Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , unlike most of the rest of the oil barrel that goes directly into use as a fuel , the four per cent that is made into plastics retains its energy properties and , tonne for tonne , has double the calorific value of coal . ’ |
| 2 | Frost-hardening — the process that enables plants to withstand freezing conditions without damage — is a property of cells that develops seasonally in response to climatic factors . |
| 3 | Pick a target that lies directly in front of the cannon and which you can see . |
| 4 | He was in turn replaced by Sydney Box who , while reinstating Black 's policy of maintaining a broad range of films and enlarging the script department , run by his wife Muriel , to develop original stories and train new writers , gave a twist to the company 's film production that looks more like deference to Rank 's demand for moral uplift than a full-hearted pursuit of the popular audience . |
| 5 | It needs a firm beginning , a detailed and carefully prepared centre that passes logically from item to item , and an ending that rounds it off . |
| 6 | I 'll not have the horses frightened by a stomach that rattles loudly for want of food . |
| 7 | In our experience , however , pouchitis is often only a single event that responds rapidly to treatment with metronidazole . |
| 8 | Fuel bond AN ADDITIVE that bonds diesel fuel and water to create a solution that burns cleanly without loss of power has been developed by a team led by Prof David Thorley of City University . |
| 9 | Employment for life and pay according to age should produce an earnings curve that rises steadily from recruitment to retirement . |
| 10 | The value of diagnosing a condition that presents late in life with often only trivial symptoms , may be questioned especially when this entails changing long established eating habits . |
| 11 | It has been argued that moves away from status-based to contract-based employment relations are consistent with more flexible and efficient use of labour under contemporary economic conditions . |
| 12 | Then , as now , most people wanted to be able to experience the constancy and trust that comes only with faithfulness in a relationship . |
| 13 | First one child sidles up to the teacher with some trinket to show in order to allow the warm , cheerful voice of teacher questioning and encouraging to wash over the beginning of their school day ; then another , more venturesome , rushes into the teacher 's arms , with breathless news to convey ; and finally a third arrives preoccupied with the task in hand and refers inadvertently to teacher as ‘ mum ’ . |
| 14 | The simple white angel is hollow , and fits neatly on top of a tiny fairy light . |
| 15 | One advantage of Chinese celebrations is that they do not linger on , as everyone knocks off and goes home to bed at about 9 p.m . |
| 16 | Today the farm worker often works on his own and drives home for lunch on board his tractor . |
| 17 | It has the usual complement of flowerbeds , vegetable patches , close-trimmed lawn , shrubs , trees and well-swept paths , and differs little in appearance from neighbouring gardens . |
| 18 | The booksellers ' and auctioneers ' vocabulary concerning condition is a very extensive one and varies greatly from cataloguer to cataloguer . |
| 19 | There is no barman but the hotel receptionist , under duress , rummages a bottle of beer from a tin box and wanders away in search of a glass . |
| 20 | Amid an uneasy calm , Cambodian cultural life is gradually being resurrected : Phnom Penh University has graduated its first class in more than two decades , and Mr Ouk Chea , an archaeologist , has been named Director of Cambodia 's re-formed Department for the Conservation of Historic Monuments and serves also as head of the decimated State Museums . |
| 21 | We propose that a transformed cell develops in the proliferative compartment of the lower part of the crypt , divides several times , and moves upwards with migration of the normal crypt epithelium . |
| 22 | Readily identified in flight by distinctive anchor-like outline of long wings and rather short tail , and characteristic fast , winnowing wing-beats , followed by a glide ; also frequently soars , indulges in aerobatics , and swoops steeply on prey in a power dive . |
| 23 | Derby favourite Tenby was yesterday reported to be fully recovered from a minor sickness scare and remains firmly on target for the Epsom Classic . |
| 24 | It tunnels with its enormous tusks and dies instantly upon exposure to sunlight . |
| 25 | Today , the mill is in reasonable condition and , although most of the milling machinery has long been removed , there are a number of overhead drive shafts and wheels still in position as well as the six grain bins which occupy the upper floor . |
| 26 | The inherent tone of the Bartolinis gives the bass plenty of sustain and treble overtones and works well in conjunction with the tone-modifying electronics . |
| 27 | The program is designed exclusively for Windows and runs happily in conjunction with Delrina 's Winfax Pro and the other leading Windows-based fax programs . |
| 28 | If a church finds itself divided but comes together in spite of this to pray and fast and repent and seek God for a renewal of love , then unity and power can be restored from within and a breakthrough occur . |
| 29 | ‘ It would not be applied to someone who uses the house as their family home but works away from home for most of the week , ’ said Mr Soley . |
| 30 | We replicate our own kind as does all of nature by this method of interaction and feedback . |