Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [vb -s] [adv] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They know that it bumps up sales figures .
2 An important feature of McGregor 's approach is that it shows how management assumptions are important in determining motivation and morale .
3 This bacterium is unusual in that it tolerates extremely acid conditions .
4 One minute you say trustfully that he contains only soya meal and the next you suspect him of harbouring chunks of minced-up nameless anatomy .
5 He cares neither for the broad sweep of grand strategy nor for the narrow focus of specific campaigns , so he ignores both government archives and the memoirs of the great and the good .
6 And she goes up Parker school so she was going , she said to Ange she was talking to Miss tomorrow .
7 er I think we get a saturation point and the thing that annoys me is that young fellow who came to the club had a got , we got a special went to the special trouble of getting a for him and I can not get it off him and he lives up Newton way somewhere I 've been to him three times
8 Labour 's shadow Scottish Secretary , Tom Clarke , said the news emphasised Rosyth 's vulnerability if it secures only surface work .
9 Both high income commuters and lower income residents may resent development of this kind : the one because it interferes with their fantasy of the rural life , and the other because it pushes up house prices without providing any new job opportunities .
10 The exclusion principle is crucial because it explains why matter particles do not collapse to a state of very high density under the influence of the forces produced by the particles of spin 0 , 1 , and 2 : if the matter particles have very nearly the same positions , they must have different velocities , which means that they will not stay in the same position for long .
11 A bright future — or at least a possible meeting with Mike Tyson — beckons for British heavyweight champion Gary Mason after he knocks out Tyrell Biggs in the seventh round of their Albert Hall bout .
12 ‘ How you gwine ter keep deh Possum in his feedbox when I brings in deh Chinas and blackmen ? ’
13 PROUD A royal wave from Fergie as she shows off Princess Bea .
14 STUART BARNES will have England and New Zealand firmly in his sights when he takes on world champions Australia at Twickenham today .
15 Other members objected to a formula as it takes away negotiation power from the Union and increased passivity .
16 Catch the great British Bulldog as he takes on brother-in-law Bret ‘ Hit Man ’ Hart .
17 Another Williams-bred youngster , Pond Curlew , which receives start of eight metres , looks like being favourite for the Easter Handicap after clocking the fastest time of 27.44 , though he takes on Florida Bill , unbeaten in three rounds of the competition , also off eight metres , tonight .
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