Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adj] [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this is tomorrow 's generation , Britain has little to fear in the years to come . ’ |
| 2 | AMNESTY International has much to do in the '90s to maintain its role as the world 's leading human rights movement , Peter Benenson , the organisation 's founder , told the annual Amnesty International Youth Conference last year . |
| 3 | Clarke looks sure to play in the final two Tests on the blind-side of the scrum and his promotion is a huge letdown for the two original selections in that position , Mike Teague and Mick Galwey . |
| 4 | The number of animals killed to satisfy our taste for meat dwarfs those used in the other main areas of controversy , those of experimentation and hunting . |
| 5 | ‘ Is a trial judge entitled to refuse to permit the Crown to discontinue a prosecution after the Crown has called evidence which in his judgment could properly sustain a conviction if the jury believed it and provided he has first ascertained in the absence of the jury that the Crown were not in possession of facts of which the judge is unaware , which would justify discontinuance : and when counsel for the Crown decides to take no further part in the case , to call himself the one remaining prosecution witness whose evidence was merely to produce signed and initialled notes of an interview the police had with the defendant ? |
| 6 | ‘ Is a trial judge entitled to refuse to permit the Crown to discontinue a prosecution after the Crown has called evidence which in his judgment could properly sustain a conviction if the jury believed it and before the case for the Crown has been closed , provided he has first ascertained in the absence of the jury that the Crown were not in possession of facts of which the judge is unaware , which would justify discontinuance ; and when counsel for the Crown decides to take no further part in the case , to call himself the one remaining prosecution witness whose evidence was merely to produce signed and initialled notes of an interview the police had with the defendant ? |
| 7 | Although not if he has any say in the matter : ‘ I understand I 'm currently eighteenth in the list of funniest comedians … and falling , ’ he retorts , before almost smiling , although not quite . |
| 8 | The company remains tight-lipped about the launch date for its long-awaited 88110 upgrades to the AViiONs , which it apparently has ready to go in the Labs . |
| 9 | Now that her children are old enough to do without a nanny , Sheila refuses all help in the house , preferring to do all her shopping herself . |
| 10 | In the rest of the region , Israel Radio 's coverage allows those living in the Arab world to hear about events that are censored by their own governments . |
| 11 | The Family Proceedings Rules 1991 ( SI No 1247 ) , as amended by the Family Proceedings ( Amendment ) Rules 1991 apply in the county court and the High Court . |
| 12 | On such a beautiful day it seems sad to sit in the dank , scruffy room . |
| 13 | Although he seems sure to remain in the job , the delay has invited speculation . |
| 14 | Although he seems sure to remain in the job , the delay has invited speculation . |
| 15 | His stage presence lately has been little more than a presence ; he seems happy to stand in the shadows , occupying his usual spot on the drum riser while the spotlight dances on Bez and Bez dances with Rowetta and Rowetta plays with her whip , a caricature bad girl playing with the bad boys . |
| 16 | The 1798–9 version of The Prelude ( or the first two books ) may be read at this point , and if the reader finds more to enjoy in the narrative sections this is entirely appropriate since they appear to have been written as separate entities and only later blended into a single poem . |
| 17 | While the Tigers are finally embracing democracy , violence seems certain to continue in the north and east . |
| 18 | Eric Cantona seems certain to continue in the side . |
| 19 | Although Crewe are reluctant to sell , Hignett now seems certain to follow in the footsteps of Platt , Rob Jones and Geoff Thomas , who all moved on to win international honours after launching their first team careers at Gresty Road . |
| 20 | We are , we are living in a world , we are living in a world where constantly there 's violence , does that happen in the animal world ! |
| 21 | How does this work in the case of theories of racism ? |
| 22 | All the more unfortunate does this become in the presence of narrow majorities , each representing a minority of the electorate , sometimes a small minority , and when at least one of the parties believes that the prerogatives and rights conferred by electoral victory , however narrow , not merely entitle but compel it to impose on the helpless but unorganized majority irreversible changes for which it never consciously voted and to which most of its members are opposed . |
| 23 | Mr McGill repairs a window to make it safe , paints the air raid shelter door , does some concreting in the garden . |
| 24 | He suggests that shifts in the social and political climate in the United States may have had something to do with this change : the very dates of the steep rise of interest in functionalism among sociological theorists also suggests that it may have some ideological import . |
| 25 | ART TREASURE tours all begin in the same way . |