Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I always think of delphiniums as having blooms right the way up the stalk . |
| 2 | This comes with one or more switches on the same ‘ plate ’ , operating different lights . |
| 3 | You bolt on the tail and wings you 've been towing behind on a trailer , flip a couple of switches on the dashboard , and then find a strip of flat land to take off from . |
| 4 | Ace , Defries and Johannsen could only watch as , almost in slow motion , Daak thrust out a fist to support his weight — and pushed down half the switches on the control panel . |
| 5 | Confusion is not always avoided : the two wheels here are probably near and far wheels of a two-wheeled chariot , but in some cases rather the two near wheels of a four-wheeled cart . |
| 6 | Companies in future will be able to write off against taxes only the first $1 million of what they pay any director or executive . |
| 7 | This could allow the court , as in the Goodwin case , to order a reporter to reveal his notes so the company whose information was leaked would know who to sue . |
| 8 | It was not felt appropriate to raise this as a direct question to the authorities so an application was made to Namibia for an amateur radio licence for a Dxpedition to the Penguins . |
| 9 | All the barracks were demolished , leaving within the defences only the granaries , now enclosed inside their own compound , the headquarters building and the commander 's house . |
| 10 | For example , the early years of the decade saw numerous freight-only branches close because in most cases only a handful of wagonload traffic was being conveyed — uneconomically . |
| 11 | In all these advanced cases only a pair finally incubate , brood , and feed the young . |
| 12 | Although a number of companies were privatised ( some were fully transferred to the private sector , whereas in other cases only a partial stake was sold ) , the scale of the programme and the sums of money raised were relatively small when compared to privatisation during the second and third terms . |
| 13 | For one thing , if , as will be considered shortly , employment income is in some cases only a small proportion of a manager 's return from the company , then even with a significant correlation between remuneration and growth the growth motive would be cancelled out . |
| 14 | Useful points to look for are cord/cordless functions and travel cases so the shaver can be charged up and used while travelling . |
| 15 | So the sharing 's a bit like doing the times only the other way round is n't it like doing it backwards . |
| 16 | Earthquakes assisted the destruction and the land silted up so that by the Middle Ages only the capitals of the columns stood above ground and the forum 's name ( Campo Vaccino ) reflected its purpose — grazing land for cattle . |
| 17 | Each couple was like a parody of the other , their attitudes much the same . |
| 18 | Public affairs , local authority , government , financial , and charity public relations all call for different talents so the people working in these areas often have very different educational backgrounds and work experience from those doing consumer public relations . |
| 19 | Hesees only the defects of parliamentary collaboration . |
| 20 | As Dicey says , ‘ the appeal to precedent is in the law courts merely a useful fiction by which judicial decision conceals its transformation into judicial legislation ’ . |
| 21 | It 's still gon na take six times eight , but this time the six is the hours so the eight will be women . |
| 22 | I might have to cut the cleaners ' hours down a bit , ’ says Chris . |
| 23 | Of the main range of Home Insurance policies only the 5* Maxplan policy provides full new for old cover in respect of bicycles . |
| 24 | It is suggested , therefore , that the husband 's solicitors should submit to the wife 's solicitors merely a copy of the last conveyance , together with a copy of any mortgage affecting the property and memoranda of any " sales-off " or other documents affecting the legal title . |
| 25 | Urging a review of the UK system , compared it with France where , although special support went to deprived regions , there was a wide range of financial incentives specially tailored to industrial programmes so a higher proportion went to businesses most likely to produce the best results . |
| 26 | These days , all information media are built on electronic foundations so the qualification is simply redundant . |
| 27 | We 've developed a new design to make your selection of CompuAdd PC systems , peripherals and accessories all the easier . |
| 28 | Apart from the splash of the water , and the squeak and thump of the diving boards , the calls of the Indians to each other and an occasional squeal of delight from the child , it was still , and a thrush , lodged in a tree on the common beyond , dominated for minutes together the air above the sequestered pool . |
| 29 | Many Stoddard Templeton ranges already use heather effect yarns so the benefit to the company could be considerable . |
| 30 | This involves not only reflecting on why certain types of behaviours are defined as criminal in some historical periods and not others , but also why a particular criminal law comes to incorporate from relatively homogeneous behaviour patterns only a portion and exclude the remainder , even though each and every instance of this behaviour causes avoidable harm , injury , or deprivation . |