Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [adv prt] [art] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 In such a case , the freight forwarder fills out a proprietary or neutral air waybill form , which bears the issuing airline 's identification , and inserts the number of the air waybill of the first airline to fly the goods ( often referred to as the ‘ master ’ air waybill ) .
2 Grief brings out the best and the worst in all of us , I 've discovered .
3 as the level of average consumption rises , an increasing portion of consumption takes on a social as well as an individual aspect … the satisfaction that individuals derive from goods and services depends in increasing measure not only on their own consumption but on consumption by others as well .
4 This means that not only is the use of soaps and detergents unnecessarily high , but towels and linen takes on a hard and unluxurious feel .
5 Instead of assuming that their development progresses along a smooth and unproblematic path it is assumed that there have to be mechanisms and policies to overcome constantly recurring disequilibria and attempts to gain some sort of balance ( for example , between agriculture and industry ; between the amounts available for consumption and for investment in new capital ; between money and financial capital on one hand and production on the other ; and , especially , between capital and labour ) .
6 This notice sets out a positive and negative condition that must be satisfied :
7 ‘ Where a statutory provision on one interpretation brings about a startling and inequitable result , this may lead the court to seek another possible interpretation which will do better justice . ’
8 ‘ This competition brings out the best and the worst in fashion students .
9 Above them , a small incense burner gives off a languid and heavy , musky scent .
10 While the text may be mere words on a page the discourse takes on a deeper and more determinative role .
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