Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Individual psychological treatments entailing long sessions with any kind of therapist seem of limited value in general practice and make little economic sense . |
| 2 | Its fantastic white sands and clear seas of deepest sapphire attract regular visitors , yet this region 's beaches remain remarkably uncrowded most of the time . |
| 3 | whilst there remain widely varying explanations of the reasons for the disturbances of 1981 , 1983 and 1985 , there can be no doubt that the fear of social disorder , and its association with the needs and demands of black people , has been a major factor in sustaining central government interest in inner cities policy . |
| 4 | The reasoning , however , is that problem determination is not a ‘ core competency ’ and so IBM is happy to relinquish its responsibility and concentrate on further CICS development . |
| 5 | We are happy that our streets are clean , that daily life is well-ordered , that our markets still sell locally home-produced produce and that we recycle our glass and our paper and our spent batteries . |
| 6 | Pick somewhere public and stay out of his reach if you 're worried about being forced . |
| 7 | In comparative terms , Britain 's use of imprisonment as a sanction remains high ( Table 1.2 ) and current statistical projections on its continued use remain uniformly gloomy . |
| 8 | The pulmonary artery pressure was 104/42/ 65 mm Hg ( systolic/diastolic/mean ) , the right ventricular pressure 103/14 mm Hg , and mean right atrial pressure 14 mm Hg . |
| 9 | These dealers cite widely varying reasons for their moves , including the search for new markets for American art , local dealing rights to the work of desirable American artists , access to art in European and Eastern European collections , favourable exchange rates and participation in the new European economic community . |
| 10 | WEC failed to obtain new work in both the roads and multi-discipline sectors , and whilst some success was achieved in procuring water treatment contracts , conditions in all sectors of the market remain intensely competitive . |
| 11 | They remain botanically important because some were cited by Linnaeus and other botanists and because they graphically record plants in cultivation at that time . |
| 12 | In the present study , the poor response patients who had post-treatment calcium clearance estimations show that pamidronate effectively inhibited bone resorption , but did not correct the tubular defect . |
| 13 | For example , as the author laconically notes : ‘ It is fortunate for aerobic organisms that some expectations of equilibrium thermodynamics remain kinetically unfulfilled ’ , ie an atmosphere of dilute nitric acid would hardly be congenial for us . |
| 14 | When sexual response in older people is reduced it has more to do with social factors such as the absence of a partner ; health problems , particularly relating to cardiovascular disease , diabetes , multiple sclerosis and prostrate troubles ; drug side-effects ( many drugs prescribed to older people can have adverse effects on sexual functioning ) ; and the intolerance of social attitudes towards sexual activity in older people , which consider sex to be the province of younger people and that older people make rather ridiculous lovers . |
| 15 | We suggest that working-class people make rather more of a ‘ thing ’ of the whole business than do middle-class people , irrespective of their religious beliefs . |
| 16 | Has it not possibly occurred to Mr Marshall that , without the audit , one could reduce one 's prices significantly and , if one is efficient , make rather more profit , providing clients with a service that they in fact desire ? |
| 17 | First of all , concerning those people who write to say that you review mostly expensive , esoteric items like the PRS Artist , the Patrick Eggle Legend , Mesa Boogie Mark IV , etc . |
| 18 | I hate dead white things ! |
| 19 | Earlier , the House heard the hon. Member for Dartford ( Mr. Dunn ) make wholly untrue allegations about Labour 's policies with respect to the savings and income from savings of pensioners . |
| 20 | Like most people , I remain secretly convinced that I am immortal . |
| 21 | Triticale bread has not yet gained wide acceptance in developing countries where supermarkets and bakeries sell mostly white bread made from bleached flour . |
| 22 | Cars , cameras , motorbikes and hi-fis may be getting to the stage where only the keenest enthusiast can tell them apart , but tractors remain mercifully different from each other . |
| 23 | If you live a fast , hectic life and you eat mostly ready-made convenience foods , try to consider some other alternatives . |
| 24 | Foliage begonias , with their colourful and attractively patterned leaves , make most rewarding houseplants . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , the reasons for the striking decline in infant mortality in this period remain rather mysterious . |
| 26 | Indeed , to put things into a proper perspective , I should point out that just such bantering on my new employer 's part has characterized much of our relationship over these months — though I must confess , I remain rather unsure as to how I should respond . |
| 27 | Well , erm , it 's difficult to make forecasts , particularly with the S E C breathing down one 's neck but I think one can say that the industry conditions , if you were to read the reports of other companies and for us , is pretty much erm , status quo , in other words the domestic excuse me , domestic industry 's doing quite well , the rig , the rig count 's up , the Canadian rig count 's up , international markets remain rather soggy but some of them are qui you know on a , on a selective basis some are quite good . |
| 28 | Although rainfall has now returned to normal , Georgia 's leaders remain keenly conscious that water is a scarce commodity , to be carefully managed . |
| 29 | Although a significant proportion of women remain economically active until the age of 60 or even 65 , retirement is still regarded as a predominantly male experience . |
| 30 | After the achievement of political independence this nationalist fervour does not necessarily abate , and may even increase ; not only because , in many cases , the new nations remain economically dependent within the capitalist world economy , but also because their own development is conceived as a national task , closely bound up with the policies of an efficient , interventionist state . |