Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adj] [noun] [conj] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A little goes that way and then a very small amount goes that way . |
| 2 | The resulting proliferation of lympho-reticular cells around each dead larva causes bronchiolar obstruction and ultimately the formation of a macroscopically visible greyish-green , lymphoid nodule about 5.0 mm in diameter ( Fig. 25 ) . |
| 3 | Thigh : The schoolboy trick of giving someone a ‘ dead leg ’ — i.e. kneeing them in the side of the thigh — is very effective and causes great pain but usually no lasting injury . |
| 4 | Already the Society has 29 priests and over a hundred seminarians . |
| 5 | There are very pressured days , says Jackie , when she has several visits as well a clinic , when she goes up every front path praying both mum and babe will be problem-free . |
| 6 | The first principal component has most information and hence the greatest contrast and least noise . |
| 7 | As well as the hoped-for benefits from the regression itself as part of a prolonged therapy , any hypnosis session involves deep relaxation and therefore the patient is able to release a great deal of accumulated stress and tension . |
| 8 | There are ( thankfully ) fewer ‘ guitar ’ sounds this time and quite a few spacey ‘ pads ’ . |
| 9 | He gets annual increases but never a big salary jump , which he would if he were promoted . |
| 10 | But the National government was locked on course for appeasement and , with the parliamentary majority which it enjoyed , there seems little doubt that even a powerful political campaign by the Labour Party , in league with other anti-fascist groups , could have changed its policies . |
| 11 | Hang on … the transmitter weighs 65 milligrams and even a sherpa bee can only lift 50 milligrams . |
| 12 | A similar conception of the role of sociology ( though with a more ‘ radical ’ political orientation ) is held by certain contemporary sociologists who want sociology to be not simply a discipline which analyses and explains social life but rather a vehicle for changing society , a discipline committed to the extensive alteration of existing social structural arrangements . |
| 13 | Its compound eye resolves less detail and so the image would look both much coarser and grainier . |
| 14 | The Act lists basic questions to be asked but permits census-to-census variation and often a census will concentrate on some topic of current interest . |
| 15 | Clause 23 and Sch 4 give every employee who works eight hours or more a week the right , within two months of starting work , to a written statement of the main terms and conditions of the employment , including details of pay , hours of work and holidays . |
| 16 | Although five different quarters are involved , each kind of quarter ( 1st , 2nd , 3rd , 4th ) carries equal weight and so the seasonal effect is eliminated . |