Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [pers pn] [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stress this causes varies , depending on what the parents perceive as tolerable , but some find it creates considerable tension . |
| 2 | This means he gets physical possession of the goods but you keep their legal title . |
| 3 | By this means he injects new life into his relationship with God . |
| 4 | If the car has a constant speed of fifty miles per hour this means it goes fifty miles in every hour . |
| 5 | A motor boat has a speed of four miles per hour this means it goes four miles in every hour |
| 6 | This means it needs effective screening and filtering which can be difficult , bulky and expensive . |
| 7 | This suggests he has some difficulty in distinguishing sounds . |
| 8 | It is not blackmail where the accused believes he has reasonable grounds for making the demand and believes the use of menaces is a proper means of reinforcing the demand . |
| 9 | In the first place it places great stress on individual responsibility . |
| 10 | And among the forwards , Swansea 's back row of skipper Stuart Davies , Alan Reynolds and Ian Davies ruled the roost , with Reynolds in particular showing he deserves immediate elevation into the international arena . |
| 11 | Ideas about not ‘ burdening others ’ with personal problems , that discussing them denotes some kind of ‘ personal weakness ’ , are common within the older generations , especially when the prospective counsellee has a strong sense of personal dignity and pride . |
| 12 | Dallas-based Texas Instruments Inc says it plans 1993 capital spending of $650m , a rise of $220m from a year ago , in anticipation of double-digit growth in the world semiconductor market this year , including 25 pct in the US market ; it expects the Japanese semiconductor market to grow at 5% this year , with the Japanese economy beginning ‘ slow recovery ’ in the second half ; it said it has shipped more than 100,000 of its new SuperSparcs in a year , and expects to release several client-server products this year ; commenting on first quarter figures ( page seven ) , it added that software revenues for the first quarter were lower than expected , leading to a small loss in its information technology business ; it continues to see strong demand for notebook computers and printers . |
| 13 | Novell Inc reckons it has four paths into the Unix market : NetWare , NetWare for Unix , NetWare NFS and Univel Inc . |
| 14 | A world transfixed by the horror in the Balkans is entitled to feel it has better things to worry about than what is not happening in the Middle East . |