Example sentences of "[adj] [vb base] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally , the fair-minded British tend to side with the underdog . |
| 2 | Few intend to stay beyond a year or two . |
| 3 | Some want to invest in the island and get some kind of tourism going . ’ |
| 4 | Some suggest tinkering with the tax system : raise the ceiling for tax-free earnings , or boost the earned-income tax credit for low-earners . |
| 5 | Some stop to talk to the hunger strikers . |
| 6 | Mainly the sparks fly down off the wheel , but some seem to cling to the circumference all round then fly up into the operator 's face . |
| 7 | The control movements needed to achieve this vary according to the configuration of the undercarriage . |
| 8 | Some like to work from a diagram where there is a brief description of technique used at the start , then the remainder of the pattern consists of the diagram of the various garment parts , with figures that relate to stitches , rows and sizes . |
| 9 | There was the son of a Dallas police officer who held a press conference last autumn to ‘ confess ’ that his dead father was the ‘ second gunman ’ some believe fired at the president from a grassy knoll . |
| 10 | Many pointedly refer to themselves as ‘ Königsberger ’ and few feel threatened by the influx of German tourists and money into the region . |
| 11 | Although there is no reason why middle age should mean a lessening of sexual potency in men , some do complain of a decline in sexual ability in midlife . |
| 12 | Some prefer to feed from the tank bottom , or the midwater level , however , and if we do not cater for these fish they may find all the food gets eaten before any sinks down to them . |
| 13 | Sea fishing is also taken up by many some prefer to fish from the beach and others prefer to fish from a boat . |
| 14 | Somehow people producing this , preparing this have to think of a way in which they can trap the listener , the viewer , the reader and get their interest . |
| 15 | ‘ Some need turning in the night , particularly those with muscular dystrophy , ’ says nurse Lou Major . |
| 16 | Some have called for a boycott of the elections , but most are likely to back the faction of the Akali Dal , the Sikh political party , led by a former police officer , Simranjit Singh Mann . |
| 17 | – Some have to do with the child 's temperament ; others relate to parents ' physical and emotional resources and , of course , their methods of discipline ( or lack of them ! ) . |
| 18 | Some have seen in the clash between Antigone and Creon a parable of the demands of individual conscience against social imperatives , others in the encounter between Ismene and her sister a dramatisation of the need to temper conviction lest it degenerate into fanaticism . |
| 19 | In the past some have jeered at the burial procedure . |
| 20 | Some have occurred as a result of lime and fertiliser applications coupled with more intensive grazing of livestock . |
| 21 | We 've had hundreds of cards and letters for our special Pick the Manager Competition … some fans have been giving it plenty of thought … some have taken to the drawing board … |
| 22 | Perhaps the nearest the British have got to a building like this has been in the pages of The Eagle . |
| 23 | The Japanese have advanced in the face of claims by many observers that they are poor at developing software — the instructions that make computers operate . |
| 24 | Do you have a rota system where if maybe six have got onto an appliance and there 's another fire comes up in a few hours that they can not turn ut again , or is it just a matter of whoever gets there first again ? |
| 25 | Efforts to make places more accessible have resulted in a proliferation of signposts , turnstiles , fences , car parks , souvenir shops and snack bars which do nothing to enhance the beauty of an area , but in many cases spoil its character as well as the environment . |
| 26 | Chapters 6 and 7 have looked at the way that books can be evaluated , and at the sources for evaluation . |
| 27 | These tend to rot in the sun and though the treads might be as good as new , they will have to be changed because of the cracks in the walls . |
| 28 | Hitler 's assault in the summer of 1940 put paid to the agitation for peace negotiations . |
| 29 | Today many of these lie submerged by the sea , for the land is flat and the sea has encroached all round the coast . |
| 30 | The skull seems to become translucent , and within it — and in the flesh about it — knotted cords of white begin to form into a spiral which funnels back into a single thicker cord at the back of the skull . |