Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] [adj] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the Tech , which has trumpeted the fact that it has pushed hard for a greater training element , has only been enabl able to include such elements as health and safety , job search , an enhancement of skills relevant to the job that is being done . |
| 2 | The crystalline regions are held together sideways by hydroxyls which have got rid of all their attached water molecules and once the system has locked solid into a regular crystal , the interstices of the crystal become inaccessible to water . |
| 3 | LANDLORD Roy Tolan has become obsessed with a new woman in his life — a glamorous ghost . |
| 4 | The final scene , with its tear-jerking hospital-bed supplications for forgiveness , is neither more nor less than the ‘ I love you ’ , ‘ I love you too Momma ’ curtain-line that has become mandatory in a thousand soap operas . |
| 5 | It has created a world of mobility : of rapid and constant change , with attention focused mainly on novelty or utility — a world eager to break free from tradition which has become irrelevant to a restless , fast-moving age . |
| 6 | Revusky ( 1971 , 1977 ) has developed an account of the role of interference effects in associative learning that has proved applicable to a wide range of phenomena . |
| 7 | In particular , purchase allows the possibility ( which borrowing rules out ) of in-house use of materials , which may be quite heavy ( although Brown also comments that in some university libraries 70% of the stock has remained unused over a three-year period ) . |
| 8 | There is often a throbbing headache which is made worse by noise , light or jarring movement , and the patient just wants to lie still in a darkened room , well covered up . |
| 9 | Your stepson has to get used to a whole new family , which is a big shock for him after being an only child . |
| 10 | One of the most successful jet airliners in the world , production of the 707 , in its E–3 AWACS form , has ended due to a stagnant order book . |
| 11 | The SSPCA said it was distressed that an extreme case of animal cruelty has failed due to a procedural error . |
| 12 | Apart from the restraint of trade considerations there would seem to be no reason why a contract under which one person undertakes to keep silent on a particular subject should not be enforceable in accordance with its terms . |
| 13 | South Korean chipmakers reacted with relief after the US imposed lower-than-expected final anti-dumping duties on their memory chips imported into the US , Reuter reports from Seoul : ‘ We can say there will be little impact on exports and profit , ’ the Korea Semiconductor Industry Association said ; the final duties range from 0.74% to 7.19% , and were not higher because the US fears becoming over-reliant on a single source — if the increasing tension between North and South Korea hots up further , the US does n't want Cruise missiles going out with half their memory missing because of a chip shortage . |
| 14 | Here , between c. 160 and 200 , a certain sequence of mosaic arrangement does appear contemporaneous with a particular development in the usage of figures ( i.e. scenic figural work in the east , and the first appearance of any significant figural work in the west ) . |