Example sentences of "[adj] and [vb base] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have to work at keeping slim and limit my favourite food , a Cuban recipe of fried bananas ! |
| 2 | ‘ There is no magic solution to this issue and employees who smoke will need to harness their own willpower , but the ban could be the kind of incentive that some smokers have been waiting for to help them reduce or stop smoking and improve their general health . ’ |
| 3 | This was to assist the layers of the king 's soul to break free and find their proper places , so as not to encumber his final space-flight . |
| 4 | In other words we have to be able to demonstrate that we can do better by some sort of synergy in the group ; if we ca n't do that then the group is better broken up and the individual parts allowed to fly free and attract their own shareholding . |
| 5 | Sun is still tinkering around with the Cypress Semiconductor Corp Ross Systems HyperSparc chip , having apparently not found a home for it yet : in benchmarks , the part outpaced the SuperSparc but by how much remains a mystery ; of course third parties people could buy the chip from Cypress direct and do their own MBus upgrades for Suns . |
| 6 | The initial vulnerability of the new born is expressed in Denis Creffield 's Anxious Baby ( 1983 ) and here the parallels with those popular images of childhood which constantly interpenetrate and interrupt our day-to-day routine are obvious . |
| 7 | So you might think why do n't I make it easy and make it one square . |
| 8 | Stand straight and lift your right arm above your head . |
| 9 | But when I 'm rich and have my own emporium |
| 10 | If we assume that this ratio is stable and repeat our earlier point that banks will normally be looking to expand their lending as a source of profit , then it follows fairly obviously that a change in the availability of base money to banks must be matched by a change in the size of the total balance sheet and that this latter change must be some multiple of the change in the size of the base . |
| 11 | Nails was generally asleep not long after ten , preferring to get up when the sun did , take Firelight out and clean up her stable and do his running practice before going home for breakfast . |
| 12 | But the other echo which really gripped me was his reference to some of the Imperial flights down the Gulf that were not as straightforward and as simple as they are today , I speak now of when I was awakened from my afternoon siesta by someone from the guardroom telling me to get down to flights as quickly as possible and have my overnight gear with me . |
| 13 | Marlow is understandably keen to play down the word fungus , preferring to describe it as myco-protein and stress its undeniable virtues such as its high fibre and protein content , coupled with low fat and non-existent cholesterol . |
| 14 | I 'm pregnant and find my sexual feelings much stronger than before — I have to rub my clitoris at night . |
| 15 | ‘ I was going to have an early night but I wo n't bother if you 're going to come in pissed and play your Little Feat LPs around midnight . ’ |
| 16 | The springs can also become fatigued and lose their tensile strength . |
| 17 | Orrell , however , are confident he will be fit and name their regular side , with Chris Brierley and Brian Wellens likely to be on the replacements ' bench . |
| 18 | ‘ Whilst recognising that staff in other parts of AEA would undoubtedly be more concerned , he and his colleagues in the UK and overseas subsidiaries knew that they had to ‘ Keep their eye on the ball , push ahead with product development , sell hard and achieve their demanding targets for growth . ’ |
| 19 | A further bonus , as I now live alone and do my own catering , is that Sturmer is an excellent cooker . |
| 20 | Even so , a perfectly-sighted Ted can suffer with streaming eyes for several reasons during the fall , so best play safe and make him some goggles from a pop bottle , as shown opposite . |
| 21 | The risk that this information might become generally available and affect his future ability to get credit is too great . |
| 22 | Added to this , many of the firms do not even want to become big ; they started small and like it that way . |
| 23 | I 'm afraid he 'll get too hot and destroy himself one day , if he goes on like this . ’ |
| 24 | In early summer , lilacs finally open and release their heady perfume . |
| 25 | With hindsight , it is clear that Zhdanov 's doctrinaire views were to become progressively dominant and reach their greatest influence during the Cold War period . |
| 26 | For most members , supporting their frontbench is normal and the occasions when they rebel are rare and cause them some heart-searching . |
| 27 | If they go into therapy , they may be disappointed to find that while their marriage is improving or more comfortable generally , sex has ‘ gone off ’ as it starts to become more variable and follow their actual mood . |
| 28 | Callinicos ' criticism of the ‘ postmodern ’ hypothesis contains a range of emphases , the three principal ones of which are : First : advocates of the postmodern in art ( which attains uncommon prominence in so far as the ‘ postmodern ’ is powerfully underwritten by a claimed distinction from Modernism ) , tend to misread the modern and arrogate its defining characteristics to their own period . |
| 29 | Decide on the time off the diet , plan proper balanced meals with the odd luxury for this period , and do not go wild and regain your lost weight . |