Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The BM is designed to accept as input a setting of some of its visible switches , and provide as output settings of the remaining visible switches . |
| 2 | Nor is it unreasonable to assume that given a sufficient respite they hoped that Britain 's own nuclear force might become strong enough to act as a deterrent to a Soviet attack on the home islands . |
| 3 | However , it was not easy to use and required a certain amount of both skill and effort to achieve decent results . |
| 4 | Though it was willing to assist if required the government emphasized that it would play no part in the proceedings of the Convention . |
| 5 | It would have taken 25 years to complete and required the Thames to be frozen over for about seventeen years , to prevent the river flooding the deep foundations . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd have to say that given the change of government they ought to have a very good chance of preventing us assisting Huerter . |
| 7 | The progressive forces of the seventeenth century came to see as mistaken the preoccupation of mediaeval natural philosophers with the works of the ancients , especially Aristotle , and also with the Bible , as the sources of scientific knowledge . |
| 8 | Ask each one of the family to make a list of how they spend their time and what changes they would like to make if given the chance . |