Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [vb -s] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The resort is only 20 years old and grabs at any chance for a celebrity to add sparkle to its budding image as the Florida of the Nineties . |
| 2 | The third , from the history department , is more explicit and distinguishes between general reading matter which would make " browsing … a broadening experience in itself for the children " and teacher resources ( including teaching packs and reference books ) which would not only stimulate improved pedagogy in the new " evidence-based course " , but also permit teachers to foster pupils ' library use by example . |
| 3 | Memory has become restricted and suffers from cultural prohibition . |
| 4 | Although the famous gallery owner is thinking of retiring and has for some time been searching for an institution to take on his private collection , the title of the event ‘ TransForm ’ is not a veiled reference to his forthcoming conversion from art dealer to museum collector . |
| 5 | The former White House counsel pled guilty and says to this day he feels guilty about that and his role in the Watergate scandal as a key Nixon defender . |
| 6 | The extent to which true devolution of powers to Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland is necessary or desirable is controversial and differs in each case . |
| 7 | AH ! how the other half live , but if he works hard and pulls in some loot , all to the good . |
| 8 | We can not see directly whether a fossil animal was warm or cold-blooded when alive ; often the evidence is indirect and depends on careful study of little bits of bone . |
| 9 | In flight trailing edge of wing is conspicuously white and contrasts with dark underside ; cf. |
| 10 | ( ceased to be a member of the Institute on 14 July 1992 for failing to pay the Disciplinary Committee fine and costs in due time under the terms of Bye-law 41 . ) |
| 11 | The Guiseley installation is custom-built and consists of one eight-pan and one nine-pan range . |
| 12 | In Barra and adjacent islands , machair is widespread but occurs as discrete bayhead units , although Eoligarry machair is a distinctive peninsula joining the northern part of Barra to the central massif . |
| 13 | Since then , not only has the number of records increased fourfold but advances in human learning have also led to amendments . |
| 14 | It is in no sense a rival body to the National Institute for the Deaf but works in active co-operation with it and has direct representation there on . |
| 15 | Offshore sales , however , remained buoyant and exports through third party contracts increased substantially . |
| 16 | We must work with trade unionists of different nationalities and language groups to make sure that European movement is united and speaks with one voice . |
| 17 | He added that the application procedure is very complicated and depends on full information from the tenant . |
| 18 | Reasoning is domain independent and consists of generalised problem solving strategies . |
| 19 | As a result he is very fat and suffers from constant agony due to chronic indigestion , which may explain why he is so fierce . |
| 20 | She is a voluntary visitor for the West Sussex Association for the Disabled and sits on two village committees and looks forward to serving on the Executive Committee of the Medau Society . |
| 21 | The rule enunciated earlier about which variables to control for is quite general and extends to any number of variables . |
| 22 | A child is disabled if he is blind , deaf or dumb or suffers from mental disorder of any kind or is substantially and permanently handicapped by illness , injury or congenital deformity ( s17(11) ) . |
| 23 | The mosfet is less than 1µm wide and operates at liquid nitrogen temperatures ( -196°C ) . |
| 24 | The systems approach is now explicitly used in biogeography and Simmons ( 1978 ) , for example , in discussion of the ecosystem scale distinguishes two approaches that are often made : one which is synoptic and develops from intuitive perception of an ecosystem to studies of ecological cohesion including , where relevant , the significance of human activity ; and another approach which is more analytical whereby measurements are made of the flow and partitioning of energy through the ecosystem and of the cycles of mineral nutrients within the system . |
| 25 | If we now look at what happens to total product between O and O L 1 units of labour and we can see total product rising at an increasing rate , right , which implies our marginal product positive but increases over that range O to L L 1 right , between the the range O L 1 and O L 3 , right , the total product is rising but at a decreasing rate a decreasing rate that implies that the marginal product is still positive , right , but falling . |