Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If British Rail goes ahead with the building of this station at a cost of £1.4 billion , what sort of income will it need to secure from the capital developments to service the loan , bearing in mind the fact that the Minister has often said that the Government will put no money into the project ? |
| 2 | The doorbell goes again . |
| 3 | Typically , media coverage refers only superficially ( and usually disparagingly ) to the issues involved in a dispute and , far from moderating police aggression , tends to justify hostility towards the pickets . |
| 4 | The story goes so far as to suggest that Hewlett-Packard threatened to resign from OSF over the pace of development but changed its mind . |
| 5 | THE story goes that many centuries ago some fishermen in the South China Sea were driven north by a typhoon , but were fortunate enough to find themselves in a splendid natural harbour protected by a large island . |
| 6 | The driver launches forward for a narrow escape . |
| 7 | ( 1 ) On any a plication for the renewal of a licence in respect of any premises ( other tan off-sale premises ) , a licensing board may require a plan of the licensed premises to be produced to the board and lodged with the clerk , and on renewing such licence the board may order that , within a time fixed by the order , such structural alterations as the board thinks reasonably necessary to secure the proper conduct of the business shall be made in that part of the licensed premises in which alcoholic liquor is sold or consumed . |
| 8 | ( 4 ) On renewing a licence under this Part of this Act a licensing board may by order , to be served on the holder , direct that , within a time fixed by the order , such structural alterations shall be made in the premises comprising the canteen as the board thinks reasonably necessary to secure the proper conduct of the canteen ; and if , when application for renewal of the licence is next made after the time fixed by the order has expired , it is not shown to the satisfaction of the licensing board that the order has been complied with , the licensing board may refuse to renew the licence . |
| 9 | For these commentators Wilde represents both a cultural ‘ decay ’ and a resurrection of ‘ pagan viciousness ’ and ‘ primal errors ’ ( pp. 98 , 134 ) . |
| 10 | ( When this portrait is removed , apparently , which it was once , early in this century , the ghost of Webb gallops noisily up and down the stairs . ) |
| 11 | Every Masai thinks constantly about cattle . |
| 12 | On the IGC , Whitehall insists more preparatory work is needed . |
| 13 | Such fiction marches happily with political impassivity and an acquiescence in things as they are . |
| 14 | An experiment by M. Dawkins clearly demonstrates the formation of a search image . |
| 15 | Antwerp offers both the Renaissance architecture of a Bruges or a Ghent and the café culture of a Paris or a Barcelona . |
| 16 | Iris Murdoch 's fiction represents perhaps what Christine Brooke-Rose was aiming at , not in philosophical or even aesthetic terms , but as narratives which combine readability and lively story-telling with intellectual themes . |
| 17 | On the other hand , this could come from the Jenny Pitman-trained Garrison Savannah , the 1981 winner having worked ‘ brilliantly ’ on the Manton gallops earlier this week . |
| 18 | The old building is full of traditional charm , whilst the new building offers spotlessly clean and homely accommodation . |
| 19 | In its most basic form the technique involves merely an outline , or when it is filled in , a silhouette ; but of course it can be much more elaborate than that . |
| 20 | SGB 's approach to computerised personnel records therefore incorporated from the start a facility to interrogate the Group computer ( initially an ICL 1300 , later an ICL 1904E and currently a Burroughs 6700 system ) by means of a visual display unit on the desk of the Personnel Manager . |
| 21 | The Trabukos offers pleasantly furnished bed and breakfast accommodation , for 2 or 3 people sharing a twin or three bedded room with private bathroom and balcony , or self-catering studios for 2–3 people with private bathroom . |
| 22 | ‘ The board turns well to start with but then I just head downwind . ’ |
| 23 | The bad driver goes even faster but shows no acceleration sense and skids repeatedly . |
| 24 | Cap Millet rides again and passion surges on rugged cliffs at Whitby A WRITER who has turned his hand to westerns , historical romance and local history books has achieved a hard-back hat-trick . |
| 25 | The lower jaw fits snugly into the groove when the jaws are shut , like the blade of a penknife fitting into its handle . |
| 26 | Our caravan park offers over 50 acres to roam in and enjoy . |
| 27 | Once Abraham can see the place where he will kill his son , the pace of the narrative slows right down . |
| 28 | It is doubtful that the 1703 visitors were looking at ‘ pickle ’ since the anthropoid shell fits so tightly that no additional liquid could have been introduced . |
| 29 | Harvey thinks very highly of you and you 'll be a great comfort to him . |
| 30 | Research ( ’ soft ’ ) money represents now 45 per cent of the LSHTM 's total income and expenditure of about £3.4 million . |