Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [vb base] [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'll also focus on the military aspect of the training … where troops learn how to free fall with oxygen at night . |
| 2 | The Small Companies Rate applies where profits do not exceed £250,000 with marginal relief up to profits of £1,250,000 . |
| 3 | There are also many joint degrees available where departments work together to train graduates who will be well equipped to face a rapidly changing job market . |
| 4 | Other attempts to obstruct members in the execution of their duty such as bribery or threats have also constituted contempt . |
| 5 | Not really , perhaps such beings only recently ( less than 500 years ago ) developed radio communications or space vehicles , and the radio signals or vehicles have not had time to spread very far . |
| 6 | Unlike the American press , where papers serve geographically defined communities , the English press operates on a national scale and serves social groups or campaigning proprietors rather than complete communities . |
| 7 | Of course , this does not mean that lecturers do not have stereotypes of , and views about , other disciplines which may be well or less well informed . |
| 8 | Thus , as in the case of the USA , the size and complexity of the programmes , mixed successes , and the possibility that programmes have significantly reduced soil losses , or even the rate of decline rather than improved yields , point to the need for a longer and more sophisticated assessment than is given here . |
| 9 | Lord Scarman ( 1981 ) , in providing the social background to the Brixton disorders of 10–12 April 1981 , was at pains to point out that deprivations do not justify attacks on the police or excuse such disorders . |
| 10 | He added : ‘ Councillor Andrew should realise that cyclists do not kill pedestrians but cars kill cyclists and pedestrians . |
| 11 | How can we be sure that employers do n't use Work Experience to cover for unfilled vacancies ? |
| 12 | What this means , of course , is that functionalists do not see consciousness as a defining feature of the mental . |
| 13 | The coroner , quite rightly , pointed out that schools do not teach children that in a competitive world some are bound to fail . |
| 14 | The coroner , quite rightly , pointed out that schools do not teach children that in a competitive world some are bound to fail . |
| 15 | The debate is now largely ‘ old hat ’ in the sociology of education and there is a general consensus that schools do indeed impart values , but these are usually modified or developed versions of already existing dominant values of the society of which they form a part , including a number of parental values . |
| 16 | Davies first confirmed that intruders do usually lose contests over territories . |
| 17 | Inflation this year is now expected to be 3.5 per cent , with a similar figure next year , while unemployment is now expected to level off at about 3.1 million this year and next , reflecting the fact that companies have already shed labour faster than in previous cycles . |
| 18 | Furthermore , if some Branches struck and called on others to back them , that support could be ensured by picketing the workplaces of those who were to be persuaded : Scargill was strong in his insistence that miners do not cross picket lines formed by other miners , but he was eventually defeated by both the unwillingness of an increasingly large body of miners ( especially those working in Nottinghamshire , see below ) to disregard this advice in the absence of a national ballot on strike action , and the government 's preparedness to counter the pickets by mass policing and other tactics which limited the freedom of movement of perceived would-be pickets ( Fine and Millar , 1985 ) . |
| 19 | ‘ We believe that our results show conclusively that neutrinos do not undergo oscillation and thus are not mixed states in a quantum-mechanical sense . ’ |
| 20 | After Thursday , a new maxim ought to state that governments do not win elections , oppositions lose them . |
| 21 | One company was adamant that libraries have very limited use because there is a reasonable chance they will not satisfy any particular need for information . |
| 22 | ‘ Within these criteria I have so far ensured that buildings have not suffered closure , but in the future this may not be possible owing to the shrinking budget , ’ said Mr Eyton Jones . |
| 23 | However , this does not mean that changes do not have class segmentation consequences , given the operation of UK benefit regulations in relation to households . |
| 24 | A high cost of capital is a signal that investors do not trust banks to earn a reasonable return on their money at a reasonable risk . |
| 25 | Many teachers recognise that examinations do not measure experience and achievement ; they reflect the ability of the individual to respond to a number of questions , drawn from a substantial syllabus , at a particular time . |
| 26 | Do the books that writers do n't write matter ? |
| 27 | Because of this ( and assuming for simplicity that firms do not carry inventories ) they will demand only enough labour to produce the output they can sell , for any additional inputs of labour will either be idle or else will produce output which will remain unsold . |
| 28 | Moreover , Miller and Friesen ( 1986 ) have tested Porter 's position on this point and concluded that differentiators do also employ cost-leadership strategies and that cost leaders do employ differentiation policies . |
| 29 | AN OLD maxim of British politics states that oppositions do not win elections , governments lose them . |
| 30 | It was Mr Smith 's view , before the April 9 nightmare , that Oppositions do n't win elections — governments lose them . |