Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [be] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The good ones are those which , for all their rough edges , are found to work and are widely used . |
| 2 | I think you will destroy them ; you are a ruthless woman ; how ruthless I am yet to know and am just beginning to discern . |
| 3 | Happy was hard to find but was generously cast as Bryan Gould . |
| 4 | But if the reality is allowed to stand but is also understood as a metaphor for the experience of all women , then I believe Mary can speak to our condition . |
| 5 | The double header was rather more expensive and had seats to spare that were partly filled by a late special offer . |
| 6 | Staff time taken with such enquiries is difficult to evaluate and is probably underestimated in many Job Descriptions in Annual Staff Reports . |
| 7 | Applying the opposite rudder can not possibly cause the spin to reverse as is sometimes stated , unless the pilot is keeping the stick right back . |
| 8 | We were looking forward to some exercise of rowing , but typically when we arrived , we found they had prepared a gondola-like craft ( of a kind emperors used to go in ) on which we were meant to sit and be gently punted around while we sedately drank tea . |
| 9 | The nature of the right hemisphere 's contribution has yet to be determined precisely , but it may turn out that this half of the brain has a more elevated role to play than is customarily believed . |
| 10 | Ozone is itself a form of greenhouse gas — helping to retain the sun 's reflected heat in the atmosphere - , and its destruction may be allowing more heat to escape than was hitherto thought , compensating for the increased heat retention caused by the build up of atmospheric carbon dioxide and other " greenhouse gases " . |
| 11 | It comes from a third-party source DG declines to identify and is already used in high-end sites . |
| 12 | Like asparagus , I take a long time to grow and am easily killed off . ’ |
| 13 | I saw the patient on the ground and went to help but was immediately overcome by the gas . |
| 14 | She began to drift and was just dozing off when she heard the squeak of Nathan 's deck shoes on the ladder . |
| 15 | They were failing to recognize or were positively discounting the rights of those dissenting from their particular views of public order , and subjecting that dissent to the full coercion of the state . |
| 16 | ‘ The hard truth is dental practices have cost too much money to run and are fast becoming a financial liability . |
| 17 | But then against Clare they flattered to deceive and were ultimately found wanting in the second-half , prompting manager Peter McGrath to question the attitude of many of his squad . |
| 18 | A lesser — £400 — scheme was about to start but was prudently postponed . |
| 19 | After positioning of a pH electrode and manometric assembly ( see later ) the child was allowed to settle and was then fed appropriately for age with formula or non-acid food such as sandwiches and milk . |
| 20 | Two defenders had scurried back but even so Parker looked destined to score but was then left holding his head in disbelief after pulling his shot badly wide . |
| 21 | There was a hollow , not far from the Miles farm , called Pant y Ddawns ( The Hollow of the Dance ) which fairies were supposed to frequent and were actually seen by some people . |
| 22 | Professionally-based community care is here to stay and is increasingly needed , backed by access to respite and long stay hospice beds and acute ward facilities . |
| 23 | Children are given a list of intellectual challenges to master and are also given an obstacle/assault type course to complete . |
| 24 | It is hard not to emphasize the negative aspects when you consider what Hong Kong still has to offer and is fast losing . |
| 25 | The deadline for their acceptance of this Act was Bartholomew 's Day , August 24th 1662 , when 2,000 of the most godly pastors in the land refused to subscribe and were consequently ejected from their ministries . |
| 26 | She now has a wedding dress that cost me the national debt , but which now bears no relation to the original creation because all the expensive seed-pearls are strewn around her bedroom floor , and which the dog thought would be marvellous to eat and is now residing at the local vet 's and which will cost me even more money . |
| 27 | Secondly , several explanatory variables were difficult to measure and were only measured at one point in time . |
| 28 | The liquor is left to cool and is eventually turned into harmless glass blocks . |
| 29 | It is important , then , to establish what linguists have had to say and are now saying about literacy . |
| 30 | However , it is more difficult to achieve than is generally appreciated . |