Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] [adv] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inflation of the theatricality of the social drama leads detectives to lay emphasis on ‘ the big job ’ and the arrest of the professional ‘ prig ’ who commits the big burglary or pulls off a daring robbery . |
| 2 | With every move the visitor transfers from one ear to another , steps over the roughed out eye-socket of a sleeping figure , or dodges round a protruding nose . |
| 3 | ‘ Or does even a temporary steward open no chests ; fold no linen away ? ’ |
| 4 | It is only the slow pace of human speech and human reactions that slows down the electronic processes that come into play when national security appears to be at risk . |
| 5 | She uses reversible metaphor to perform an integrative operation on this material , bringing it together in a mobile yet highly structured whole that turns around a small number of common patterns . |
| 6 | thank you , now we 're going to bind this up , you take the long edge , sorry that goes down the long edge comes first of all over the two fingers and round the base of the thumb |
| 7 | Investment bankers say that grey markets allow short-selling that drives down a new issue 's price . |
| 8 | Inexpensive seed propagators consist of a transparent plastic lid that fits over a normal seed tray or a number of small plastic or expanded polystyrene ‘ cells ’ held in an outer drip tray . |
| 9 | One ingenious aid is Bucket Pockets , a durable nylon band with a double row of pockets that fits around an ordinary bucket to make a carrier for the tools , gloves or other small items you wish to have with you in the garden . |
| 10 | The SRP60N ribber can be set like this , but you can also use the autoset lever to produce a fabric that has only a single colour on the reverse . |
| 11 | Sexuality lies emblazoned across the surface of pop culture in the careless whispers of countless love songs , yet this apparent confirmation of dominant sex codes — heterosexual , same-age , monogamous relationships — cloaks a far more ambiguous relationship to sex and gender that illustrates well the ambiguous standing that pop culture has within our society . |
| 12 | The force of repression is like a great dam that holds back the raging torrents of the instincts of the unconscious and allows er some of them through , but others break through in holes , and holes and cracks appear which are the unconscious returning as one |
| 13 | It can not serve as a term that describes objectively a specific set of conditions . |
| 14 | Examination questions should be answered with the skill that marks out a good chess player . |
| 15 | Many of us have a special tune or song that conjures up a particular time and place whenever we hear it , or brings back a flood of memories , but we may have no way of celebrating it . |
| 16 | A sound that conjures up the balmy shores of the Carribean . |
| 17 | So everybody that reaches out a helping hand . |
| 18 | It therefore seems that Crohn 's disease should be regarded as a multisystem disorder that affects maximally the gastrointestinal tract . |
| 19 | So CAMPAIGN is a very original product that takes on a huge task and just about succeeds … it can be criticised in certain areas , but on the whole is a very designed game that ‘ boldly goes where no game has been before … ‘ |
| 20 | Well-established clematis plants develop a large root system that takes up a great deal of water . |
| 21 | On the face of it , this seems like a happy ending that ties up the loose ends . |
| 22 | She saw the only viable feminist film practice to be one that breaks up the familiar structures of visual pleasure , thus exposing and problematising the habitual violence which is the male gaze . |
| 23 | Conventional wisdom tells us that it is the lure of civilization that breaks up the old life , Tromø 's video games and bars pulling the Lappish kids down out of the forest into the town . |
| 24 | From the management 's point of view , any technology that breaks down the old lines of demarcation ( and reduces the number of employees ) is a good investment . |
| 25 | The solution is to divide the entire maturity spectrum into grid dates ( denoted ) and to allocate coupon payments between two grid dates in a way that preserves either the present value of the bond 's cash flows or the duration of the bond ( duration is defined in the next section ) . |
| 26 | Right , and if the slope of that average product curve , right is negative that implies the marginal product of labour is less than it 's average product hence if the slope of the average product curve is zero that implies therefore the marginal product equals the average product of labour . |
| 27 | The er the county council came forward with these policies as a result of comments that er districts made a number of years ago and perhaps er over a passage of time erm makes at least validity your point but I I remain of the the view that there is in the there is nothing in the county structure plan that sets out the basic objective of protecting the countryside and still feel that 's a valid objective within the structure plan erm within the structure plan er context . |
| 28 | ( a ) Roads If access is gained by a road that serves only the demised property , the draftsman should include the road in the demise . |
| 29 | On the wooded hills and green valleys , monkeys play , parrots fly by , and songbirds send forth their music that echoes over a troubled land . |
| 30 | Onstage are a set of eccentric instruments , a bank of valve-powered electric equipment and a clumsily daubed monolith that blocks out the familiar Marquee logo on the stage back-drop . |