Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [adj] [noun sg] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Buxtehude , the most common measure is to ensure that the crossing cycle lane is conspicuous , as seen in ( Figure 6.17 ) , with the priority to the right rule giving added protection and often ensuring that cyclists can maintain their pace . |
| 2 | He maintained the IFA 's statement resulted from its desire to speed up court cases pending against IBM and used the tired old argument about local opposition blocking further investment and thus hurting the local economy : ‘ Irish Base Metals are working with a major oil company and we have to convince them that Ireland and Galway are good places for investment . |
| 3 | I 'd rather take that approach , and what I would suggest is that , wherever possible , teachers should think about involving parents in the kinds of difficulties that the child is having in school , and thereby becomes a team effort rather than parents working one direction and perhaps teachers working in another . |
| 4 | In the wild , even modern breeds of hens form themselves into small social groups comprising one cockerel and perhaps four or five hens . |
| 5 | Now I do n't think that 's right , fair or democratic and if we 've shied away from it for years handling this issue and now we 're in the position where this house has total responsibility for the thirty thousand citizens in total of Gibralt it 's not the electorate , the total population , thirty thousand and we continued to deny them vote yet they are citizens of the European union under our own legislation and accepted as such by the European parliament and it is wholly wrong Mr Deputy Speaker that the boundaries that we 're discussing in this bill were not drawn so that and it could easily have been done , that we could have incorporated the twenty odd thousand European union citizens of Gibraltar who do wish to be part of Spain and wo n't be for fifty years or more until it 's been a democracy that long , but to give them the right to vote . |
| 6 | There had ensued a formidable civil war , with the barons backing one side and then the other , while the Angevins undermined Stephen 's kingship with carefully laid plans of their own . |
| 7 | My father protested but , as Mrs Clamp pointed out , it was quite enough to have to look after two invalids in the one house without having an infant needing constant care as well . |
| 8 | Although a medically biased book , there are some useful care plans accompanying each disorder as well as some excellent patient teaching guides that would be useful for reference on the ward and as teaching aids in the classroom . |
| 9 | Make regular water changes using conditioned water and occasionally some more ‘ starter ’ |
| 10 | A crucial part of the change is a personal development plan which is being put together for every individual , so that they can grow their skills and knowledge gaining extra reward and externally recognised National Vocational Qualifications . |
| 11 | Several ancient men in worn and baggy clothes sit at separate tables drinking neat whiskey and half pints of Beamish . |
| 12 | It should also be noted that in granting permission for a particular use a local planning authority may impose conditions restricting that use and thus prevent the changes in use allowed by the Order . |
| 13 | It is bad enough having the sufferer saying one thing but really meaning another without the counsellor getting caught up in the same macabre " game " . |
| 14 | For example , Datir ( 1978 : 212 ) found that , in the state of Maharastra , over two-thirds of all admissions of convicts to prisons were of people serving one month or less ; and a third of admissions were for ticketless travel on the railway , usually through inability to pay fines . |
| 15 | These show a growing number of older people entering active retirement and much smaller youth age groups entering employment . |
| 16 | There was n't much space along here , and he could no longer rely on people taking one look and then getting out of his way because there was nowhere for them to go . |
| 17 | This means that there are more old people needing special help and proportionately fewer people of working age to provide for them . |
| 18 | The maximum penalty for child neglect is now ten years ' imprisonment , which should be sufficient to deal with cases involving considerable fault and actually or potentially serious consequences . |
| 19 | Her photographs capture the girls viewing each other and already checking their own image . |
| 20 | CHEMICALS companies have made further cuts in capital spending this year and only a modest improvement is in prospect next year before a further fall in 1994 , according to an industry survey published yesterday . |
| 21 | Comrie observes of a Slavonic form marking high animacy that historically it ‘ was used only for male , adult , freeborn , healthy humans , i.e. not for women , children , slaves and cripples ’ . |
| 22 | Indeed it was a very misty and cloudy start , but the sun did break through in the west , the east getting some rain as well as the grey stuff . |
| 23 | A MODERN SEMI DETACHED PROPERTY PROVIDING SPACIOUS ACCOMMODATION AND CONVENIENTLY SITUATED FOR LOCAL SHOPS |
| 24 | If power is represented as being ‘ middle class ’ , or a member of the ‘ party apparatchik ’ , the consequence is the same , the distribution of educational opportunities is progressively in its favour , with more of its children attending secondary education and even more attending tertiary or higher education . |
| 25 | Today there are more women using modern contraception than ever before . |
| 26 | Platelet activating factor was extracted from biopsies using ethanolic extraction as previously reported by us and others . |
| 27 | These are serious bums requiring medical attention and often skin grafting . |
| 28 | The validity of the lower inherited capital stock argument ( which relies on bond purchases reducing current saving and hence investment ) is also called into question . |
| 29 | Both are woodland offering good cover and truly exhilarating terrain . ’ |
| 30 | 2 Do n't spend too much time correcting one individual or just saying " NO " . |