Example sentences of "[adj] and [vb base] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several times I have seen other researchers do this and have watched higher managers set the scene and limit the enquiry to specific areas — outside management proper — as though the problem existed in a vacuum. , ( Dalton 1959 ) |
| 2 | The reefs in deep water off Devon and Cornwall are fairly clear and have given steady sport . |
| 3 | Her husband dies in a car accident alongside another woman and driven by grief and jealousy , she investigates his secret life and becomes entangled with a rather nasty mystic group , some of whom are 400 years old and tend to drop rotting flesh and eyeballs on the carpet . |
| 4 | Odd sheltered parts of Regents arm ice free and have produced small roach catches to 3 lb . |
| 5 | Olayide and Falusi ( 1977 : 1 15 ) comment that ‘ past government efforts in soil conservation have been very meagre and have had little impact in solving the erosion problems ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ But I suppose we ought to be sensible and try to get some sleep , ’ she added reluctantly . |
| 7 | Hips and elbows must have been X-rayed and have received excellent results , but further more , all dogs must participate in the Swedish mental test . |
| 8 | We are against animal experiments because they are unscientific and have caused great harm to humans and the planet as well as terrible suffering to animals . |
| 9 | The seminar discussions have been wide-ranging and have covered many aspects of way of life , not all of which were directly connected with oil-related activities . |
| 10 | The most incongruous of people become associated and continue to remain safe companions . |
| 11 | A combination of a large military establishment and a massive arms industry — what Eisenhower called the " military-industrial complex " — could become over-powerful and start to dominate American policy . |
| 12 | In his bid to make the top eight and earn Iron some cash from the Beazer Homes kitty , he keeps faith with the squad that outplayed Witney last week after Glenn Russell 's dismissal , but still lost 3–1 . |
| 13 | The county council and the five Greater York district councils began to address the issue in nineteen eighty eight and have spent five years in moving toward this examination in public . |
| 14 | Make them to whatever width you care to but it is advisable to divide the desired throw-over width into suitable panels , rather than to find it too narrow and have to add little strips to either side . |
| 15 | I think our strategy should be that we pare our prices down , to the absolute minimum that we think we can do the work for , take a little bit more off that and hope to get some money back on variations . |
| 16 | Richard Simmonds of laser says that success does n't happen overnight … they 've been in Banbury since the early seventies and have built 150,000 boats … he says it 's about time that people in banbury had the chance to sail on their doorstep and there are lots of local clubs that offer people the chance |
| 17 | And some people are very unfortunate and get caught first time . |
| 18 | As the vast majority of patients are elderly and have spent long periods in hospital , it is unrealistic to expect them to live independently or improve dramatically on discharge . |
| 19 | Chemicals in the paint render the rust inert and help to discourage further outbreaks . |
| 20 | Rarely , however , has anyone been able to outwit a leprechaun , for they are characteristically sly and tricky and enjoy playing practical jokes on mortals . |
| 21 | What it does say is neatly summed up by Bereiter ( 1980 ) : " the disappointing message of the Schools ' Council research is that as soon as we begin to look beyond syntax , vocabulary and the like and try to Investigate functional aspects of student writing , we begin to find out more about the school system than we find out about children . " |
| 22 | Thresher also offers in-house and open learning course-based activities to all its managers in order that they can study for the Wine and Spirit Education Trust Higher Certificate , which is a product knowledge-based certificate . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm not going to tell how many women I 've slept with because I 'm happily married and want to stay that way . |
| 24 | He said : ‘ I 'm the same player I was before my injury in the FA Cup final , but I just use my head a little bit more and try to get more people involved in the game . |
| 25 | Having a naturally restrained appetite , which probably means that you are only a few pounds overweight and have gained this weight over a lengthy period . |
| 26 | have attained the age of 50 and have completed two years qualifying service ( but less than five years qualifying service ) . |
| 27 | Three months later I am fitter and have lost two stone . |
| 28 | In that case , the electorate might well prefer to be Red and live to fight another day rather than be consigned to a nuclear crematorium . |
| 29 | Some patients may need drug therapy at diagnosis if they are thin and have lost much weight with severe hyperglycaemia , are very symptomatic or perhaps with evidence of infection . |
| 30 | Since nearly all High Court judges are appointed when they are between about 45 and 57 it is likely that they will have shed such political enthusiasms as they may have had when young and have formed firm views about how the country should be run . |