Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An additional problem is that acid deposition reduces calcium concentrations and mobilizes toxic metals , especially aluminium , and this can be an important factor contributing to fish mortality . |
| 2 | That will disappoint David Gower fans and baffle those critics who believe any lefthander would be worth his weight in gold against leg-spinner Shane Warne . |
| 3 | To develop commercial environmental consultancy and research activities and undertake some teaching on Environmental Health related courses up to postgraduate level . |
| 4 | Arizona , according to one columnist , E.J. Montini , ‘ is like the kid who stole his parents ' car and is out careering on to other people 's lawns , crashing into garbage cans and running red lights . ’ |
| 5 | This is suggested by the quotations earlier in the section , which indicate that Lakatos hoped to give rules for eliminating research programmes and stemming intellectual pollution . |
| 6 | They also agreed to undertake joint research projects and exchange environmental information . |
| 7 | Work has already started at the Bowness development in Grangemouth to provide 65 two and three bedroom houses and to refurbish 18 council flats . |
| 8 | There were grocery shops who blended tea , sold afternoon tea dainties and made daily deliveries . |
| 9 | Add to this a language problem , surround the ship with smaller fishing vessels and throw liberal quantities of slimy mackerel underfoot , anchor it in a remote Scottish loch with vicious squalls of wind and rain roaring down from the surrounding hills , try working for days on end with very little sleep in these conditions and you have some idea of our difficulties . |
| 10 | It always strikes me when you see meths drinkers and imagine those people as children — they were all beautiful then , and it is simply an inexplicable phenomenon which makes me sit here and that other person is out there on the street . |
| 11 | After the experiment subjects were asked to drink sufficient liquids and to record frequency of bowel movements and to collect all stools for 24 hours . |
| 12 | The pressure to revert to maximising leverage ratios and suppress local authority and community-led development would be intense . |
| 13 | County workers travelled in less technological gritters , snow ploughs and snow buckets and spent two hours dragging the expensive machine back on to the road . |
| 14 | MasterCard International Inc has teamed up with Checkfree Corp to provide banks and their customers in the US with remote banking service , enabling customers to pay credit card bills and get financial information via the telephone or personal computer : MasterCard will provide technology , network management and marketing support and Checkfree will provide electronic bill payment processing , customer service and operations development for the new MasterBanking service . |
| 15 | The drinks industry supports and reinforces these campaigns . |
| 16 | He says the new set-up will benefit patients by cutting administration costs and freeing more money for health care . |
| 17 | He was fined £120 with £20 costs and had three penalty points put on his licence . |
| 18 | He was fined £250 with £20 costs and given eight penalty points . |
| 19 | They held legal aid classes and conducted adult education schools . |
| 20 | The objectives of the Unit as laid out in its constitution are as follows : to undertake industrial relations research of a long-term multidisciplinary character ; to contribute towards improving the quality of data and of understanding that is available for industrial relations policy-making by government , employers and trade unions ; to provide for a concentration of resources and continuity of work and thereby improve career opportunities for research workers and facilitate large-scale research projects ; to enhance the quality of industrial relations teaching and research activity of the School of Industrial and Business Studies ; to be a national and international centre for industrial relations research and to attract suitable visiting researchers and research students to the University . |
| 21 | One or two autos in the machine shop have excessive maintenance costs and require frequent re-setting due to age . |
| 22 | This research proposes to take advantage of similarities and differences to identify potential causes and processes common and specific to each country through a series of research workshops and directed small scale studies . |
| 23 | How will the Government respond to any request from Railtrack for an infrastructure grant to cover investment costs and enable lower rates to be charges to operators ? |
| 24 | Employees are directly involved in the operations and decisions of the business through Statistical Process Control , Corrective Action Teams and Team Oriented Problem Solving . |
| 25 | Gyngell again had seat problems and spent several hours that evening in a major rebuild , fortunately successful . |
| 26 | The country 's suspension from the US system of generalized special preferences ( GSP ) ( which allowed underdeveloped countries to export products to the US duty free or with low tariffs ) was to continue until Paraguay improved its record on labour rights and provided more assistance with US anti-drug efforts . |
| 27 | Already there are plans to put on nativity plays and join local children at a carol service . |
| 28 | I 've always worked hard on changing and refining my practice schedules and finding different ways to get better . |
| 29 | A couple of minutes passed in setting out the tea things and exchanging minor pleasantries . |
| 30 | They have also developed the use of ‘ self inspection ’ — each group responsible for inspecting its own work — and giving responsibility to work groups for minor routine maintenance such as changing tips of welding guns and making minor adjustments . |