Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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1 | Although it only appears in the sources c.1200 this may not be significant , for the chronicler does not refer to Eadric as Streona or to Edmund as Ironside , but there is eleventh-century evidence for both names . |
2 | We now have a system whereby the park authority not only learns of the farmers ' proposals in advance but also invariably ‘ approves ’ the proposals . |
3 | Usually ministers are formally answerable to Parliament only for discharging their own responsibilities relating to sponsored bodies ( such as in terms of broad policy and general oversight ) , while responsibility for efficiency and day-to-day matters normally rests with the organizations ' own management . |
4 | Whether or not it is correct , it quite clearly differs from the parents ' explicit account of their perception of how the decision has been reached and the implications it will have for George . |
5 | If the temperature also rises above the bees ' favoured level of 35°C , a group of workers position themselves near the entrance with their tails pointing outwards and then start fanning their wings so that the stale air is wafted out . |
6 | Now essentially this also relies on the children 's using their imaginations to find answers — as in the case of the ‘ sewer ’ and the ‘ Lost Valley ’ contexts — but the difference is that ( a ) each ‘ find ’ is given due weight and attention , is publicly shared , evaluated , accepted or rejected , ( b ) the focus within which their imaginations can have free range is defined from the beginning , i.e. the puzzle is clear — ‘ what could be a logical solution ? ’ is the name of the game , and ( c ) the problem-solving does not have to be hurried by action . |
7 | Everything here speaks of the owners ' attentive care and good taste . |
8 | She strongly objects to the chimps ' tea party in Brooke Bond tea ads : ‘ I still want to know how the chimps are made to move their mouths like that . |
9 | The chaos then results from the compilers ' eagerness to compress his discussion of several variants into one example burdened with exceptions and qualifications . |
10 | In Williams v Singer ( 1920 ) 7 TC 387 , the courts took a pragmatic approach to a particular trust and held that if income arises to trustees of a life interest trust but it is paid direct to the beneficiary ( so it never actually comes into the trustees ' hands ) then the trustees are not liable to tax on the money . |