Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [adv] [verb] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fading light gave way in a matter of seconds to a moist , velvet blackness , as if a curtain had been drawn swiftly across the sky , and the shadows beyond the glow of the hurricane lamps immediately began to come alive with the shrill vibrations of the jungle night . |
| 2 | Far from wanting students to challenge and think about the important issues that affect patients and the community , the course tutors simply seemed to want compliant students who would not answer back . |
| 3 | In its annual update on the incidence of HIV and AIDS , published on Jan. 3 , 1990 , WHO had reported that the total number of reported AIDS cases worldwide had reached 203,599 by the end of 1989 , an increase of 36,942 or 22.2 per cent on the previous year [ for 1988 figures see pp. 37019-20 ] . |
| 4 | Helicobacter pylori also tended to increase thromboxane B 2 synthesis although this was not statistically significant . |
| 5 | Good management coaches usually have had considerable practice at developing their abilities . |
| 6 | In contrast the development of local management schemes purportedly seeks to enhance local and community control of schools by bringing financial control closer to the point of professional and institutional decision-making . |
| 7 | Exercise based rehabilitation programmes therefore seem to have some prognostic value , perhaps in part due to risk factor modification , increased patient surveillance , and exercise training . |
| 8 | Whereas businesses are moving to more and more decentralized operations , business units still need to have instantaneous access to information . |
| 9 | Before signing anything , the Community negotiators boringly want to see some ‘ results oriented ’ agreements on trade matters . |
| 10 | Record companies normally want to recoup 50 per cent of the cost of videos from the artist 's royalty account . |
| 11 | To see whether the junction films actually did have more fixed information in them than the others , a comparison was made of the ratings from Groeger and Chapman ( in press b ) . |
| 12 | In order to attract new investment , tax havens increasingly aim to provide specific tailored benefits for users . |
| 13 | Price signals also failed to provide significant pressures on the BEA . |
| 14 | During these years , the status of the WEA as an ‘ Approved Association ’ and its Districts as ‘ Responsible Bodies ’ were confirmed through legislation and the first set of Board of Education Regulations specifically designed to provide financial support for liberal adult education provision . |
| 15 | Breeding values also help to predict future levels of milk production , which makes it easier to deal with quota restrictions , ’ he said . |
| 16 | Snappy , short news sequences certainly helped promote some of the big names but this was on a small scale in comparison with the United States where a few outstanding sportsmen became Hollywood stars . |
| 17 | Mr Imai questions whether keiretsu companies really need to hold such large quantities of each other 's shares . |
| 18 | Many science and engineering departments already struggle to find enough students with good A levels . |
| 19 | A cluster of ex-dividend stocks trading without the benefit of dividend payments also kept dealing subdued . |
| 20 | Motor caravans really do have all the comforts of home . |
| 21 | As regards size , to come to the second point , the Government amendments still seem to contemplate that sixteen should be the norm er but in practice , I would expect a great many exceptions to be made where for example there are number of constituent authorities er as in Greater Manchester er where there 's er a combination of urban areas and large rural areas , or where the authority tends to function through a lot of sub-committees each of which have to be manned as in Greater Man as in Merseyside . |
| 22 | You may remember that we were talking last autumn about gas prices hopefully continuing to rise natural gas by to rise during the rest of the year and in fact that did take place and it did have some impact on the domestic rig count in the United States which went up quite strongly in the last part of the year . |
| 23 | The psychology of sex differences also tends to treat female subjects as inferior versions of male subjects . |
| 24 | Leaked Government documents later appeared to suggest civil servants could have run the centre for £2.5 million less . |
| 25 | There is evidence for some geological activity on Venus , and though it is unlikely that Plate Tectonics ever got going this conclusion is not yet beyond doubt . |
| 26 | In practice this distinction was almost impossible to maintain , especially as the exchanges and the education employment committees often failed to provide each other with the necessary information . |
| 27 | Over and above the skills required to develop effective joint problem-solving groups , however , trainee consultants also need to become aware of what is involved in setting them up . |
| 28 | Further , tenancy agreements frequently contain express contractual covenants to repair imposing considerable obligations upon tenants . |
| 29 | Novice teachers clearly have to feel secure in their own role , and establish their own identity , before indulging in experimentation which could undermine their authority before they have actually acquired it . |
| 30 | We shall also have to look at the electricity industry , where the Government produced two large generation companies solely to try to privatise nuclear power . |