Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb base] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In local government elections , to which much importance was attached , the Labour Party made little advance after the victories of 1934 , actually losing seats in 1936 . |
| 2 | But otherwise the City found little cheer in the results . |
| 3 | García went underground and issued calls for national resistance , but this found little echo on the streets , and subsequent opinion polls suggested that Fujimori retained the overwhelming confidence of the public . |
| 4 | Few historians today place much trust in the sagas ( which apparently included a lost work on Cnut written c.1200 ) as sources for the eleventh century , but the verses which they quote are another matter . |
| 5 | However , we will still need to build up our level of knowledge and understanding of expert systems within the RAF and in particular amongst our computing specialists so that we can make best use of the facilities available when providing support to the user . |
| 6 | Gold shoots generally occur at the intersections of side lodes , where greenstone and shale form the wall rocks and at braided structures with enclosed lenses of shale . |
| 7 | ( e ) An immediate environment in which , during the past years , three murders have actually taken place , where prostitution , larceny and violence are commonplace in the lives of many of the children and where the hangings that take place at Pentonville Prison periodically create deep disquiet in the minds of all our children . |
| 8 | The bones of Christian soldiers who did not return home lie beneath the stones of the desert , sometimes disturbed by the foraging goats . |
| 9 | they 're playing tonight to leave tomorrow clear for the internationals … the only Gloucester man going for the Grand Slam … is Mike Teague … he 's back in the England pack at twickenham |
| 10 | She would n't have been employed then look after the men in the bothy . |
| 11 | The third way of calculating the multiplicand and now the one that finds most favour with the courts is to deduct a percentage from the deceased 's net income figure to represent what he would have spent exclusively on himself . |
| 12 | reference to the fact that accounts also comply with the requirements of the relevant Act of Incorporation and any directions received from the Secretary of State . |
| 13 | How much do your lawyers and judges really know about the laws ? |
| 14 | The theft , at allotments behind the Beechwood and Easterside Club , Middlesbrough , has angered the racing club members so much they are forming a vigilante group to keep overnight watch on the lofts . |
| 15 | The fracture was caused during the construction of a storm sewer , involving underground work beneath the defendants ' mains , by a third party . |
| 16 | His direct ways won enough support among the voters for the Liberal Democrats to enjoy a bigger-than-expected victory in last month 's election for the lower house of parliament . |
| 17 | Largely because of their native climate and sparse grazing , they are small animals standing perhaps 100–110cm at the withers on the islands and weighing 300–350kg , but in improved mainland environments they reach 116–122cm and can weigh 50 per cent more than the island cattle . |
| 18 | In Britain and South Africa , most breeders are now careful to select the longer-legged type , standing perhaps 100–112cm at the withers , which is a well-proportioned animal in contrast with the big-headed 90cm dwarves . |
| 19 | Putting further strain on the talks are the hawks within government ; in particular , Defence Minister Magnus Malan has been excluded from both the official meetings between the state and the A N C. |
| 20 | Whereas at first she had welcomed the assessment she later came to the view that she was being given no say in the objectives of the assessment . |
| 21 | Foreign students who return home rise through the ranks quickly , but are often more familiar with activated sludge treatment , as used in Britain , than with simple ponds for the stabilisation of waste . |
| 22 | As no vocal chords as we know them are to be found in the larynx , the sounds emitted probably come from the lips of the larynx . |
| 23 | Unhappily their revelations ran sharply counter to the teachings of the organised churches which contended that the human being was the designed product of an extraterrestrial being bearing the name of ‘ god ’ . |
| 24 | The transmutation of elements has an important place in modern nuclear physics ( as it did in mediaeval alchemy ) but ran completely counter to the aims of Dalton 's atomistic programme . |
| 25 | ‘ You know , Geoff , ’ said Mick , ‘ half of those killed never get in the papers . ’ |
| 26 | If I had a swelling like that come up on my ankle I 'd say right go to the doctors . |
| 27 | You battle with the Treasury in public spending negotiations and you battle with the health service to make best use of the resources that are available . |
| 28 | However techniques need to be developed to make best use of the opportunities . |
| 29 | We believe the thrust of MPG Note 3 runs directly counter to the principles of sustainable development enshrined in the 1990 Environment White Paper : ‘ Our Common Inheritance ’ in encouraging the increasingly rapid depletion of a strategic and finite fossil-fuel reserve in order to achieve the barely disguised goal of improving the economic viability of British Coal . |
| 30 | Caribbean faces now preponderate on the pavements . |