Example sentences of "['s] [noun pl] [vb base] [adv] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CHILDREN 'S programmes do n't usually have a strong appeal to adults , but one that does is Wail of the Banshee , running on Mondays on ITV at 4pm . |
| 2 | Today 's chefs have very properly outlawed that preliminary blanching which spelled ruin to so many vegetables — of course there are still those such as celeriac and turnips which may need it — and one of their most fiercely held tenets concerns the brief cooking of fish , in particular of the fragile scallop . |
| 3 | The Teacher 's Books explain clearly how to teach each lesson , and how to get the best out of each of the books that make up the course . |
| 4 | The Teacher 's Books explain clearly how to cover each Step and Cassettes at each level offer recordings of all the songs and rhymes in the Pupil 's Books . |
| 5 | No country 's parties have yet fully adjusted themselves to the new pattern — of the big countries , the United States and Germany are probably closest — but Greece is further away than most of the rest of the western world . |
| 6 | I clearly remember it being detestable — one 's hormones have n't yet learned their place and one is full of uncertainties . ’ |
| 7 | Instead of getting worked up about who is or is n't in the Queen 's Honours List why not demand the scrapping of a far more cynical honours system University Honorary Degrees . |
| 8 | The more valuable the house , the higher the bill , but people 's incomes do not necessarily match the value of their house . |
| 9 | Mrs Thatcher 's governments have not only won elections but retained their drive . |
| 10 | Today the pensioners still do not know if they are to get any of their money but the lawyers and accountants sorting out Maxwell 's affairs have so far run up a bill in excess of £30 million . |
| 11 | The best way to promote teacher development may be to expect it , or at least to be careful that one 's actions do not implicitly suggest that one does not expect it . |
| 12 | As Burton remarks , ‘ Respondents who are aware of the researcher 's interests do not constantly hold that awareness in mind ’ ( 1978:169 ) . |
| 13 | ‘ Most of the club 's members do n't even live in the area . ’ |
| 14 | Although the numbers have fallen in the last decade , a high proportion of the world 's children do not even have the opportunity of having protection from some of the major childhood killers , diseases for which vaccines are available — measles for example is a major cause of childhood mortality . |
| 15 | The head of Andrew 's cock strains in its clinical , plastic vice — there out of necessity and there where Iain 's hands have so often passed over . |
| 16 | Minton 's drawings do not simply illustrate Ross 's text but , in their breadth and vigour , enlarge upon it . |
| 17 | In contrast , it is one of the lowest-ranked of the major journals at Durham , and Sheffield 's students have not yet published any first papers derived from PhD research in it . |
| 18 | In contrast , it is one of the lowest-ranked of the major journals at Durham , and Sheffield 's students have not yet published any first papers derived from Ph D research in it . |
| 19 | Salisbury and Phil Tufnell ( 0-132 ) never taxed the Indian batsmen , while England 's batsmen have only intermittently coped with the Indian spinners in both Tests . |
| 20 | It would be foolish to suggest that a river should never be tapped for energy or for agriculture , but the world 's politicians have not yet chosen to realize what enormous consequences such action has , or how long those consequences take to unfold , or — an essential consideration — that it is literally impossible to predict all that will ensue when a river is tapped . |
| 21 | Children 's librarians have notoriously never sat still in their back rooms ( or anywhere ) but provide regular story-hours , give introductory talks to classes brought in from local schools , and get to know their young clientele very thoroughly indeed . |