Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | China , it was believed , might have urged North Korea to sign the International Atomic Energy Agency 's nuclear safeguards accord and allow international inspection of its nuclear facilities . |
| 2 | But erm my closing remarks we be these sir that the the actual reality is that North Yorkshire and some of its districts want and deserve inward investment . |
| 3 | In others lichens colonize and replace each other ( Lindsay , 1978 ) , in a process taking 200 years or considerably longer . |
| 4 | What is required is a balance where basic and applied research co-exist and catalyse further developments . |
| 5 | Er and I suppose the great you know lesson of social sciences in , in some ways if it 's , if it 's for anything it ought to be to try and avoid that kind of disaster , because erm if we understood ourselves better we might you know in the future try and avoid that thing because we just would n't attempt if , if that was n't an attempt to be . |
| 6 | Topological feature based methods detect and code straight lines and the orientation of strokes . |
| 7 | P. W. Conolly , when District Judge at Negombo , wrote that ‘ when parties quarrel and assault each other , it is no uncommon thing for the person who has got the best of the struggle to have an animal brought to the spot , and a charge of cattle stealing is preferred against the unfortunate man who has been assaulted . ’ |
| 8 | Aircraft come and go all day long ( with the exception of the afternoon 's flying display ) and moving aircraft in among the viewing public seems to be accomplished with the minimum of fuss . |
| 9 | As the CV system improves , the blood vessels enlarge and become more elastic , and the heart becomes bigger and stronger . |
| 10 | Journalists distribute and sell 25,000 copies a day . |
| 11 | As districts merge and form larger purchasing organisations and the overall variability between health authorities is reduced due to averaging , so increasing amounts of the variation will be contained within authorities and therefore beyond the reach of resource allocation formulas despite the devolution reflected in locality planning . |
| 12 | This was our very own English movement , which many classical purists abhor and consider mere frippery . |
| 13 | Only $1,800 million was authorized to keep the Northrop Corporation 's production lines open and to allow possible purchase of one more B-2 following completion of the 15 aircraft already funded ( only three of these having already been delivered ) . |
| 14 | Does the Minister accept that the vast majority of people in Scotland recognise and understand international obligations , and that the whole problem of the Iraqi contract arose from a feeling that something was being put through behind the scenes ? |
| 15 | Banks borrow and lend wholesale funds amongst themselves , dealing through money brokers , for periods ranging from overnight to five years . |
| 16 | All contributions demonstrate and promote anti-discriminatory approaches to training and practice . |
| 17 | However , a widening of access requires that the universities attract and support under-represented groups , such as working-class school-leavers , black and Asian students , parents and mature workers . |
| 18 | These judgements take no account of the intake characteristics of particular schools , though HMI collect and report such data as social class and verbal reasoning scores at intake . |
| 19 | Too many British rap tracks try and copy American stuff , but our sound has evolved through time and we keep branching into different styles . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ For goodness sake go and put some lipstick on , ’ she said . |
| 21 | CATHERINE For heaven 's sake go and make some tea or something , I ca n't bear people standing about doing nothing . |
| 22 | For example , in Mali , resources flow from the poor peasant to the urban sector where a variety of powerful classes live and realise that surplus . |
| 23 | I wonder if I am at the right do and half-expect two boxers to make an appearance . |
| 24 | A fragmented NHS , in which various organisations buy and sell clinical services from one another on a ‘ businesslike ’ basis , requires information for pricing . |
| 25 | Similar forms resonate and reinforce each other . |
| 26 | EACH day Britons munch and dunk three-million McVitie 's Rich Tea biscuits . |
| 27 | Lists of significant indications of the possibility of sight difficulties on which Marshall ( 1969 ) , Chapman ( 1978 ) and Mason ( Fitt and Mason , 1986 ) lay stress are set out here with only minor variations or additions ; the present writers confirm and extend these listings as a basis of cause for further investigation of the child 's sight : |
| 28 | Although the practice whereby user firms invent and exploit new processes internally has recently received attention , this research is intended to identify and describe situations in which those firms act entrepreneurially to exploit their innovations in product markets . |
| 29 | Transformational changes take years , not months ; it is important that the executive managers understand and accept this time perspective . |
| 30 | As the MIND report highlights , between 80 per cent and 85 per cent of NHS spending on mental health goes on hospital treatment , despite the overwhelming fact that the majority of people want and prefer community-based alternatives . |