Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [conj] [vb base] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asian families , for the most part , are organized in such a way as to keep a firm control over their children , integrating them into a tightly knit web of relationships within the community where religious traditions remain strong and create in the members a respect for norms , seniority and morality . |
| 2 | Here , the English Tourist Board and the local authority decided the magnificent fifteenth-century castle , if it was to remain intact and open to the public , would not find a purchaser without permission for development . |
| 3 | ‘ Then I realised I had to work hard and concentrate on the job . |
| 4 | WEAR AND TEAR — These risks are considered uninsurable and relate to the cost of carrying out maintenance work generally . |
| 5 | From a free kick on the right , Chris Williams sent over the accurate ball for Steve Hodges to meet unchallenged and score at the far corner with his head . |
| 6 | They hammed it up in the spectacular 17th century building unaware that smoke from the candles was blacking up the beautiful hand-painted ceiling . |
| 7 | Hutchison 's chip seemed to hit Rushy and bounce past the spellbound ( IS THAT AS BAD AS BAMNBOOZLED ? ) |
| 8 | It is particularly unfortunate that in the absence of detailed excavations here , we can do little but hypothesize about the expansion of this small town . |
| 9 | Some of these phases may dissolve and the coatings will break down by a combination of solution and particle attrition as less soluble particles break free and migrate into the body . |
| 10 | Ring for a doctor straightaway , or dial 999 and ask for an ambulance |
| 11 | We spent an afternoon with plantation workers who continue to do health promotion training even though they earn little and live in an area where such work can be rewarded by a place on a death list . |
| 12 | At that time women were still employed underground in Cumberland filling the baskets as well as at surface tasks , while the wives of Staffordshire pitmen were said seldom to " do more than attend to the necessary calls of the Family " except for helping with the harvest . |
| 13 | Some of the visitors , however , would do more than stand on the harbourside to watch , they would put to sea with a crew for a night 's fishing . |
| 14 | Nor can we do more than guess at the consequences of the Greek ignorance of Latin . |
| 15 | This reduces the number of primitives to be compared by establishing those that intersect with the one under consideration . |
| 16 | The Commission believes that the life and witness of the Church depend first and last upon the quality and vitality of its worship , and is convinced of its importance for the future . |
| 17 | Wipe dry and place in a warm oven for a few minutes to remove any remaining moisture . |
| 18 | The attitude of kindness should become habitual and develop into the ‘ I and Thou ’ relationship of Buber 's existential philosophy ; so that the subject and object can join in a transcendent meeting , defeating the isolation of the usual you and me relationship which contains no warmth and is a mere hailing as of two ships at a distance from one another . |
| 19 | Kids too sick to raise their heads , lying soft and limp beneath the burden of heart disease , kidney failure and cancers that eat everything but innocence . |
| 20 | ‘ Joking , damn you , stand still and fight like a man . ' , |
| 21 | Influential opinion leaders , notably , are better informed , better read , they listen more , watch more and move in a number of different circles of friends . |
| 22 | At first Kon-Tiki 's journey appeared foolhardy , experts said that the raft would become waterlogged and sink like a stone , but the companions went ahead anyway . |
| 23 | She can keep cool and smile in a superior , inscrutable sort of a way . |
| 24 | The Sinn Fein posters stand rolled and erect against the wall . |
| 25 | They huddle close and drink at the trough of the Baltic along with Sweden and Finland . |
| 26 | Someone told me how her director always says at the end of her outpourings , ‘ Let us keep silent and wait on the Holy Spirit ’ . |
| 27 | Erm and so I , I believe that er the resolution in fact on the order paper will stand er and if we were to remove the first two lines er of Mr 's erm resolution that the County Council he represents if necessary that in a full , a full public enquiry into the fifth terminial at Heathrow , if we get that and graft on the rest of his words er to the resolution er on the Chairman er that will do two things er it reads er the quality of our Officers are suggesting and it picks up again a very important comments er that he makes er regarding post , er , er something that is public erm , er and that it , it meets media and the other improve that 's something for the district office report . |
| 28 | Tandem and Chorus , which have not started the design work , will begin with the current Chorus Mix V.4 Release 1.2 and upgrade to the anticipated 2.0 in January when it 's due . |
| 29 | ‘ And when assembly lasts too long they start getting bored and roll on the floor or play Pat-a-cake . ’ |
| 30 | The absence of any prospect of being able to do more than survive on the finances available to them can be deeply depressing . |