Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Previously the authors had carried out research on paraprofessional social service personnel in their own two countries — Israel and the USA ( Brawley and Schindler , 1972 ; Brawley , 1975 ; Schindler , 1980 ; 1982 ) .
2 The procedure originated to deal with circumstances where parties wish to set up machinery for determining a price without negotiations , often where the obligation to make a payment arises in the future , as with options .
3 This , together with his proposed union treaty , which opponents saw as a breakup of the Soviet Union , drove conservatives to try to take over control from him by declaring a state of emergency — in effect , a coup d'état .
4 Tan accelerators claim to speed up production of melanin — the pigment produced by your skin in the sun — but there 's no evidence that they work .
5 Individuals start to work out hierarchy of specific behaviours or situations for planned practice .
6 The extreme diehards had written off Law as the dupe of Lloyd George because he did not come out fighting against coalition policies , hence the witticism that the coalition was an alliance between a flock of sheep led by a , crook and a flock of crooks led by a sheep .
7 There is one small river at Ebenat , but that has become so polluted that the relief workers have to bring in water by tanker .
8 THE 12 Community governments have speeded up implementation of rules to create their barrier-free market but are still far behind schedule , the Commission said yesterday .
9 THE 12 Community governments have speeded up implementation of rules to create their barrier-free market but are still far behind schedule , the Commission said yesterday .
10 Frank is n't at home , Azul 's unlisted , I try the local paper here but they ca n't or wo n't help and the airlines refuse to give out information on passengers .
11 The air force general leading the mutineers refused to give up control of the base even as the seige of Makati ended .
12 The air force general leading the mutineers refused to give up control of the base even as the seige of Makati ended .
13 But the point is that if , if musicians go to service , they know there 's enough readers and if the musicians decide to take on part of that reading one service , surely it 's only courtesy for the musicians to say to the readers , whose lists are published months in advance , terribly sorry but we 're gon na do this this time , and do you mind stepping down ?
14 The Tories might have got away with that but the latest revelation that the Home Office trawled through 25-year-old confidential files to try to dig up dirt on Mr Clinton is as outrageous as it is mind-boggling .
15 When the GTP was built , settlers had begun to develop the land along its route to such an extent that construction trains had to bring back wheat despite the unfinished nature of the track .
16 Locating resources for the broad range of anticipated interests has brought about federation with various institutes and libraries in Berlin .
17 Many diesel depots ceased to carry out maintenance for the Railfreight sector , with some facing the axe such as Gateshead and others concentrating on work for other sectors such as Bristol Bath Road .
18 YUGOSLAV jet fighters launched rocket attacks on villages in western Bosnia-Hercegovina yesterday as federal forces appeared to step up support for Serbian militiamen in the ethnic conflict convulsing the former Yugoslav republic .
19 Other studies show that in the Gulf 's warm water temperatures the oil has dispersed very quickly , and shifting sands have covered up oil on the beaches .
20 Badger road mortalities , however , are reduced now as badgers have put on weight for the winter and venture out from their setts less and less .
21 Although many valuable religious icons had not been removed , there was sufficient evidence of the building having been ransacked for the police to refuse to rule out robbery as a possible motive .
22 For example , in art , pupils have to hand in work to be assessed throughout the course , and they can thus accumulate a varied and impressive portfolio as part of their examination achievement .
23 BANBRIDGE Council has been told that anglers have given up fishing at Loughbrickland Lake because the fish stock has been completely destroyed by cormorants .
24 The other groups had set up camp on the far side , waiting for a few clear days and the worst of the snow to melt .
25 Certain students enjoy finding out information for themselves ; other students prefer being spoon-fed .
26 DARLINGTON students have taken over production of the council 's magazine .
27 Methane , the hydrocarbon commonly known as marsh or swamp gas , is produced by bacteria which live in an oxygen-free environment such as at the bottom of swamps and rice paddies and in the guts of ruminant or cud-chewing animals such as cattle , sheep and camels where the bacteria help to break down food into a digestible form ( enteric fermentation ) .
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