Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [conj] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus polyisobutylene might be expected to crystallize because the chain is symmetrical , but it will only do so if maintained at an optimum temperature for several months . |
| 2 | The feathered friend will move across and peck at the TNT guard . |
| 3 | The chorus-master , you may say , could move forward and glance at the baton ; so he does : but … if a crowd of dancers occupies the downstage area , the baton is no longer visible . |
| 4 | Closure of most of the manufacturing operation will go ahead as planned at the end of the month , when production of mobile phone equipment will transfer to other GPT factories , but a small facility will continue to meet demand for handsets . |
| 5 | If … one prescient soul at your level , say , early in 1982 , … really had thought ministers should be forced to meet on this issue and they kept postponing discussions on the Falklands , could you as Permanent Secretary of Defence have ensured that relevant Cabinet ministers did get together and look at the problem rationally and seriously , in so far as it 's possible , in time ? |
| 6 | ( b ) Both matrix and fibril may deform elastically and yield at the same strain . |