Example sentences of "[noun] [n mass] [vb base] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that time , car sales have rocketed from 180 a year to 2,000 new cars , about 1,500 used and 350 vans . |
| 2 | Here it is important to know ( a ) whether male and female ideals diverge : whether , that is , the moral outlook people have depends in some causally related way on whether they are male or female , and ( b ) whether the ideals themselves are gender-relative : that is to say , whether what is good in a woman or right for a woman might not be bad in a man , or wrong for a man , and vice versa . |
| 3 | Bread sales have increased for this kind of loaf . |
| 4 | A number of vintage aircraft have crashed in recent years … so are old planes unsafe : |
| 5 | It is for this reason we currently have the ludicrous situation of two record fish lists , one run by the National Anglers Council , which is a record of fish that were claimed in accordance with a set of inflexible rules , and one that is run by the National Association of Specialist Anglers , whose record fish appear according to individual merit , this merit being judged by highly experienced specialist anglers who know a ‘ con ’ when they see one and who would reject a claim if there were any doubt as to its truth . |
| 6 | Again , recent government decisions regarding GCHQ staff have led to management-union tensions , which raise questions concerning local political and social attitudes . |
| 7 | Health and Safety and COSHH have been very active in the year and I am delighted to see the way all of our service staff have responded to this . |
| 8 | The NRA 's report also reveals that spillages from sewage works have increased by 20 per cent since privatization in 1989 . |
| 9 | COLONIAL Mutual has just opened its range of Rainbow personal pensions to money people want to transfer from occupational schemes as they change jobs . |
| 10 | I remember , after one lesson , having a sensation of a collar being around my neck which prevented me from turning my head ( similar to the kind people have to wear after painful neck injuries ) . |
| 11 | The kitchen staff have to cater for all diets from vegan to diabetic , and from Muslim to Jewish . |
| 12 | In fact er double glazing and kitchen people try to close on that first meeting but they |
| 13 | Well unless there are any other issues that people want to rai any other items people want to raise on this issue , I propose we close now , resume at ten o'clock in the morning , and we will go straight into matters , well matter two C , to look at the di criteria . |
| 14 | Given that the role of Nat Sec is different in part from that of Coordinator in England , how does the job description of a Scots , Welsh or Irish Area Sec need to differ from that of an English Area Sec ? |
| 15 | Health statistics tend to relate to large psychiatric hospitals which include younger patients and often it is not possible to distinguish costs for acute or assessment beds or for outpatient or day hospital attendances . |
| 16 | Because it also happens , it happens to be the case that in local elections people tend to vote on national issues or perceptions . |