Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shilton 's goalkeeping and extra pace in the back four should make them hard to beat next summer , but goals will be a problem if Lineker does not rediscover his finishing touch and the team as a whole lacks subtlety and imagination . |
| 2 | Banks may keep cash balances surplus to their requirements in times of ‘ easy ’ money to enable them later to resist open market operations when the authorities are attempting to squeeze the base . |
| 3 | Again it is important for children to experience these ideas practically in a variety of ways to enable them eventually to achieve full understanding . |
| 4 | In the summer of 1820 , after a visit to Russia the previous year to promote his recently translated New Testament , which eventually saw the light of day in 1847 , Vuk again approached Miloš , this time offering to teach the ruler to read and write . |
| 5 | When I went to the bus I realised I only had one bag instead of two so I rushed back but no-one had seen the bag in the pub or the shops . |
| 6 | And I think you 'll agree , it is a difficult I mean I always stress this point about attitude , that a lot of problems that we get in our advice centres have been made worse because the customer has caused er you know argument or a scene |
| 7 | And they almost went in front on eight minutes , Michael Surgeon beating the Comrades ' off-side trap only to see his well struck 20-yard drive brilliantly tipped over by 'keeper George Cathcart . |
| 8 | His recall of the Parlement of Paris within a few months of his accession , his failure to support his radically reforming Controller-General Turgot ( 1774–76 ) , showed that he was no more able than his grandfather to withstand the opposition of the privileged groups . |
| 9 | Today , its technology sounds comically shrill and weedy , but songs like Seconds and Do n't You Want Me still exert considerable force , and the album 's focus on pop melody coupled to straightforward dance beats marked a conscious turning away from Punk , politics or the cerebral dogmatism of bands like Gang of Four . |
| 10 | As for the class of goods , where commercial goods are concerned the party acquiring them presumably has some expertise in relation to them which gives him the capability to assess their quality or to understand if he needs to call in an expert assessor , so that less protection should be required in this case . |
| 11 | But Mr. Munby so treated them because , in his submission , section 8 conferred complete autonomy on such minors , thus enabling them effectively to refuse medical treatment irrespective of how parental responsibilities might be sought to be exercised . |
| 12 | who do you know who actually fits that description ? |
| 13 | A Swordtails will be fine with your selection of fish , although I suggest you only keep one male and three or four females . |
| 14 | Has she still got that boyfriend . |
| 15 | She 's sh she 's a bitch , she 's a oh has she still got that horse ? |
| 16 | You say she always ringed that calendar , is that right ? |
| 17 | ‘ I want you ter take this letter ter your sister Mary . |
| 18 | Social workers say they never had enough evidence of maltreatment to go to court for a care order . |
| 19 | David and Barbara Owen say they now face financial ruin . |
| 20 | David and Barbara Owen say they now face financial ruin . |
| 21 | We might need it yet to do another bit . |
| 22 | The 34-year-old still managed to win 21-17 , 21-9 against Cooke , who has been struggling to find his best form all season . |
| 23 | Which reminds me , has anyone else seen that Radio 5 billboard advert which says ‘ We also cover Arsenal , Wimbledon and Crystal Palace . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , the NRPB found it probably did significant harm . |
| 25 | We 're sure Alan Sugar will be pleased to know he still has one fan left , and we have to admit that he did play a great part in bringing PCs to the masses . |
| 26 | Thus for the majority , it has neither communicated their newly emphasized professional responsibility , nor has it provided an agenda for school improvement . |
| 27 | Anselm himself never quoted this analogy , but he went so far as to warn the pope that if he gave an adverse judgement in the dispute between Canterbury and York ‘ I would on no account remain in England ; for I neither ought to , nor can allow the primacy of our church to be destroyed while I am alive . ’ |
| 28 | I accept that very frequently a decision made which directly affects one person or body will also affect , indirectly , a number of other persons or bodies , and that the law does not require the decision-making body to give an opportunity to every person who may be affected however remotely by its decision to make representations before the decision is reached . |
| 29 | In a way this new fight against censorship is an opportunity not simply to defend and ensure intellectual freedom but to affirm that a profession does exist which essentially safeguards this freedom . |
| 30 | And although it was customary for the same actor to double as Mr Darling and Captain Hook the way St Ives played them there seemed little difference between the two — he romped in the nursery and he sky-larked aboard the Jolly Roger . |