Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Both trampling and weathering have produced modifications to the bone assemblages studied , but neither has brought about large scale breakage of bone . |
2 | This helps break down heavy soil and enables free-draining soil to hold water . |
3 | If you 're all trying to give up good luck ! |
4 | Oxford Medical has fought off worldwide competition for a major slice of the lucrative American market where health is big business . |
5 | ( Occasional controversy in the press has caused public concern that medical records held by computers are less confidential than those left lying around general practice receptionists ' rooms and hospital records offices . |
6 | The able-bodied had to saw up old railway sleepers and then chop up the pieces for sale as firewood . |
7 | THERE was a time when the television variety spectacular threatened to take over popular entertainment completely , so that pantomime and seaside summer shows would be indistinguishable , all one poor man 's Palladium . |
8 | Out of total environmental lending of US$2,000 million for 23 projects approved last year , the Bank lent US$1,300 million for pollution control and the protection of the urban environment , US$521 million for natural resources management and US$173 million to help build up environmental protection institutions in developing countries . |