Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Not quite , but this looks suspiciously like the death throes . |
2 | Not quite , but this looks suspiciously like the death throes . |
3 | The Roman Amphitheatre — ‘ King Arthur 's Round Table ’ of local tradition — stands just outside the fortress walls . |
4 | The Roman Amphitheatre stands just outside the fortress walls |
5 | It all starts at 9.30am and finishes just before the swimming events . |
6 | He accused his players of possessing a big-time mentaility and being unwilling to scrap for vital Premier League points away from the glamour matches . |
7 | This story seems garbled and may be nonsense , but the coincidence between King Haldanus and the Haldenne princeps regis of the Canterbury material remains ; possibly Cnut did have a relative or associate of this name , for the fact that his sister Santslaue occurs only in the Liber Vitae of New Minster Winchester indicates that his kin could have extended further than the threadbare sources reveal . |
8 | The group hears , leers , regroups away from the warning ripples from her slumped body . |
9 | The other half of the fee goes directly towards the running costs of the church . |
10 | It exists only in the river systems of the Ganges and the Brahmaputra . |
11 | Despite the ominous row of trespassing hatchbacks , we saw nobody on the ridge at all , and luxuriated in the surprising solitude that one should n't expect so near a town like Fort William , which grows more like a Highland Gorbals every day . |
12 | Likewise the chariots and horses have disappeared from the triumphal arches , but good quality work exists here in the relief panels , especially in the Arch of Titus and , in another form , on the Trajan Column ( PLATES 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , and 19 ) . |
13 | Lombard influence shows chiefly in the bell towers . |
14 | Of the many interweaving strands within this extensive topic he concentrates primarily on the way artists have deployed scientific ideas and instruments — these connections constitute ‘ the science of art ’ of his title — — while he also encompasses a number of related themes . |
15 | Genetic , sex , and environmental effects are eliminated in each within-twins difference and the mean of the these differences is a good measure of the X-effect even if the average response varies greatly over the twin pairs . |
16 | The characteristic cathedral sound stems largely from the employment-of boys ' voices , and one of the most important components in the English cathedral tradition remains the choir school . |
17 | If the incident reflects badly on the operating practices of pilots , engineers or airlines — for instance , if a dangerous situation arises because the pilots failed to use their check list at the appropriate time or a supervisory engineer fails to double check the work of a mechanic on an important component such as a primary unit in the flying controls — it is unlikely that the matter is going to be reported voluntarily in view of the inevitable consequences of disciplinary action on the part of management or at the very least a ‘ black mark ’ against the offender which will be likely to prejudice his career . |
18 | It should be clear that nenko seido , the combination of lifetime employment and seniority-based wages systems , applies only to the core employees , almost all of whom will be males ( Matsuura , 1981 ) . |
19 | The fee will come from a charge on each ton of waste going into the landfill , and rises steeply as the tonnage increases . |
20 | The roof rests directly on the church vaults . |
21 | The name also appears repeatedly in the parish registers from 1562 onwards . |
22 | The same test applies now throughout the Theft Acts and in conspiracy to defraud . |
23 | Moreover , the Commission made no mention of this Directive in its action for failure to fulfil obligations , which relates only to the nationality requirements . |
24 | Our discussion relates only to the efficiency losses arising from imperfect competition . |
25 | This , of course , relates directly to the plate histories of the two continents . |
26 | A figure in a bronze helmet , both times a good way off , and both times close to the standing walls . |
27 | The animals show a sociable disposition that contrasts markedly with the isolationist features of the orang-utans , the ‘ loner ’ among apes . |
28 | Also the value 1708 relates specifically to the boundary conditions — rigid , isothermal walls — to which we are confining attention . ) |
29 | The inquest at Shrewsbury was told that the enamelled pendant , which experts say is South German origin , was found by Irwin Haberla of Charlcombe Street , High Tranmere , Wirral , in a field at Haughmond Abbey owned by Mr Charles Teece , who farms close to the abbey ruins . |
30 | Now , at the Mirage , Ali stands and walks stiffly towards the picture windows overlooking Las Vegas . |