Example sentences of "[vb infin] [noun] [prep] [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A consortium of British Aerospace , GEC-Marconi and British Telecom is to operate the satellite which will beam programmes from space directly to small ‘ dishes ’ on houses and in back gardens . |
| 2 | Suppose State C has been for many years the major supplier of wheat to State A. If States A and B make an agreement that A will buy wheat from B instead of from C , this will affect C which will have to decide upon its response . |
| 3 | I realised there were periods of time when this pool is hardly used , so I approached the management and asked if I could bring parties of residents here from Conway House . |
| 4 | Perhaps the women of the next generation will no longer submit to defloration in the normal way and will give birth to children only on condition of freedom from pain … ’ |
| 5 | If it is to be a fish-only tank , then you can only stock 6″ of fish slowly during the first six months . |
| 6 | They will provide pockets of interest early in the year before the herbaceous plants make an impact . |
| 7 | Paul , a third-year English student at Manchester Polytechnic , clearly despairs of his younger colleagues who leave home intent on making whoopee on a grant ; he knows that it is almost inevitable that they will run smack into debt midway through their courses . |
| 8 | 1* BUDGET policy does not provide cover for contents away from the home . |
| 9 | The moral of these cases is that journalists can not avoid liability for defamation merely by avoiding the naming of names . |
| 10 | Fiona 's mother says she will never set foot in France again in view of the treatment by the French towards our British fishermen , farmers and truckers . |
| 11 | The separation of the Prince and Princess of Wales is proof that the repressed , bullying , all-male environment of public schools can create problems with relationships later in life . |
| 12 | The X-ray flux is so great when it emerges from the machine 's vacuum that it causes the air to fluoresce and , if focused , it can burn holes in paper rather like a powerful laser beam . |
| 13 | ‘ It is now clear that the powers the Lord Chancellor was granted under the Legal Aid Act are wider than anyone had previously thought and that he can restrict access to justice simply by cutting or restricting lawyers ’ fees . |
| 14 | While on the subject of working at a depot we only find out about ‘ offers ’ either through the Journal , press or during shopping time so savings are also possibly lost when staff who work in the stores can take advantage of multi-buys etc on a regular basis . |
| 15 | Only if that background is established can we be assured that abuse will not take place in future either in Leicestershire or in other counties . |
| 16 | Look here Alan , I 'm ringing you because I want your personal assurance that the local nick will have people on hand tomorrow in the Market Square when the meet assembles . ‘ |
| 17 | Or does he too quickly take flight from history altogether into a realm of the Absolute ? |
| 18 | Before mating , pairs may join belly to belly either in an upright position , or with the female lying motionless belly-upwards just beneath the surface . |
| 19 | In fact , I think in Bournemouth you can actually make locals on Mercury now at the normal rate which is good ! |
| 20 | Expert witnesses may only express opinions on matters properly within their field of expertise . |
| 21 | Either it must achieve the reductions it agreed to by using technological means to remove the sulphur from domestic coal , or , if it chooses to see low-sulphur coal being imported , or gas burned in power stations , it must endure reductions in emissions closer to those agreed by West Germany , the Netherlands , France , Belgium and Denmark . ’ |
| 22 | It 's especially valuable to get comments on the modules which are in the Programme of Work for that year or the coming year because then we can feed comments from practitioners straight to the Module Development Group . |
| 23 | But again people will say , do n't go hand in glove everywhere with one another |
| 24 | And fax machines that enable you to send and receive pages of information anywhere in the world — in seconds . |
| 25 | Back at base , crews make practise drops at locations all over this country . |
| 26 | Amnesty International declared : " Governments can not brush rape in custody aside as a lesser abuse or isolated act . |
| 27 | Then he covered the dead coolie with his mat and helped Dong fling clods of earth rapidly on top of it with his hands . |
| 28 | Social and/or geographical ambiguities can cause problems of interpretation even with factual questions , e.g. ‘ When do you usually have tea ? ’ |