Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These schemes are regarded as models that should be extended to those whose disability is congenital or arises out of non-industrial disease or accident , for whom cover , though recently improved , is still only partial . |
| 2 | The Penhill site may be the source of a story that goes back to Celtic mythology , " The Legend of the Giant of Penhill " . |
| 3 | Pandarus ' prose not only proves that he does n't take Troilus seriously , so turning our reaction towards a scepticism that stands off from full involvement , but in time it establishes the speaker as a matter-of-fact fixer , who is not only alien to romance but coarsens whatever he touches . |
| 4 | Although it is the mood disturbance that stands out in affective psychosis , individuals who meet the criteria for either the ‘ unipolar ’ or the ‘ bipolar ’ form ( as they are sometimes called ) sometimes also show features reminiscent of schizophrenia , as we shall see for several of the subjects evaluated in this book . |
| 5 | This is perhaps believed by practitioners rather than being a view that holds up to epistemological scrutiny . |
| 6 | They tell a story that reaches back to neolithic man some 5,000 years ago , to the Roman occupation , to the many religious and military influences and the continuing threat of invasion over the years . |
| 7 | It is the intention of the Secretary of State that a school that opts out of local authority control will not be allowed to change its character , similarly , a CTC must provide education for pupils of different abilities drawn mainly from the area in which the school is situated ( clause 105 subsection 2 ) . |
| 8 | There are a number of reasons for thinking that such information transmission may be easier to manage if it occurs within firms than if it is subject to market transactions , and this means that there is a case for thinking that R&D activities ( particularly the D ) may have to be part of a vertically related structure that extends back into important input markets , and forward into downstream consumer markets ( see Teece , 1986 , Geroski , 1992 , and Jorde and Teece , 1990 , who apply these arguments to the antitrust treatment of co-operative R&D ventures ) . |
| 9 | He arrives spot on time , is introduced in 15 words and goes off at high speed . |
| 10 | He follows a hill-track on his journey home , and looks out with startled pleasure when the coastal plain emerges below him . |
| 11 | Surely the way of transgressors is hard , and stands out in striking contrast to the ways of the Lord , which are experienced by those who walk therein to be pleasant and peaceful . |
| 12 | A few seconds later , all is done — the screen changes to show you the status of the transfer , and drops back into split screen mode as soon as it is finished . |
| 13 | ITALIAN-owned RCS Video has bought a majority stake in London-based Majestic Films International , which has been involved in the financing and marketing of a series of successful films including Dances with Wolves and Henry V. Guy East , who founded the company in 1988 , will retain a significant shareholding and takes over as chief executive . |
| 14 | At this point the short version abandons the formal prayer frames and opens out into uninterrupted prose in which meditation on the enormity of what is happening to him " schop the sonne & al is , of al gode in " [ schop : created ; : anything ] ( p.85 ) carries the narrative to the point where Christ leaves Jerusalem ; then the meditation on the sorrow of Mary modulates into the account of the death of Christ , the major stages of which are marked by cries of remembrance but unpunctuated by any suggestions for Latin prayer . |
| 15 | And hobbles round in distant labour camps |
| 16 | The development is sited three miles from Weston town centre and backs on to green belt land . |
| 17 | ‘ One paper , by Paige ( 1967 ) , for example , quotes Lenin 's ‘ who does what to whom ’ , and Mao 's ‘ war without bloodshed ’ , reminds us of the more familiar formulations of Lasswell ( 1936 ) — ‘ who gets what , when , how ’ — , Easton ( 1953 ) — ‘ the authoritative allocation of values ’ — , Levy ( 1952 ) — ‘ the allocation of power and responsibility ’ , and Snyder ( 1958 ) — ‘ the making of authoritative social decisions ’ , and throws in for good measure a definition by a Japanese political scientist , Masao Maruyama — ‘ the organization of control by man over man ’ . |
| 18 | If people are kept awake for long periods of time , their drowsiness lessens in the morning and comes on with increased severity in the evening . |
| 19 | But runs on with just rhythm and clear notes , and as counterpart |