Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , ’ Merrill said weakly , ‘ we 'll think about that when the time comes . ’ |
| 2 | Also , the program has knowledge of qualitative physical principles relevant to its actual tasks , such as that if an object sticks out too far it will fall , and that it will pivot around the support point nearest to the centre of gravity . |
| 3 | Their simple capitals support the plain beam of the architrave or epistyle , and between that and the cornice comes the frieze of triglyphs ( a grooved upright over each column and each interval ) and almost square metopes . |
| 4 | Why should we worry about this if the marriage remains the harmonious institution for pooling resources which is normally assumed , in economic theory as elsewhere ? |
| 5 | Demand is expected to continue during 1993 and the company says it is now planning to supplement its Hong Kong sales office with engineering support . |
| 6 | It 's a flexi-time job — start as long before 9 as you like and go on as long after 5 as the situation requires ( 6 , 7 , 8 — not mention weekends ! ) . |
| 7 | Thereafter it monitors the quality of the incoming electrical supply , smoothing out peaks and troughs and cutting in for real if the power cuts out completely . |
| 8 | so I 've decided I 'm going to do erm something called Sunshine Chicken , which is just chicken e , chicken casserole , a bit different , she does n't drink alcohol so I ca n't do anything in wine , erm so I 'm doing that , I 'm doing four portions of chicken of that cos the daughter eats chicken , erm |
| 9 | When the laser reaches the pale stone surface the light emitted is bounced back instead of absorbed and the process ceases . |
| 10 | There is an interesting contrast between the Church of Ireland and the Roman Catholic Church in that the Church of Ireland tends to create new parishes out of old as the need arises while the Roman Catholic Church builds new churches where they are needed but keeps still to the already existing parish structure . |
| 11 | The workforce of 8,000 before the revolution has been cut to 5,800 through early retirement and natural wastage ; even so , hundreds are on short-time , and sackings are inevitable . |
| 12 | You will be listening to many of these as the election approaches as they are a wonderful invention of the broadcasting industry : a reporter stands alone with just a small tape recorder to protect him and leaps out in front of unsuspecting members of the public asking them an inane question . |
| 13 | The pistol has a range of 10″ and hits with a strength of 4 and the commander has a BS of 3 ( this is included in with the profile for the Steam Tank itself ) . |
| 14 | The transmitted message contains details of all that the satellite has to do in the next period , in particular to implement the survey . |
| 15 | THE riots that rocked Oxford , Salford , Bristol and Blackburn could be the first of many if the Government continues with its uncaring policies , president Rodney Bickerstaffe told the conference . |
| 16 | Umbrellarama … a forest of umbrella 's brightens up the Hong Kong stadium 's cloak of grey as the rain sets in on finals day . |
| 17 | and erm er , we , and that there are various other erm we ways in which the parties should be protected , erm , which I have n't had a chance to look at today clearly the costs of investigating , the proper costs of investigating any structured settlement would have to be dealt with on a later occasion , that it is somehow awarded , instead of protected that the plaintiff gives the defendant notice , seven day 's notice before instructing any account on to advise on the structured settlement , so if the defendant thinks the plaintiff is being wholly unreasonable they can come back to court , quite at liberty to apply and get , make his point of the directions on the therefore within these context these are the sort of orders which , on the behalf of the plaintiff I can see and I would respectively suggest that we go away , draw them up and hand them in toy our Lordship and come back later in the day if we have difficult |
| 18 | National minimum wage , of which has said , the employment consequences would be little short of disastrous and the society backs estimates that up to eight hundred thousand jobs could be destroyed by the minimum wage and of the A E U described the minimum wage as nonsense and said he was flatly opposed to it 's introduction in the private sector . |
| 19 | The benefits of the balancing , bouncing and clambering are that your body is relaxed instead of recital-rigid and the voice comes over in a strong way . |
| 20 | And you eat in what is called messes so that you eat in a mess of four and the server comes in and puts a plate of it might be venison and a plate of which is a kind of erm corn and er in front of you . |
| 21 | ‘ This means the muscles go flat instead of round and the butcher ends up with an inferior eye muscle . |
| 22 | ‘ Anyone could come up with a story like that once the proof has been destroyed . |
| 23 | I have put it like that because the law does not mention God and concentrates on ‘ balance ’ rather than ‘ equal time ’ as some papers have reported . |
| 24 | what you can do is wind it like that and the hose winds up . |
| 25 | She goes Mum , come and sit here , she goes , piss off ! like that and the mother goes you talking to me ? |
| 26 | You will probably find it easiest to slide the mast in at an angle like this until the collar fits neatly underneath the mast gate . |
| 27 | The presidential offices nestle behind this and a balcony provides a fine platform from which the public can be addressed . |
| 28 | No records will be broken that 's for sure as the sun begins to boil … |
| 29 | That may be the constitutional position — though no one knows for sure as the situation has not arisen since Henry VIII created the C of E for this purpose — but it is certainly not one which is acceptable . |
| 30 | We are aware that the idea that couples go through a courtship with little or no caressing seems out of touch with reality . |