Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] [adv] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are a number of reasons for expecting the prices of index futures to adjust faster than the spot price , i.e. the market index . |
| 2 | So , the legs are responsible for starting the forward swing , but not by forcing them to drive the hips forward , but by creating a solid foundation from which the left side can pull against , compelling the legs to drive forward as the coil spring unwinds . |
| 3 | He had inadequate funds to go abroad but a relative advanced him some money and off he went in 1935 . |
| 4 | There would be no reserves to call in as the army started to push the enemy forward and nobody to call in to support a fall-back . |
| 5 | Government has stressed at several points that it seeks the development of local district services first , with asylums to close only when the latter services can cope with the patient workload . |
| 6 | Is n't air travel too important for governments to stand by while the industry collapses ? |
| 7 | In recovery the grief reaction takes two years to work through and the various components of grief have to be addressed and processed . |
| 8 | The priests would therefore examine ancient writings to find out if the event had already occurred in the past and what solution had then been applied to it . |
| 9 | There is a welcoming bar , a spacious lounge for guests to relax in and a TV area which opens out onto a wide , covered terrace . |
| 10 | But it might take them days to get back if the weather 's bad when they arrive at Patriot Hills . ’ |
| 11 | As the locust flies , the passage of air causes the antennae to bend outwards and the locust reduces speed by beating its wings less strongly . |
| 12 | questions to find out if the respondent has thought about the issue at all |
| 13 | Using a fake scent for the hounds to track rather than a live fox would take the blood out of this sport and opposition would cease . |
| 14 | you only got two carpets to sort out and a bit of lino rather than having a different one with this one and a different one for that one and then a different one for |
| 15 | IXI figures to pick up where the Open Software Foundation , a non-profit organization , leaves off , selling Motif as a user-ready environment integrated with its desktop manager and new Deskworks tool set ( UX No 387 ) . |
| 16 | One can scarcely comprehend a hand-chiselled stollen being taken right through to the water — no drill holes to probe ahead and no explosives to blast the last few feet away . |
| 17 | Graham brought proceedings to a standstill , arguing that he was within his rights to declare even though the rules stated he had to bat for the full 10 overs . |
| 18 | The USA and Japan both got their new products to market faster than the UK and FRG but the differences are not statistically significant . |
| 19 | The DFG originally wanted to allow the fellowships to run indefinitely until the researcher obtained a permanent post , but the government imposed a time limit of five years . |
| 20 | One way of ensuring that a particular type of microcomputer is suitable , is to visit other schools , or school library services or teachers ' centres to find out whether a particular microcomputer will be suitable in the individual school . |
| 21 | Group 3 , 105 men of Troops 5 and 6 under 3 Commando 's second-in-command Major Jack Churchill , were waiting for the Maaloy batteries to open up as the craft ran towards the beach . |
| 22 | The challenge for the chief executive of such a sprawling firm is to introduce a clear sense of direction and to get sales and profits to grow faster than the American , and preferably the world , economy . |
| 23 | The person was even at pains to point out while the interview was being conducted that they had no time or interest in politics at all . |
| 24 | But he was also at pains to point out that the wind is 2–5 per cent down on historical averages and that the water temperature is five degrees higher , producing softer winds than his boats had been designed for . |
| 25 | Other land may , therefore , be available although the Department is at pains to point out that the Circular does not give the green light to a development free-for-all in the countryside . |
| 26 | Defending Marinello , a local solicitor Mr Richard Hewitt was at pains to point out that the accident was not a by-product of ‘ Swinging London ’ nor the result of a reckless bender . |
| 27 | Even now Michael Heseltine , Britain 's Secretary of State for Defence , is at pains to point out that the installation of cruise need not go ahead ( see p 885 ) . |
| 28 | At the newborn London Rolling Stone , editor ( short-lived ) Jane Nicholson was at pains to point out that the paper was n't , in any way , underground' . |
| 29 | The case highlights the extent to which it was possible for the religious intellectuals to misjudge exactly where the consensus lay , as well as the extent to which an evolving historical situation which created areas for new decision-making provided the field for a new power contest . |
| 30 | This is a meandering , innocent instrumental structured so that , at any moment , you expect the vocals to drop in and the ‘ song ’ -proper to begin , but you know it never needs to . |