Example sentences of "[vb -s] and [adv] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To find out what is distinctive about the style of a certain corpus or text we work out the frequencies of the features it contains and then measure these figures against equivalent figures which are " normal " for the language in question.The style is then to be measured in terms of deviations — either higher frequencies or lower frequencies — from the norm . |
| 2 | One thing we discovered was that it is much faster for the team to close up as soon as the game starts and just hold that position as close to the next person as possible . |
| 3 | It deals with exemption clauses and it replaces and greatly extends certain provisions which were previously in the Supply of Goods ( Implied Terms ) Act 1973 . |
| 4 | When the river channel fills and then overflows more mud is spread right across the floodplain . |
| 5 | always hopes and actually believes some day she will have him trained , |
| 6 | I think we should therefore hold the fight until a clear pattern emerges and certainly avoid international incidents which might tempt the Red Army , either at Union level or in the Republics and finally I think perhaps one useful thing we could do is too assist initially , and I stress initially , well disposed Republics with bread and sausages . |
| 7 | an ‘ apprenticeship ’ approach to acquiring written and oral language , in which the adult represents the ‘ success ’ the child seeks and yet offers endless help ; |
| 8 | Further , as Harvey ( 1978 ) makes clear , the resolutions of those struggles in any one place and time are represented in the built environment ( illustrated in his work on Paris : Harvey , 1985a ) , which in turn constrains and yet enables further developments in the reproduction of society , as illustrated by his work on American suburbia : see Harvey ( 1975 ) and also Walker ( 1981 ) . |
| 9 | Rather , knowledge is gained within the context of practices , which determine what a given individual knows and also contain certain standards as to what counts as knowledge . |