Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [vb -s] [conj] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A comparison of the motor and aircraft industries shows that recently the motor manufacturers have found it easier to apply new concepts . |
| 2 | When we question the actual extent of lifetime employment it is not surprising to find that a fluid labour market requires that only a quarter of employees can expect such guarantees . |
| 3 | As Italians and many others would agree , fortunately for the figure Christmas comes but once a year ! |
| 4 | A very old Russian folk tale claims that once a year the night sky is filled with the thunderous sound of hooves , as magnificent horses , once ridden by famed heroes , ride again . |
| 5 | The network capacity problem arises because currently the company 's System X and AXE 10 digital exchanges do not support ISDN directly — instead , customers are served through special multiplexors hanging off the side . |
| 6 | Each department takes part in a six monthly review of its teaching quality based on the diary records , and Dr Pearson thinks that eventually the school would be able to move teaching contracts to where the good teaching is . |
| 7 | In a written report Mr Amos states that both the junior and senior clubs are doing well and regularly attracting over 20 members each night . |
| 8 | Mr. Dear says that almost no action that could be registered and measured by Her Majesty 's inspector has yet been taken by the police committee . |
| 9 | But Mr Gonzales reckons that even the delayed improvement should allow the economy to grow by 4% in 1994 . |
| 10 | In one small group Mrs M finds that alcohol helps her forget the noises and is in real danger of ‘ taking to the bottle ’ , whereas Mrs N finds that even a thimbleful of alcohol increases the head noises dramatically . |
| 11 | Hong Kong says that only a handful of them should qualify as true refugees fleeing persecution , while the rest are ‘ economic migrants ’ escaping the pitiful poverty of their home country . |
| 12 | The claim is based on the hardware complexity : Media Vision says that both the Motion Picture Expert Group and Digital Video Interactive standard require around 400,000 gates to implement on a chip , whereas its ‘ Captain Crunch ’ technology can be built using 20,000 gates , while offering video in a 320 by 240 window at 30 frames a second with 24-bit colour . |
| 13 | The latest Gallup survey suggests that neither the Conservatives nor Labour will have an outright majority in the new Parliament but that the Conservatives will be the largest single party . |
| 14 | In a courtly song Bertrand says that only the beauty of the Duchess Matilda prevented him from dying of boredom ; her naked body would make night seem like day . |
| 15 | In a briefing document presented by the employment spokesman , Mr Henry McLeish , at Westminster , Labour challenges Government claims that nearly a million jobs were created in 1979-89 . |
| 16 | The planning of operations to be carried out by L Detachment remains as hitherto the prerogative of L Detachment . |
| 17 | Our survey panel shows that about a quarter of the electorate thought BBC-TV news was biased in its treatment of the Conservative government , though rather less felt it was biased in its treatment of other parties . |