Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb -s] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | So it appears that a general tendency to unhappy and aggressive social interaction spins over into mother-child management struggles . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Nor is this influence obvious or straightforward , for a major reason why different research comes up with different findings and has different implications for policy and practice is that those findings are subject to different underlying assumptions and have different ideological agendas . |
| 5 | French Professor stands down from British transplant centre |
| 6 | ‘ My love of English football goes back to 1973 when I was with Leigh . |
| 7 | The early Funafuti boring reached 340m ( approx. 1 130ft ) while seismic work suggests up to 760 m ( approx.2 530 ft ) of coral overlying volcanic rock there . |
| 8 | Top criminal walks out of open prison . |
| 9 | Top planner bows out after 30 years |
| 10 | Those are the policies that the right hon. Gentleman sets out before this nation . |
| 11 | A 97 year old woman looks back to pre-First World War Vienna and an extraordinary life , even if a fair amount of it is fabricated . |
| 12 | I see arts students ' timetables , an English student comes in for two hours a week , and he 's home for the rest of the time . |
| 13 | But finally a muddy old train trundles in from deepest Essex , chattering to itself like the Little Red Engine : ‘ I 'm a good little engine , I climbed over the hill . ’ |
| 14 | Another steep descent leads on to grassy col and then yet more superb ridge walking , narrow and exposed , over Sgurr nan Saighead ( 3,047ft ) . |
| 15 | Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis occurs in about 3/1000 live births . |
| 16 | The old man blinks up through milky , uncomprehending eyes as the father , leaning over the table on knuckled hands , spits out his loathing in a voice too low to be overheard . |
| 17 | He describes the toy drawer exactly , from the rubber sealing rings out of old tobacco tins , kept to make catapults ( which , with the string and the electric flex , were the principal binding agents in the mass ) , to the leaking paper bag of saltpetre ( which may have accounted for the choking smell ) . |
| 18 | After assessing the situation , evaluating the strengths and difficulties of the client within the family network , the social worker moves on to social care planning , which has been defined as follows : |
| 19 | It is not just that high myth looks down towards low present reality . |
| 20 | Erm it 's a simple flow system , raw material comes in at one end and flows through the plant , through the machining areas , through the assembly , and the new product , the finished product comes out the end . |
| 21 | The accompanying table breaks down into 11 the areas where tax is wasted by Scots . |
| 22 | First , a standard disc offers up to 55,000 frames of information each with its own unique electronic address or frame number . |
| 23 | The average adult spends up to 300 hours a year in the bathroom , yet surprisingly , it 's often the room that receives the least attention . |
| 24 | If you pick the animal up , a white milky liquid oozes out of these patches . |
| 25 | Jan 's pure voice rings out on quiet tracks such as Denim , Blue and Going Nowhere , accompanied either by fellow songwriter Tony Kirkham on acoustic guitar or by herself on piano . |
| 26 | This means that the painting changes slightly when seen from different angles and the title over the central image flashes up in iridescent colours . |
| 27 | Microsoft 's simple arithmetic adds up to 25,000 people who know something about NT . |
| 28 | Firetex M70/M71 , Certifire approved , thin film intumescent coating gives up to 2 hours fire protection for structural steel , when tested to BS.476 Part 21 : 1987 . |
| 29 | What worries Spenser is how human action fits in with this determined overall scheme of things whose main signposts can be discerned in Scripture , but whose timetable and precise unravelling are not clear . |
| 30 | This seems to be the case in figure 9.1 , for example , at the point where national assistance changes over to supplementary benefit . |