Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] add [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first instance , say a simple shield design ( perhaps a red ground with a horizontal gold bar across the centre — gules a fess or ) represents the bearings of the head of the main family , then offshoots might add to this stark layout crosses , birds or other charges above , below , or on the fess to mark the identity of their own branches , while honouring in their retention of the basic style the fundamental familial ties of blood . |
| 2 | This was Ceauşescu 's preferred weapon in dealing with his critics at home and abroad , when the case was not urgent and when the very length of the victim 's sufferings might add to the satisfaction of his elimination . |
| 3 | There is a real concern that local management of schools will add to these pressures and that training in child protection will be given only low priority . |
| 4 | The fortunes of this cohort of companies should add to our knowledge of the impact of the business cycle on small businesses . |
| 5 | Such movements could add to the downward spiral which the poorer productivity countries would experience from the SEM programme . |
| 6 | Perhaps a new young star would make his insistent mark on the golfing heavens ; or , more likely , one of the top dozen or so established golfers would add to his bank balance . |
| 7 | Their contents will add to our knowledge of all aspects of small communities in the early modern period as well as enabling the first comprehensive study of a squire-dominated community in this period . |
| 8 | And yet , even as military production stops adding to the total amount of nuclear material in the world , plutonium and HEU from dismantled weapons will add to the stocks . |
| 9 | Ideas can add to knowledge in an accretionary manner , or in a revolutionary , paradigm-shifting way , depending on their influence . |
| 10 | Their organization into topic-comment structures must add to the complexity of their thematic analysis and to the difficulty of identifying signals of thematic status . |
| 11 | ‘ And all the deals will add to the price , especially if other dealers see something going on and have a punt themselves . |
| 12 | Even where there is a case for legal action on these criteria the local authority should consider what the use of compulsory powers will add in safeguarding the child and whether the gain is sufficient to justify the use of compulsion and the trauma that may result . |
| 13 | At the same time , this adherence to the remnants of old political beliefs can add to the complication of government . |
| 14 | However , the borough planning committee said the proposals would add to already serious traffic problems in the Hollyhurst Road area . |
| 15 | Nor are the disputes confined to those instances where the two tiers are controlled by different party majorities , though such differences may add to the bitterness of the disputes . |
| 16 | Any such policy of quotas or limits would add to the complexities of making and monitoring offers , given the multiplicity of fields and combinations ( some with reserved places ) . |
| 17 | The new discharge limits will add to the clean-up campaign and ensure that the Tees becomes a recognised salmon river once again . |
| 18 | Information about the movement of Scottish prices will add to our knowledge of almost every aspect of Scottish medieval economic history . |
| 19 | On the cliffs there are magnificent colonies of guillemots , razorbills , puffins , fulmars and kittiwakes and , offshore , gannets and shearwaters pass by even whales may add to the day 's impressive wildlife list . |
| 20 | Such clues would add to the embarrassing riches of intelligence which had recently flooded in to Napoleon 's headquarters from Belgians who desperately wanted to be part of France again . |
| 21 | There is also the possibility that tricyclics may add to the risk of cardiac arrhythmia and severe hypotension , especially in those in whom purging and vomiting has led to dehydration and cardiac dysfunction . |
| 22 | Mrs V Hawkins mounted a display of photographs of Juniper Green past and present and hopes that others may add to what she would like to form a permanent record of the village . |
| 23 | This is intended to be a topical , practical inquiry , but one whose findings may add to our understanding of social policy development in general . |
| 24 | Earlier sections of this chapter have indicated the existence of recent , major changes within manufacturing in the UK economy , in the geography of manufacturing and in uneven development more widely ( for uneven development can not be considered only in relation to manufacturing — and later chapters will add to this wider picture ) . |
| 25 | Studies of air quality show that pollutants like car exhaust fumes can add to their suffering , especially during hot weather . |
| 26 | ‘ Ten for you , ten for me and as much as the others can add to it . |
| 27 | Rather than helping them " get away from it all " , for many young people the misuse of drugs can add to their problems . |