They may be dazed and talk as if delirious , incoherent , stupid , forgetful ; worse ( < ) for mental exertions and is averse to speaking or even having company present ; too tired to communicate and not wanting to make the effort . |
| 8 | Our eventual aim is to bring him on to thatching and so continue to expand . |
| 9 | The crucial question , however , is how much opportunity critical ministers are afforded in full Cabinet when it comes to reshaping or even reopening decisions reached in Cabinet committees , those ad hoc meetings or the Prime Minister 's ‘ judge and jury ’ sessions . |
| 10 | An area of corporate discretion traditionally less constrained by bargaining relates to the nature of the work experience : whether , for instance , employees are allowed to participate in decision-making at appropriate levels in the organisation ; whether attempts are made to enrich otherwise boring jobs by rotation of tasks ; or whether the introduction of new technology leads to de-skilling or instead prompts investment in the acquisition of new competencies . |
| 11 | Parties were regarded as governing coalitions that " aggregated " interests and policies before putting up candidates at elections with a view to winning and actually undertaking the direct government of the country . |
| 12 | The adventurous plan came so close to working and certainly won Ipswich a host of new admirers . |