Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | first , the existing local authorities argued for the retention of the status quo ; second , some Conservative Members of Parliament sought to retain the existing system as far as possible in such areas as Surrey ; third , groups concerned with some services — particularly education — pointed out weaknesses in the proposals as far as their service was concerned ( Rhodes 1970 : 120 ) . |
| 2 | To start with , Alison planned to wear a white evening dress . |
| 3 | A more advanced technique involves camouflaging the real eye while at the same time making the false eye truly spectacular , with a huge black ‘ pupil ’ surrounded by a bright white eye-ring . |
| 4 | Another technique involves placing an elastic band on your wrist and gently twanging it in response to worrying irrational thoughts . |
| 5 | In an attempt to rally domestic support and to placate the US government ( upon which his regime was heavily dependent ) , Marcos agreed to hold a presidential election in February 1986 . |
| 6 | In an attempt to rally domestic support and to placate the United States government ( upon which his regime was heavily dependent ) , Marcos agreed to hold a Presidential election in February 1986 . |
| 7 | Determination of the number average molar mass M n involves counting the total number of molecules , regardless of their shape or size , present in a unit mass of the polymer . |
| 8 | We are not opening in Paris solely to take advantage of the end of trading restrictions within the EC in 1993 , but because the opportunity arose to obtain a suitable area of the Hotel Bristol with our own street window and entrance . |
| 9 | At a four nation summit in Madrid , Germany agreed to delay a final decision on the fighter until November . |
| 10 | More recently , at a Roman Catholic retreat , where we were asked to use no book other than the Bible , the personal daily direction given became a memorable means of the Holy Spirit 's teaching , healing , and guiding . |
| 11 | Although the March general election failed to produce an outright winner , it ended the political chaos which had been associated with the final months of Blaize 's administration . |
| 12 | Here pockets of ancient semi-natural woodland , unafraid wildlife and a sense of history and heritage combine to offer a peaceful retreat from the coast . |
| 13 | A second technique developed utilises the natural enrichment of the rare-earth elements in fluorite . |
| 14 | But these extensive discussions failed to provide a common area of agreement , mainly because of divergent national interests and unfavourable economic developments such as inflation , recession , and the oil crisis . |
| 15 | The 1992 budget planned to limit the public-sector deficit to 9 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) , and to save L60,000 million ( about US$48,250,000 ) through a combination of spending cuts , fiscal measures and privatization . |
| 16 | The Physical Education Department and the University of Edinburgh Sports Union combine to provide a comprehensive service . |
| 17 | Long before Wilkins sought to popularize the Copernican system , the Protestant reformer Calvin had declared that those who wished to learn astronomy should not look to the Bible . |
| 18 | Choose styling products formulated to give a natural-looking hold for casual styling . |
| 19 | In July the International Committee of the Movements for European Unity agreed to ask the national parliaments of Western Europe to lend their voices to the argument . |
| 20 | Many of the most powerful of the British pressure groups tend to have an established relationship with one or other political party . |
| 21 | With foot pointed raise the top leg and do 35 mini raises . |
| 22 | There are a number of reasons why meetings tend to have a poor reputation . |
| 23 | The heterogeneity of labour and the job-specificity of skills tend to create a strong linkage between workers and their employers and , in some cases , cause firms to fill as many of their vacancies as possible by means of internal promotions . |
| 24 | Thus correction involves substituting the correct spelling of the intended word for its misspelled counterpart , but controlled by the user . |
| 25 | The executive responsible is a member of the Board assigned to ensure the successful progress and completion of the project . |
| 26 | This may again be necessary for work with learning resources , but librarians and experienced teachers will in any case want to stress the absolute necessity of previous detailed checking to see that the resources likely to be helpful and required are actually available . |
| 27 | Young male and female geladas begin to differentiate their preferences in this way well before the male separates to join an all-male group . |
| 28 | In the end , only the action is viable , so that all these essays tend to match the inside ethnography and are nullified by neglect or have any contentious matter treated as ‘ privileged information ’ , for as Templeton ( 1980 : 904 ) argues ‘ the police fear that if you have a better understanding of society , you are in a better position to change it — the very exercise [ they ] are reluctant to engage in ’ . |
| 29 | The secret decision to continue producing the new generation of so-called ‘ binary ’ nerve gas weapons would also seem to preclude a Bush-inspired bilateral agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union to start reducing their arsenals of chemical weapons before the new global treaty is concluded . |
| 30 | Because the Milk Marketing Board agrees to pay a fixed price regularly every month , most farmers keep a herd of dairy cows . |