Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pron] [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where the eye often used to be bruised by hectic entrances and exits , Page now keeps his dancers on the stage , shifting them around in complex patterns or gathering them up in long architectural phrases . |
| 2 | Disseminators of " indecent " material which lacks the potency to corrupt are generally within the law so long as they do not despatch it by post , or seek to import it from overseas , or flaunt it openly in public places . |
| 3 | If you want to share them , put a new condom on them for each user or wash them thoroughly in hot water ( as long as the toy is not electrical ! ) . |
| 4 | The value of such studies is that they show plainly the ubiquity of popular political action , which may be diffuse , episodic , lacking any clearly formulated doctrine , or expressing itself mainly in religious or cultural terms , but always provides a matrix from which political organizations can emerge in favourable circumstances . |
| 5 | And would the swans find shelter from the storm , or ride it out like three-masted sailing ships ? |
| 6 | When that did not work they tried pumping or spraying it on to neighbouring fields , hoping it would filter through the ground by natural causes . |
| 7 | Get the notes typewritten using a new ribbon , or copy them out in black felt tip pen in large capital letters . |
| 8 | Studies of social mobility , of schools , of work , of leisure , of youth culture , even of the family , either ignored women or saw them only through male eyes . |
| 9 | ‘ We may produce guidance to local authorities or call them in for private chats ’ . |
| 10 | The Group of 77 , as the developing countries called themselves , had already discovered the capacity of the opposing phalanx of rich , aid-giving industrialised countries either to stonewall their demands for more aid or for preferential trading arrangements , or to fob them off with empty , symbolic gestures . |
| 11 | He had given us the computer codes to chalk on the outside of the boxes , but you would n't have caught him packing files into the boxes or wrapping them up with pink tape afterwards . |
| 12 | This may mean returning it to the dealer or manufacturer , but certainly not incinerating it or throwing it out with other household waste that ends up in a shallow landfill . |
| 13 | Even if you do not want to change brands you can decide to eat fewer biscuits or have something else like fresh fruit instead . |
| 14 | All the big firms have strong international links that cushion them somewhat from domestic troubles . |
| 15 | This is because you will have developed , without necessarily ever having thought about it , some learning style preferences that equip you better for certain stages in the cycle than for others . |
| 16 | It had to be Travis , and that spurred her on to reckless speed , putting too much weight on her much tried ankle , until it could only do one thing — collapse under her . |
| 17 | But the writers who use world-system theories in empirical studies of particular countries ' economic history include features that draw it closer to regulationist theory : for example , the uncertainty , problems and changes associated with conflicts over international hegemony are often studied . |
| 18 | She knew what that could mean , when the labourer was as young and inexperienced as he , and she looked him over again carefully for the signs of his servitude , ignoring the forbidding stare that warned her off from probing . |
| 19 | It 's pleasanter than chopping him up in little pieces . |
| 20 | These divergent states are often subjectively perceived as having distinctive characteristics that mark them out as discrete varieties : people can recognize regional varieties such as ‘ Birmingham ’ English , ‘ Yorkshire ’ English and so on , and they often have a fairly clear idea of how such varieties are distinguished from one another . |
| 21 | What is it about the changes that occur in a crossroads period that mark them out as structural changes , distinct from the movement and change experienced during the intervening years ? |
| 22 | Sanguinetti 's faction of the PC , although not opposed to privatization as such , opposed Lacalle 's plan to sell off state assets through direct negotiations with potential buyers rather than putting them up for public tender . |
| 23 | This interchange of visual ideas permeates every facet of the weaver 's art , and is one of the prime reasons why all oriental rugs , regardless of their compositional differences , possess an underlying character that sets them apart from hand-made rugs produced in other areas of the world . |
| 24 | A cup of Assam tea from the north east of India , has a strength of character and verve that sets it apart from ordinary teas . |
| 25 | Slater is still in high school ( well at his age , so he should be ) and the issue is still suicide , but ‘ Pump Up The Volume ’ has a rare head-on directness that sets it apart from other Hollywood teen fare . |
| 26 | Despite all the things that happen to us , such as religious conversion , dreams , accidents , bereavement , psychological shock — all those things that pull us out of everyday reality — we tend to slip back to a belief that there is a bedrock of common sense and sensibility at the heart of things . |
| 27 | With these funds at their disposal , various governments , central banks or monetary authorities actively supported Arab bank involvement in the recycling operation rather than leaving it entirely to non-Arab banks . |
| 28 | Baroness Seear , a leader of the Liberal peers for several years , remarks that ‘ I can honestly say that I have never been in a place that treats you better on male-female equality . |
| 29 | It is not obvious why this is , but it is so strikingly convergent among animals that have nothing else in common but their anteating habit , that it almost certainly is somehow related to this habit . |
| 30 | But he put up no defence ; he simply raised his hands and laid them lightly on Gentle 's shoulders . |