Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government also orders , or turns a blind eye to , more violent methods of keeping opponents quiet . |
| 2 | This relates to the extent to which the unit produces a financial benefit or imposes a financial burden on the oversight unit . |
| 3 | When a constable gives directions to a tourist , for example , or rescues a stranded cat from a tree , he is performing the sort of social service that the police are nowadays expected to undertake . |
| 4 | To direct the beam of light precisely where you want it , choose a fitting that takes narrow-beam reflector bulbs or has a narrow-beam reflector in the fitting . |
| 5 | While full demilitarisation prohibits military installations , the maintenance of armed forces , the conduct of manoeuvres or undertaking other military activity , partial demilitarisation either forbids a distinct form of armed activity or establishes a limited level of armaments . |
| 6 | The solution will bubble up immediately and sprinkling should be continued until it overflows to drain , if fitted , or reaches a stable level at the lip of the well . |
| 7 | Aggro is likely to be considered appropriate in situations where opposing fans attempt a territorial invasion of their rivals ' ‘ end ’ ; where one hooligan fan stares at , or adopts a threatening posture towards an opponent , or calls him a demasculatory name , such as ‘ cunt ’ , ‘ wanker ’ , or ‘ poofta ’ . |
| 8 | When someone complains that he has a toothache , or attributes a similar condition to another person , what exactly is he saying ? |
| 9 | It will be incompatible if it creates or strengthens a dominant position as a result of which effective competition would be significantly impeded in the Common Market or in a substantial part of it . |
| 10 | Every time a writer opens his notebook , or puts a blank sheet in a typewriter , he is making a journey to a young blind woman . ’ |
| 11 | Whether one agrees , disagrees or maintains a neutral attitude to this technique is a matter of personal choice , but how one would respond to a professional call to administer this procedure is a different situation entirely . |
| 12 | There will be a common control when the acquirer becomes able materially to influence the policy of the target or to control the policy of the target or acquires a controlling interest in the target . |
| 13 | An institution which is already well capitalised or faces a low cost of capital will thus have an advantage . |
| 14 | Latest results from Europe 's centre for particle physics point to the possible discovery of the W , a particle that plays a key role in theoretical attempts to unite two of nature 's forces |
| 15 | Nevertheless , failures will be encountered and such failures can eventually attain a degree of seriousness that constitutes a serious crisis for the paradigm and may lead to the rejection of a paradigm and its replacement by an incompatible alternative . |
| 16 | Thus it is plausible to view science as an enormous cluster of innovations , of which the most successful are diffused by means of a contagion process that produces a logistic curve in all facets of scientific activity . ’ |
| 17 | Modernity is a word that evokes a different response in North America , Continental Europe and Great Britain . |
| 18 | The use of animated graphics can focus attention ; an investigatory program style that encourages a high level of pupil participation will arouse interest and possibly a healthy curiosity about the new work . |
| 19 | But I do not think that the characteristic that turns a simple assault into a sexual assault is solely a matter of anatomy . |
| 20 | Not the sort of thing that turns a self-respecting dybbuk on : you 'd never catch Lil and me , for instance , trying to swan-dive into each other 's souls when the heavy breathing starts . |
| 21 | And in a scene from Blithe Spirit he adopts a look of frozen outrage that renders a simple line like ‘ A woman in Cynthia Cheviot 's position would hardly wear false pearls ’ inexplicably funny . |
| 22 | Any method that involves a lone researcher in a situation that can not be repeated , like much participant observation research , is always in danger of being thought unreliable . |
| 23 | On one occasion , on a 300-metre climb from the spectacular bridge over the Härrakalou , a green , algae-filled river that drains a huge area of the Sarek National Park , we were accompanied by two fit Dutch lads , who maintained a similar pace . |
| 24 | Shall receive an income that guarantees a decent standard of living . |
| 25 | The order of the nucleotides along the molecule provides the information for making proteins — and a stretch of DNA that specifies a single type of protein is a gene . |
| 26 | But what I do care about is that , whatever we choose to call the quality of being statistically-improbable-in-a-direction-specified-without-hindsight , it is an important quality that needs a special effort of explanation . |
| 27 | A school that develops a warm sense of well being with its pupils , even in the toughest neighbourhoods , suffers far less from casual , endless vandalism . |
| 28 | If this is the case then society and organisations , far from being pluralist in nature , are , in fact , elitist so that on any given issue there may be a small group that exercises a great deal of power . |
| 29 | A little brain tee-ser for your golfer — a mini-compendium , golf ball-shaped quiz book that contains a fascinating selection of golfing trivia . |
| 30 | The two bottles will accompany a video that contains a personal message of thanks from Nick himself . |