Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [det] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because it 's not every day , not even every decade , that a new car appears which bucks so many trends and owes so little to prevailing thinking . |
| 2 | The eastern capital , in turn , influenced the Venetian culture and the architectural form which developed here owes as much to Oriental bias as it does to Italy , particularly after the passage of two or three centuries . |
| 3 | When further investigation develops then some of these individuals will admit that their reasons for transfer or leaving were as a result of harassment . |
| 4 | The New York is a design which owes very little to established precedents and yet still looks familiar and comfortable . |
| 5 | Running an organisation that depends so much on voluntary workers to keep going requires extra skills to those of a manager in a commercial organisation . |
| 6 | When and where a vacancy is offered depends as much on other applicants , the number of vacancies , and the pressures within any given home , as on the wishes , needs and timing for the client in question . |
| 7 | First , it seems less reliable , in the sense that whether it is offered depends very much upon personal circumstances and personal liking , at least for the majority white community . |
| 8 | Asked why it concentrates so much on close-up shots of her breasts and buttocks , Cindy says : ‘ You exercise to look good . |
| 9 | The aim of an Eagle Lodge is to provide supportive housing for single , elderly ex-Air Force persons , encouraging independence within a caring environment , thereby overcoming the problem of loneliness which affects so many in old age . |
| 10 | The aim of an Eagle Lodge is to provide supportive housing for single , elderly ex-Air Force persona , encouraging independence within a caring family environment , thereby overcoming the problems of loneliness which affects so many in old age . |
| 11 | Sulentic 's analysis rules out all of these possibilities . |
| 12 | Since April 1990 married women have been taxed separately from their husbands , and Hills calculates that this benefits mainly those with high earnings or investment income . |
| 13 | However , in women , Cystitis is one of the most common medical problems today , which affects around half of all women at some time in their lives . |
| 14 | Not only does Britain have an immense problem coping with its own industrial waste , but it also takes on that of other countries . |
| 15 | Indeed , it has been an outstandingly successful theory and underlies nearly all of modern science and technology . |
| 16 | Howell ( this volume ) takes up some of these issues in her paper where she argues against the interpretation of ritual as catharsis among the Chewong . |
| 17 | Agathist , a good looking winner of National Hunt races for Gavin Pritchard-Gordon and David Nicholson is prone to leg injuries and makes few race course appearances but is hard to beat when he gets there all in one piece . |
| 18 | It turns out that for these kinds of DNA the rate of change in evolution is much higher than it is for the more constrained , ‘ coding ’ , regions . |
| 19 | Experience shows that insufficient involvement can soon lead to frustration and dissatisfaction which can only damage the firm ; and that applies as much to assistant solicitors and salaried partners as to equity partners . |
| 20 | This applies as much to external users of the information as it does to internal users . |
| 21 | That applies as much to hon. Members opposite , to whose arguments for improving the system under their regime I look forward , as to other hon. Members with their proposals about what should be done about it . |
| 22 | That reasoning applies as much to several debtors each liable for the same debt as to debtors jointly and severally liable for such a debt . |
| 23 | On this page TODAY tracks how much of this money goes to the distributor and the ‘ third party publisher ’ — the independent company that designs the game . |
| 24 | But what was true of the beginnings of human culture is still true today , and it seems that much in modern society can be understood as reflecting just such a parricidal , antagonistic and regressive trend . |
| 25 | Democrats are starting to say that the Clinton plan relies too much on new taxes and not enough on spending cuts . |
| 26 | He dislikes Bill Clinton 's budget-deficit plan , arguing that it relies too much on new taxes . |
| 27 | He runs too upright , relies too much on sheer strength instead of evading defenders , and so takes too many hits . |
| 28 | They range from option CI , which would close just 130 kilometres of track , to option B , which leaves 3600 km and option A , which pares away all but 2600 km of the network . |
| 29 | And who picks up many of these victims ? |
| 30 | ‘ Nothing changes that much in this business . |