Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are going to eat in the kitchen make sure overall lights arc on a dimmer switch and that there is enough light over the table — use a rise-and-fall light fixture for example — which can , of course , be substituted for or combined with candlelight at night . |
| 2 | New EEC rules change light dues |
| 3 | Though clothing and equipment may be more streamlined , courage , nerve , fitness , skill , determination and a touch of good or bad luck remain unchanged , as essential ingredients of great sporting spectacles . |
| 4 | Another method of subordination is a prohibition on repayment of the debt whilst other creditors remain unpaid . |
| 5 | Suggestions that Hickman experimented with nitrous oxide remain unsubstantiated . |
| 6 | Thus , the views of the inspectorate are under-represented , especially when one considers that , except for relatively informal verbal comments through the Senior English Inspector , the General Inspectors for each school make no input at all , while all five DCSLs make lengthy written recommendations which are reinforced by the chairmanship of the ACL:E&SS . |
| 7 | Prestigious scholarly and popular series are being continued , German Expressionists , Picasso and the art of the Middle Ages remain safe favourites . |
| 8 | The two comets are entirely ablated , whereas the stony objects lose most of their kinetic energy to deceleration , not ablation . |
| 9 | ( Objects lose different fractions of their kinetic energy before catastrophic disruption ; for example , the 29-m stony asteroid entering at 45° has had its kinetic energy reduced by ablation and deceleration to 10Mton by the time it reaches 10km altitude . ) |
| 10 | In the circular helix not only their ratio but also their actual values remain unchanged along the entire curve ( Figure 3 ) . |
| 11 | Mr Kinnock is uninterested in finding a visionary ‘ big idea ’ for the party ; he is convinced that Labour 's values remain popular . |
| 12 | Having learnt to sail in a sail boat like the Topper you can move on to more complex boats with confidence or continue to exploit the versatility and convenience of this single-hander which has become the best selling sail boat in Britain the one design nature of the Topper , due to its injection moulded hull , is perfect for racing and secondhand values remain high . |
| 13 | In both cases it 's a good story and photo ; but in both cases make sure your candidate is properly equipped and safely escorted . |
| 14 | In other words " hard cases make bad law " . |
| 15 | Even in the darkness Owen could see the boy 's teeth flash white in a big grin . |
| 16 | The analyst had previously referred to their sessions as a ‘ voyage of inner discovery ’ : Fraser thinks that his tape-recordings make possible a ‘ voyage into the social past ’ . |
| 17 | Germans launch first ‘ clean ’ fridge |
| 18 | Moreover , we know that people who are born with severe motor impairments develop normal and sometimes supra-normal intelligence . |
| 19 | Wintering birds favour coastal farmland and marshes and a high proportion of recent records have been for the Selsey peninsular , the Beachy Head area , and from Rye to the Midrips . |
| 20 | Where a prosecution is brought under section 20 ( theatres ) or section 22 ( cable broadcasting ) , the provisions of the earlier legislation as to such matters as using scripts as evidence , making copies of scripts and records and powers of entry and inspection remain applicable . |
| 21 | The Look Of Love and All Of My Heart remain peerless . |
| 22 | AN ARTIST whose talents lay unused for 20 years headed an exhibition by five women at the weekend . |
| 23 | The invoice amount is given by where F = nominal value of futures contract 500,000 ) , N = number of days to maturity of time deposit ( e.g. 91 days ) , rd = interest rate on time deposit ( 0.0865 ) , rs = settlement interest rate ( 0.0875 ) . |
| 24 | As traders attempted to hedge their positions that evening , the Short Sterling contract traded nearly 40 per cent of its daily turnover , and the Long Gilt futures contract 20 per cent , in just one hour on the APT system . |
| 25 | If , as I have discovered from studying continental educational systems at first hand , fixed contracts bring fixed commitments , our children ( and their parents ) will be the poorer for it . |
| 26 | ‘ I also quite like Johnson Fry 's Election Protection BES and Capital Ventures Election Hedge , but my reservation with these is that contracts remain unsigned . ’ |
| 27 | In contrast to other commodities , metal futures contracts remain open at their original prices until their respective prompt dates . |
| 28 | A goldfish lay low in the water , coloured like a slice of tinned peach . |
| 29 | The details of the contract remain secret , but industry insiders speculate that Mr Jackson will receive more than $110m for six records . |
| 30 | These are collocational ties which in many cases defy literal interpretation , and have to be understood metaphorically . |