Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [adv] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such fiction marches happily with political impassivity and an acquiescence in things as they are . |
| 2 | With his parents and sister involved as well , Larkins Brewery produces up to 30 barrels a week ( each barrel is 36 gallons ) and they are sold to discerning pubs in Kent and Sussex . |
| 3 | Recall that constructivism refers only to mental representations at the level of the input systems , as entities which can be translated , more or less directly , into the language of neuropsychology . |
| 4 | The child 's alleged psychological need for unbroken maternal presence fits neatly with dominant conceptions of ‘ proper ’ family life , in which the mother 's role in upbringing far outweighs that of the father . |
| 5 | This concerns the stages a case goes through from initial instructions to its conclusion and the physical appearance of the file throughout that time . |
| 6 | As I have already noted , some kind of political change goes on at all times , produced by the succession of generations , the rise and fall of dynasties , competition among various social groups , economic and cultural developments , changing external circumstances , and more idiosyncratic factors , which can only be understood fully through detailed historical studies . |
| 7 | William Howitt , in his Rural Life in England , 1838 , wrote of the Dent knitters , ‘ The knitting goes on with unremitting speed … they burn no candle but knit by the light of the peat fire . ’ |
| 8 | The world at that instant splits up into many worlds , in each of which one of the possible results of the measurement is the one that actually occurs . |
| 9 | MY heart goes out to all Scotsmen and women , who watched the World Cup Third-Place Play-off at Cardiff . |
| 10 | The route lies predominantly within agricultural land of good quality apart from a section to the south of the Edinburgh/Carstairs main railway line where it is flanked by residential developments . |
| 11 | The human heart beats continuously from three weeks after conception until the moment of death — about three thousand million contractions . |
| 12 | This case illustrates how by changing behaviour one can also affect attitudes . |
| 13 | If it be objected that no beginning writer shops around in this way among the idioms handed down to him from the past , the evidence is that certain beginning writers do shop around in just this way ; Ezra Pound was one of them , and he is by no means so exceptional as is supposed . |
| 14 | Aldergrove stands by for big take-off |
| 15 | It is at his feet that we throw ourselves like the bound figures which form the pedestal of this statue ( one captive looks upward with adoring eyes ) . |
| 16 | In this chapter , we have assumed the worst possible case — i.e. the syntax/semantics component needs up to ten words of the utterance in order to prefer one of the alternatives — and this is why the statistics are based on the total number of complete word strings derived from the different kinds of input to the lexical access component . |
| 17 | ‘ It was assigned to me by the press , a breed which in my experience cares little for such irrelevancies as accuracy . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ The action goes along at break-neck velocity to reach its conclusion and so there is no problem with the audience fidgeting . ’ |
| 19 | Then we then he says , then wha well cos what we 're saying is , then if your barrelage goes up to four barrels , say |
| 20 | IBM 'S POWER OPEN ASSOCIATION KICKS OFF WITH FIVE SPONSORS — MORE IN THE WINGS |
| 21 | If the pilot light goes out for any reason , a heat-sensing thermocouple detects the fault and prevents the main gas supply from operating . |
| 22 | the future belongs neither to small States , nor to small Churches , but to great federal unions of self-governing communities … |
| 23 | It looks like some kind of mollusc , but no mollusc fits easily into this pattern of growth ; various people have suggested it might be some kind of snail , or perhaps a monoplacophoran ( see p. 76 ) . |
| 24 | The industry contributes widely to academic research . |
| 25 | Also , it should be mentioned that thanks to the generosity of stores and hotels in the City Centre all the money form the catering side goes straight to Christian Aid . |
| 26 | In year 3 , demand has risen to 3,000 units so that the desired capital stock goes up to thirty machines — since the firm already has twenty , another ten must be purchased . |
| 27 | In human terms the loss adds up to 800 jobs in Digital and 2,000 more depending directly on orders , supplies and service . |
| 28 | Hill ( 1963 ) showed that for equal phase rigidities , G , the following result holds exactly for any geometry whatever where are the Voigt and Reuss estimates found earlier . |
| 29 | The smoke analogy holds well for flying brents too . |
| 30 | Although the Inland Revenue has up to three months in which to confirm the validity of the election ( s 248(2) ) , in practice it is usually prepared to give confirmation within a much shorter period . |