Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb base] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The areas of meaning of the Tamil words overlap with the areas of meaning of the English words , but they do not completely coincide .
2 TWO old stagers return to the boards on video this month .
3 Secondly , bent rotors are common , because objects such as spanners , bird scarers and even old bikes get into the choppers !
4 If , for example , the stock-index futures fall below the prices of the underlying securities , a sample of shares representing the index are sold , and relatively cheap stock-index futures are bought .
5 Our principal concern , in the present context , is to consider how conflicts between social groups develop within the limits of given structural conditions , how such conflicts bring about political change , and what kinds of social group play a major role in this process .
6 It is worth noting that many of the most interesting studies of the language/ethnicity relationship are not quantitative at all , but focus qualitatively on the social meaning which bi- and multi-lingual speakers associate with the codes in their repertoire ( see further 8.3 ) .
7 One example is electronic data interchange , often required by the likes of car manufacturers to enable just-in-time inventory management ; electronic funds transfer through the Bankers Automated Clearing System is another .
8 In this article I shall look at what has been proposed by the GMC , whether this can or should be implemented , what the interested parties think about the recommendations , and whether there are any other ways of ensuring that newly qualified doctors are not put off their careers completely before they have properly begun .
9 And possible harmful effects sink into the depths of the medical literature , such as : the serious condition of over stimulation of a woman 's ovaries and other adverse effects from the powerful drugs and hormones used on women in earlier fertility treatments , as well as for IVF now ; higher risks of miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy and damage to women 's fertility from the invasive methods .
10 He cites Pipewell Abbey in Northamptonshire , where the earthworks of a deserted village mingle with the remains of the Cistercian monastic site .
11 I have a very observant Afrikaans friend , a medical doctor , also a great admirer of Mr.X , who maintains that all top-class golfers walk on the insides of their feet , thus enabling them to maintain the right shin post without effort , as against the bandy-legged player , who finds it very difficult to keep his right knee firm on the backswing .
12 I believe the solution lies in identifying why the wrong dogs come into the hands of the wrong people .
13 Repeated applications add to the costs but , unlike broad-spectrum insecticides , pheromones are more likely to complement rather than interfere with the biological control of the pests .
14 Bearing in mind the importance of the conclusion of the Uruguay round of the GATT to many industries in Britain and to third-world economies , what does my right hon. Friend see as the prospects for overcoming the obstructionism of the socialist Government of France to a successful outcome ?
15 Social problems arise through the incapacities of individuals or families to make use of services or the failure of welfare agencies to deliver them .
16 Researchers and practitioners have noted that , in interviewing , it is not always easy to keep questions of toilet training and sexual education separate in the minds of mothers concerned .
17 The lead statues of the four patron saints of the British Isles stand on the corners of the roof balustrade .
18 Damp stains creep down the walls to join in sombre triumph the black fungi ascending from the floor .
19 Environmentalists trying to defend Rainham Marshes failed to win over local opinion in the face of a sophisticated public relations campaign by the developers .
20 Ledro supplies water to a hydro-electric power station and when demand is high , and the water level correspondingly low , some 15,000 wooden stakes emerge from the waters .
21 Thus intravalence excitation and valence-electron ionization transitions contain information characteristic of molecules , whereas core-electron ionizations relate to the atoms making up the molecules .
22 If g is taken to be the local gravitational acceleration then we can see that the metric connections correspond to the components of the gravitational acceleration .
23 Old men shuffle across the tiles to be greeted with ‘ Good afternoon , milord ’ , by tailcoated attendants .
24 Iraqi children play beside the minefields , their deadly contents peeping from the khaki earth .
25 We worked our way around the central tier , hands in pockets , and came out in an ornamental garden open to the stars .
26 This includes ensuring that a proper market and proper information exist for the products that the exchange trades ; and that transactions are properly recorded .
27 Ideological and tactical qualms gnaw at the settlers too .
28 Oil pipelines are subject to corrosion where induced currents flow between the pipes and earth .
29 After 27 November each year , all Private Bills go before the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ( servants appointed by the House ) .
30 Lesser Black-backed Gulls nest on the cliffs periodically , as do Black Redstarts .
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