Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're also wise enough to know that finding the person who 's right for you requires a very subtle alchemy . |
| 2 | They would begin to know that putting a little eighth note right before the next bar meant anticipation and that made things easier because , if you have a half hour lesson and they want to learn something by Iron Maiden , and you want to show them a dorian mode in three octaves and they 've got to show you their chords in four or five positions , you 've got to work fast ! |
| 3 | But it 's not a simple process , the ewes can reject the lambs , so she 's held in this restraint while the lamb is introduced , giving it a chance to suckle and allowing the mother to get used to it . |
| 4 | Even so , it is worth getting to know and keeping a sharp look out for the signs from as early as May on , because if you act quickly enough it is possible to stop the attack before it spreads through the rest of the foliage by picking off , and , this is important , burning the infected parts . |
| 5 | ( a ) The correct way to stand while holding a camcorder if no additional support is available ; ( b ) shows how to ‘ pre-swing ’ before starting to take a pan-shot ; ( c ) lean against walls , trees or whatever is available ; ( d ) rest your elbows on car-roofs or low walls for extra steadiness . |
| 6 | Thus where the buyer commits an anticipatory repudiation which the seller fails to accept as terminating the contract , the seller will be liable if he himself subsequently fails to perform the contract . |
| 7 | The first point to establish when choosing a broker is what level of service you need . |
| 8 | There are limits to what they can say in explaining their beliefs , the sort of limits which we tend to accept when imagining the constraints upon giving a blind person some understanding of what the world looks like ( although , as said , it would be wrong to suppose that we could communicate nothing in such circumstances ) . |
| 9 | What sources of inaccuracy would you expect to find when using the Black-Scholes model to estimate the values of traded options ? |
| 10 | You will also need a plumbline to ensure that a frame or end panel is vertical ; this is more accurate and easier to see than using a spirit level . |
| 11 | It is easy to see that studying the growth and modifiability of neurons is a much harder task than describing them in the state you normally find them , so it is not surprising that much less is known , and all I can do here is to point out some of the interesting possibilities that are opening up . |
| 12 | I had the sense to realize that taking the publicity seriously would be dangerous , but none the less it was very seductive . |
| 13 | He was too clever not to realize that harbouring the Shah increased the danger of Muslim fundamentalism gaining round in the kingdom . |
| 14 | You have to sense that coming a little while in advance and if you think someone is going to throw a tantrum , you hold back . |
| 15 | However , we have to remember that offsetting a large part of this acquisition of funds is an outflow which is being used to meet claims and other expenses . |
| 16 | To illustrate this , it is relevant to remember that driving a car is possible for the fully sighted in foggy conditions , but it is a more tiring procedure than driving when visibility is good . |
| 17 | He said , ‘ You have to remember that selecting the right cigar is an act of intuition rather than analysis . |
| 18 | Secondly , a simple flasher could be made entirely independent of the car 's electrical system thus being extremely quick and easy to install and requiring no modification of the existing vehicle 's wiring . |
| 19 | You must take a glass back to the kitchen to drink whilst preparing the Direktor 's lunch . ’ |
| 20 | According to the Commission 's National Survey of Countryside Recreation 1990 four out of 10 people in England and Wales are worried about trespassing on private land , getting lost and not knowing where to go or how to behave when visiting the country . |
| 21 | The virus preyed on sows and piglets , in particular , causing pregnant animals to abort and killing the young stock . |
| 22 | It is still important to see if specifying an age range could be indirect discrimination and it is important to bear in mind that differential age criteria are always likely to be direct discrimination even if it is based on the unequal state pension age . |
| 23 | Under the existing law , these United Kingdom citizens can vote in British and EC parliamentary elections only through a complicated registration procedure , which allows voting only by proxy ( difficult to arrange and flouting the whole principle of a secret ballot ) . |
| 24 | But , on the whole , Banchini 's tempos are effective , allowing the music to breathe and enabling the players to shape phrases gracefully . |
| 25 | THE Egyptian government has declared open war on Muslim militants , ordering police to shoot to kill and plunging the country into its worst political violence for more than a decade . |
| 26 | A MAN appeared before Braintree magistrates yesterday accused of making threats to kill and possessing a shotgun without a licence . |
| 27 | The maximum penalty for gross indecency committed by a man over 21 with someone aged under 21 would be increased from two to five years , as would be the penalty for the offence of attempting to procure or procuring a man under 21 to commit an act of gross indecency . |
| 28 | The Moorings ' holidays offered through Caribbean Connection range from fully crewed charter to combined hotel and sailing holidays where you stay at an hotel on Tortola or St Lucia , either learning to sail or combining the pleasures of a beach holiday with sailing . |
| 29 | There is an analogy with natural language and it would be ridiculous to suggest that writing an article or report using " Esperanto " infringed any copyright subsisting in the language . |
| 30 | It would be foolish to suggest that getting the vote had no beneficial consequences for women . |