Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] various [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Nutricia case the court laid down various guidelines . |
| 2 | You know it seemed to be that we had a working rule that had functioned reasonably well over the years and all of a sudden he was tearing up various paragraphs that did n't suit him , and altering bits you know and changing them round just to suit the company , and all to our disadvantage . |
| 3 | Turbin lights and they were for use of coastal command of the RAF first searchlighting for submarines , looking for submarines , the er the Harvards were very much trained as some of them came in from the Navy they were used for training landing of pilots on aircraft carriers , and they had hooks underneath you know the er they were a very good trainer they were still used today , but when we used to go and see films at the pictures they used to use them a lot as Japanese aircraft because they looked alike , and they used to use them as zeros in the American films these Harvard trainers , er and but like as I said they had a experimental department at Helliwells and they used to try out various things to see if they could improve on the structure or the instrumentation things like that |
| 4 | The father , Mr P , also an English incomer to Orkney , had carried out various forms of abuse over a long period of time . |
| 5 | It is a necessity because it provides the opportunity for reflection on how well you have carried out various tasks and whether there are better ways of doing things . |
| 6 | Many of these occur in the Cambrian — it is as if the echinoderms tried out various designs before settling for the successful models that mostly survive today . |
| 7 | So I phoned around various contacts to see what it would cost me to have a tank made up by the ‘ local chap that most enthusiasts and many dealers tend to have tucked away somewhere . |
| 8 | After filling in various forms for insurance , I was weighed and my weight written down on my hand along with the colour of the Bungee Cord I was to use — the colour varies according to weight . |
| 9 | The Agnes has been picking up various cargoes from North African and some West African ports . |
| 10 | It is the responsibility of the offline manager to log on to LIFESPAN and to set up various parameters for the offline run . |
| 11 | On the day before the match I travelled the 60 mile journey with Ivan ( Marks ) , this enabled me to walk the sections and try to sort out various methods . |
| 12 | Roll out each portion and cut out various sizes of triangle from each , enough to form ‘ fins ’ to go along the dragon 's back and tail . |
| 13 | Roll out a little white fondant and , with different sized cutters , cut out various sizes of circle for the spots on the toadstool . |
| 14 | ‘ Reports are being prepared which suggest cash could be raised by selling off various plots of land . |
| 15 | The best clues are almost certainly to be found by studying those aspects of brain function which , if they become deranged , could account for the symptoms of psychotic illness , and currently a considerable amount of research is in progress testing out various possibilities . |
| 16 | Delighted course team leader Alan Brookfield said Michael had spent hours testing out various recipes before discovering the winning combination . |
| 17 | She gave him a wry smile , and sipped the hot liquid while he moved about the office like a whirlwind , gathering up various bits and pieces . |
| 18 | The house had been designed to make the most of natural materials , from the hand-hewn greenish slates of the roof to the cool grey stone walls which set off various shrubs and some of the roses he had spoken of . |
| 19 | The Privy Council is then found referring to arbitration a dispute between two foreigners , hearing the submission and apology of a merchant for speaking offensively about the Queen , instructing sheriffs to send up a note of the number of prisoners in their gaols , ordering mayors of seaports to prepare private ships to serve in the navy against the expected Spanish invasion , telling its agents at the Hague to arrange for the purchase of matches for guns , sending off various warrants , organizing the acquisition of copper for the Queen 's service , delegating the decision in a legal action to the J.P.s of Bedfordshire , permitting the taking of a collection on behalf of a Cornish village despoiled by Spaniards , and writing to the Lord Mayor of London about a complaint against his predecessor . |
| 20 | I wanted to use different coloured pens to mark out various patterns on the same sheet as I could only afford to buy one sheet at the time . |
| 21 | The Spirit means us to know where we stand ( I John 3:24 ; 5:13 ) and the Epistle is at pains to point out various signs which give confidence to true believers , while breaking down false assurance . |
| 22 | We will now lay out various chords for double woodwind and two horns . |
| 23 | For some reason , best known to himself , rather than quickly tailing the fish , Father chose that moment to give Mother a lecture on the life-cycle of salmon , pointing out various aspects of salmon anatomy whilst doing so . |
| 24 | After she has paraded up and down with Gianfranco Ferré , current king of Dior , pointing out various details on his work , we look at the sketches and ask to see dress number 59 . |
| 25 | Wandering around the cavernous warehouse that contains the Neighbours sets in Nunawading , Melbourne , she fondly points out various props which have all played a part in shaping the history of Ramsay Street . |
| 26 | The children were asked to carry out various tasks , such as choosing the marble which made Jack jump and explaining their choices . |
| 27 | The user is verbally instructed by the program to carry out various operations on the terminal , and user response is compared with the programmed correct answer . |
| 28 | While every organization exists to carry out various programmes it is not necessarily the case that the responsibility structure matches the programme structure . |
| 29 | Finally the Order gives permission to a number of statutory and other undertakings to carry out various types of development related to their own function . |
| 30 | ‘ Rational ’ — a word that can take on various meanings and get one into all sorts of trouble — is here being used to describe those models that ignore organizational behaviour and suggest that the decision-maker has near-perfect knowledge , power and insight , needing merely to conduct the necessary analysis and implement it . |