Example sentences of "[n mass] [vb base] [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These data do lend some support to the prevailing public opinion . |
| 2 | So the first problem facing any study of land use is the paucity of good and compatible data , for as the upper section of Table 8.2 shows , there can be considerable variations between different estimates , although the data do provide broad answers to the main points of interest defined by Peters ( 1970 ) namely : How much land is there ? how is it distributed between the major land uses ? and how have the allocations changed over time ( and space ) ? |
| 3 | Nevertheless , quantitative data do provide some guide to changes in the subject balance of first degree courses over recent years . |
| 4 | Crime , vandalism and delinquency are confined to a minority , handful they said , in a district where the majority of folk want to lead decent lives in peace and quiet . |
| 5 | This tendency to a kin-based preference in the distribution of associations naturally biases the distribution of ranks among group members so that close kin tend to acquire similar rank as their genetic elders . |
| 6 | Several thousand species of fish have developed bony connections of some kind to link their swim bladders to the inner ear capsules , so that the vibrations picked up and amplified by the sympathetic resonance of the swim bladder are transmitted to the semicircular canals . |
| 7 | Fish have overcome this difficulty by having almost spherical lenses . |
| 8 | and the final year I think there 's sort of less on the timetable but people tend to do more work for it and do a project as well but in the , in the first year erm you know it 's not that difficult to , to pass it erm er and there are always the , the , the referred papers in September so if you 're , if you 're keen |
| 9 | You might very well say that you were the greatest law lecturer in the world , because people tend to say these things about themselves . |
| 10 | Most people tend to remember two things about the cult 1960s television series The Prisoner . |
| 11 | Obese people tend to have higher levels of insulin than those of normal weight , and the disadvantage of insulin is that it tends to further encourage the body to deposit rather than burn up fat . |
| 12 | 250 They 've become accustomed What they 're forgetting is that this fits in with the stated local plan and with original proposals set out in 1989 which is n't so long ago but people tend to forget that sort of thing 328 |
| 13 | If people want to prescribe unproved forms of treatment , or to receive them , that is their choice . |
| 14 | Like most people , older people want to have enough income for their needs and to live in homes which they can manage and keep warm . |
| 15 | Many people suggest using corrugated card for pressing and indeed , most commercially made presses are supplied with corrugated card , but I have always had enormous difficulty when using this , finding that it leaves the imprints of stripes on the flowers and leaves . |
| 16 | People stop to greet each other with obvious affection . |
| 17 | Indeed TQM partly evolved from the realisation that improvements can only be achieved if professional and departmental barriers are broken down , people stop blaming each other for defects and constructively work together to solve them . |
| 18 | Point of sale link to new publications sales shop to provide detailed analysis in stocks movement and turnover per annum . |
| 19 | Most people manage to avoid these areas like the plague , though they would n't have been bothered by stagediving at all — so I 'm afraid that Wiz 's well-intentioned argument that people can go near the front when there are no stagedivers fails . |
| 20 | Computer people seem to have great status in the eyes of top management and are not governed by the same codes as the rest of the company . |
| 21 | People seem to have sufficient respect for the law to disapprove more strongly of an action when a law is passed against it , but they do not have sufficient respect for the penal system to be influenced by the severity of punishment inflicted ( Walker and Marsh , 1994 ) . |
| 22 | That is not to say that reasonable protection from development should not be given to particular areas , for it is important to retain the character of the land and to ensure that all tastes are catered for : For instance , some people like to climb dangerous rocks in pouring rain . |
| 23 | Staff get to know each other at every level and learn how to support each other . |
| 24 | Did people emigrate to escape bad conditions at home or to seek better ones abroad ? |
| 25 | Each season at Perth about 5,000 people pay to see five plays for the price of four . |
| 26 | Oh that 's nice but people keep knocking little bits off it . |
| 27 | The most important thing to understand here is that people try to re-establish some sort of control over their situation . |
| 28 | One of the greatest sources of human happiness is sexual love , and some people try to pursue this source of satisfaction above all else . |
| 29 | People try to beat that misery with barbiturates , but nothing can cure it because you 've taken away from yourself all chance of feeling pleasure . |
| 30 | It is not known exactly how many people die from hypothermia ( ie die ‘ from cold ’ , because their inner body temperature has become dangerously low ) , but thousands of older people do die each winter from cold-related conditions . |