Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The women not only carried all the possessions they did n't want to risk losing in large baskets on their heads but also had to control their children and often had to sling them over their backs as they were too weak to walk themselves . |
| 2 | and the need for an ensured market for products is so important to recoup costs , that government contracting has become of crucial importance to the survival of large corporations . |
| 3 | They say it 's intended to encourage drinking in hot weather , just as the Government is launching a new campaign against summer drink driving . |
| 4 | ‘ If people want to go swimming in early evening or early morning we would advise them to go to a swimming pool , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 5 | If the pipe has leaked owing to other causes such as wear and tear , faulty joints , etc , it would be appropriate to deal with the claim as a burst pipe claim . |
| 6 | For those old people who want to continue living outside institutional life , it means in many cases living alone or away from their children and grandchildren , or perhaps giving up their own homes to live in ‘ sheltered accommodation ’ overseen by a warden and social workers . |
| 7 | As you will see from this description of the account executive role in your account group , the agency has to try to allow for different levels of contact with your own organization . |
| 8 | There must be some hidden sexual factor involved , as though the soft-furred ( and therefore sexy ) cat has come to stand for sexual violence and rape , via its savagely sharp claws and canine teeth . |
| 9 | With or without Horkheimer , with or without the Frankfurt School , the name of Adorno has come to stand in cultural criticism for an immediately knowable , instantly impeachable thought-crime : ‘ cultural pessimism ’ . |
| 10 | Well , as Messrs Waugh and Ingrams could confirm , that 's just the sort of treacherous , duplicitous behaviour one has come to expect from young people today ( just as this shameless betrayal of an employee is typical of us incipient oldsters ) . |
| 11 | The Lake District National Park Authority has decided to charge for organised recreational events , particularly orienteering . |
| 12 | The Bank has decided to capitalise on short term difficulties by attempting to diminish staff terms and conditions . |
| 13 | In this case , the Secretary of State has today issued a public statement disputing various parts of the report in The Independent and he has sought to quote from other aspects of the internal review which he has said is so far confidential . |
| 14 | Apart from having to fight to save her home , she has had to contend with vitriolic press coverage . |
| 15 | Russian airline Aeroflot , which started its Stansted to St Petersburg twice-weekly flights on March 28 , has had to lay on extra flights for tomorrow . |
| 16 | The community has had to rely on occasional ferry trips in fine weather and flights on tiny Islander planes , operated by Loganair , for four years . |
| 17 | But because there is no legal requirement to deposit records ( as with books ) the institute has had to rely on voluntary donations over the years . |
| 18 | The report also notes that owing to serious technical difficulties a new assembly building has only just been commissioned , which means that nuclear-warhead production has had to continue in old buildings which should have been closed down . |
| 19 | Tough targets have been set in quality and service levels and everyone has had to adapt to new ways of doing things . |
| 20 | Though more efficient than its Mexican counterpart , it has had to operate under perverse conditions . |
| 21 | if you want to avoid turning into physical wrecks |
| 22 | I think that the adjective moralistic is really an unkind way of protesting at the fact that she seems to continue to be interested in moral themes which are often associated with Christianity , even if she has got rid of actual orthodox commitment to Christianity itself . |
| 23 | They will then see what the man or woman has got left in disposable income each week ; if it 's two pounds , then it 'll be ten units x two pounds , if it 's two hundred pounds , then it 'll be ten units x two hundred pounds to hit the better off in the same proportion as the people at the bottom of the income level . |
| 24 | Once the Commissioner has agreed to pay for legal advice or representation in particular proceedings , the assisted person need incur no further significant costs in taking those proceedings , or in any steps preliminary to those proceedings . |
| 25 | Similarly , the investor base of the market has tended to change from private account holders to institutional investors . |
| 26 | With the ending of that cartel in 1983 the gap between deposit and lending rates has tended to narrow with inevitable consequences for smaller and for less efficient societies . |
| 27 | In its first rôle , it has tended to concentrate on low-technology businesses which are managed with a close eye on reducing costs and generating cash . |
| 28 | Egypt has requested financing for expensive refurbishment and modernisation from the United States , which provides some $1.6bn in military aid annually . |
| 29 | But they have done what no American administration has dared do in living memory — set the scene for a proper debate . |
| 30 | This government has been in office so long that this view of personal freedom has become written into detailed policy and into legal planning advice . |