Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [verb] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for those who are unable or unwilling to put aside the time to meditate regularly , or who are more conscious of bodily stress , such techniques as acupuncture , postural integration and taking dietary supplements may also prove effective antidotes to the ravages of time . |
| 2 | In his letter of Aug. 14 Saddam had underlined his determination " not to keep any of Iraq 's potential outside the arena of the great duel " and it was widely believed that this implied either an intention to consolidate Iraqi gains in Kuwait or launch an attack against Saudi Arabia . |
| 3 | Things which affect the person as a whole are of much greater importance than those affecting only a part . |
| 4 | Telling though the silence of the majority of the Turkish sources is , however , it is neither possible nor necessary to reject outright the assertion of Katib Celebi and those who follow him that Hizir Bey was in some sense mufti of Istanbul . |
| 5 | For it is prayer that enlivens our attitude towards the Bible , and that keeps open the channel of communication between ourselves and God . |
| 6 | I got my burns scraped and that hurts quite a lot . |
| 7 | And that sounds quite a Triumph . |
| 8 | And that sounds quite a Triumph . |
| 9 | Yes , they 're all trained in first aid , erm erm and in the use er we also carry the analgesic gas , now the ones that er nitric oxide which is used in er pregnant mothers for childbirth , they carry some of that now , er which they administer to people in pain and that takes away the pain erm for the time being anyway , until such time as you can extricate them or , or ease the pain or take away the problem away from them that 's causing them the pain . |
| 10 | There is a complete lack of understanding , and that goes right the way through the Health Service … |
| 11 | There will have to be fuller use even than now of the invaluable expertise and experience of the community and that means largely the business and industrial community … |
| 12 | For example , the NRA are talking about making buoyancy aids compulsory on the Thames and if that happens then the idea will spread elsewhere like wildfire . |
| 13 | We regularly have 200 worshippers singing with us and this requires quite a lot of volume from the band to lead effectively , but I never find it necessary to increase the master volume on the Marshall beyond half way . |
| 14 | Parents have ( or should have ) authority over their children and this constitutes both a responsibility and a burden . |
| 15 | Eliot has been careful to avoid any sort of sentimental religiosity , and this strengthens greatly the play 's climax . |
| 16 | If this sounds rather a lot it is worth noting that other word processors that offer similar facilities make similar demands of your hardware . |
| 17 | For example , after the initiating event the electrical power system might succeed in supplying the essential power needs , or it might fail ; if it succeeds then the ECCS might succeed or fail ; and if this fails , then the fission-product scrubbing system , which removes radioactive material that has been released into the reactor 's containment building , might succeed or fail ; finally if this fails then the containment , the ultimate barrier preventing fission products escaping into the environment , might succeed or fail . |
| 18 | If this transpires then the emergence of fairness really will have a substantial effect on the whole area of procedural due process . |
| 19 | The Green Paper sets out draft implementing regulations which by and large follow closely the wording of the Directive . |
| 20 | And many sink now every year . |
| 21 | A meeting with the council is about to take place , and if all goes well the pool and performance bowl will be dug out and made skateable again . |
| 22 | You may find it more pleasing and effective to range together a selection of complementary shapes , rather than just a hotchpotch of squares , circles , ovals and rectangles . |
| 23 | Some of them would make their way to the railway station , but a few , having no horse and trap and unable to afford even the train fare , would travel on foot the whole week , often sleeping rough in the fields or in barns or farmhouses . |
| 24 | In these countries , a certain income equality has been achieved in the past 40 years , if one leaves aside the party privilegentsia , black-marketeers and writers or performers with access to foreign earnings . |
| 25 | Spanish governments between 1809 and 1814 had neither the force to suppress the revolt nor could liberal political thought embrace the notion of colonial autonomy . |
| 26 | If necessary put together a group of people who you know will be sceptical and try the presentation out on them first . |
| 27 | And between the ages of fourteen and eighteen came gradually the disbelief , first in free will , then in immortality , and finally in God . |
| 28 | Impulsive by nature and eager to experience fully the love that she knows will be hers for life , Helen is scrupulous in her demands on his friendship and earnest in her desire to learn by his side . |
| 29 | Unions in Japan have had a major influence on the way the labour market is structured , but this reflects principally the fact that union membership is in large part confined to regular workers in large firms . |
| 30 | The most fundamental is the type of magma present since this influences both the type of eruption and the nature of the erupted material . |