Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Feminist psychology also finds it difficult to deal with apparent irrationalities in women 's subjectivity except by pathologizing the women , or seeing them as social victims . |
| 2 | Equally , however , it has been driven from within the organisation by reducing beds , shutting old hospitals , or transforming them into nursing homes , and concentrating high technology investment in a small number of centres , well equipped and well staffed . |
| 3 | So instead we have made progress by finding partial theories that describe a limited range of happenings and by neglecting other effects or approximating them by certain numbers . |
| 4 | Many cities run the trees through chippers , paying for the operation by selling the mulch or using it in public parks . |
| 5 | Thus , in addition to the general process in which the market registers people 's choices and these feed back into selected or discontinued types of production , there is an evident pressure , at or before the point of production , to reduce costs : either by improving the technical means of reproduction , or by altering the nature of the work or pressing it into other forms . |
| 6 | He must know how to lift or catch her in different ways from a static position or jump without any sign of strain . |
| 7 | If it is emptying too slowly you can burn some of the holes a bit bigger with a cigarette end or cut them into wider slots with a knife or pair of scissors . |
| 8 | It was no longer possible for casual thieves to take an animal for their own use , or to sell it for agricultural purposes in a village five or ten kilometres distant . |
| 9 | Double-vault composting toilet : If people wish to reuse excreta in their gardens or to sell it to local farmers composting toilets can be built as long as users agree to follow strict rules of maintenance . |
| 10 | Just because they are OK with you it does n't mean you are blind to their inadequacies or view them through rose-coloured spectacles . |
| 11 | In the event , no effort was needed : the early years of the Great War caused great damage to the Edinburgh printing trade , with several firms going out of business , others laying off workers or releasing them for other jobs since trade was so poor . |
| 12 | The twists and turns of Goldwyn 's life can become tedious , since he was so often fighting the same battles ; and the extent of his involvement in the industry means that Berg continually digresses to enlarge on some aspect of movie history , or introduces us to other personalities as they appear . |
| 13 | When a record turns out to be a synonym , there are two alternatives : these are to store the synonym at once , in which case the process is called a one-pass load , or to load it in two passes , which is called a two-pass load . |
| 14 | Textbooks on research methods rarely mention the problems that arise when undertaking research on controversial topics or conducting it in sensitive locations . |
| 15 | Many people value their group award certificates , such as HNC or HND , highly and wish to display them or present them to prospective employers . |
| 16 | It can also be used to establish the propensity of different ACORN categories to buy different products or services , or to use them at particular rates ; and to analyse their exposure and reaction to different forms of promotional and advertising media . |
| 17 | The staff are n't trained counsellors and Mr Higgins admits they 're learning to deal with caller 's emotional problems as they go along , or refer them to other organisations such as the Samaritans . |
| 18 | But it is a problem for feminists if dictionaries include sexist definitions and examples , if they refuse to include feminist terms or define them in contentious ways . |
| 19 | For example : the traditional notation regarding ‘ on board ’ loading was replaced by a ‘ taking in charge ’ statement ; the traditional prohibition against transhipment was eliminated , because transhipment was of the essence in combined transport ; since the transport commonly originated and finished inland , the terms ‘ place of receipt ’ and ‘ place of delivery ’ were inserted in separate boxes , either replacing the traditional ‘ port of loading ’ and ‘ port of discharge ’ or joining them as additional specifications ; and since often times the name of the vessel was not known or could not be established with certainty at the time of issuance , the box for the vessel 's name was modified to refer to an ‘ intended vessel . ’ |
| 20 | Here they make the land habitable , banish evil spirits ( or convert them into lesser deities , the Bāhan ) and care for the people . |
| 21 | Most of them , protected by their voluntary-aided status , resisted for twenty years and more all attempts to change their fiercely academic character or to entangle them in vague schemes of amalgamation or co-operation with secondary modern schools . |
| 22 | Well that depends on whether you are actually doing it during an audit or doing it for other reasons , what they are looking for is that your system is getting better and that you have done the right things . |
| 23 | She wept easily and often anyway : frequently dissolving in front of Alice , who would then coax or bully her into all sorts of concessions . |
| 24 | Bank issuers have responded to the non-bank challenge with a blaze of publicity about how they are cutting their own fees , which are typically $20–40 a year , or waiving them for new card-holders in the first year . |
| 25 | Oh yeah I mean if you wanted to also link that with multicultural situation or or cross cultural or comparing it with other ones I mean that 's no problem . |
| 26 | Cities and towns are to be encouraged to reduce the use of cars or ban them within defined areas under a European Commission plan to tackle exhaust emissions and improve air quality . |
| 27 | Term Characteristic Six months Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 does not apply to a tenancy for a term of years certain not exceeding six months unless : ( 1 ) it contains provision for renewing the term or extending it beyond six months from its beginning ; or ( 2 ) the tenant has been in occupation for a period which , together with any period during which any predecessor in his business was in occupation , exceeds twelve months ( Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 , s43(3) ) . |
| 28 | He was not so much concerned , as the tribal sculptor was , with conveying his idea about an object , but rather with recording it or interpreting it in pictorial terms . |
| 29 | In the case of both pomeshchiks and streltsy , their need to support themselves during much of the year placed enormous obstacles in the way of training and disciplining them , or introducing them to new methods of warfare . |
| 30 | At no time should you ever share this knowledge with other residents or talk about their affairs , unless it is relevant to improving their care or reviewing it with other members of staff concerned . |