Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As inevitably occurs when abstract semantic properties are posited independently of form and then forms sought which express these properties , however , the binding hierarchy explanation , while offering some significant observations , does not square very well with the full range of data from actual language use . |
| 2 | Experts say they cause unseen damage to the environment and to people . |
| 3 | Consequently , I was not surprised in our seminar discussions to find myself directing more questions and raising more problems when we were talking about structure and discourse than when the focus was on lexis . |
| 4 | Now the authorities say she has little chance of getting them back . |
| 5 | These have sturdy telescopic aluminium legs which are well braced to provide good support , and are fitted with pan-and-tilt heads to enable you to make smooth camera moves . |
| 6 | If you are disabled , the Social Services Department can give you gadgets to enable you to operate various appliances . |
| 7 | Tim Hayward , head of corporate recovery at KPMG , said : ‘ Liquidation is the form of insolvency particularly common to smaller companies and many have simply not had the cash reserves to enable them to survive difficult trading conditions . |
| 8 | And she gave me an indulgent look and she said , ‘ I 'm really sorry , the pictures made me feel tender feelings for you , but they just really did not arouse me . ’ |
| 9 | Not only do we need a strategic deterrent , but there is a strong argument that a sub-strategic deterrent continues to be relevant at a time when there is a real risk of several new nations appearing which have some form of nuclear capability and when we risk the proliferation of not merely equipment but perhaps technology from some of the scientific bases in the former Soviet Union . |
| 10 | Date Number of homes Number of beds 1987 169 5000 1988 200 7000 Approximately half of those homes say they offer some provision for the elderly with mental impairment . |
| 11 | Feminist psychology is becoming conscious of its theories ' unadventurousness , their distance from other feminist debates , and the way their focus on individual subjects forces them to neglect social relations . |
| 12 | In fact , though , McGurk and MacDonald ( 1976 ) have shown the extent to which we use information about the position of a speaker 's lips to help us recognise spoken words . |
| 13 | ‘ We would also like to appeal for funds to help us finance this event . |
| 14 | During periods when the ruler was absent from Cetinje — often trying to persuade the Venetians to help him to resist Turkish pressure — the bishop took charge of the government . |
| 15 | ‘ You know we are Jews and Jews remember what happened 50 years ago and during this time nobody in the world was doing anything to save the Jews , ’ Kahn told reporters at Zagreb 's Pleso airport . |
| 16 | HP claims that 7100-based business servers running it provide commercial users with the industry 's fastest uniprocessor server performance on TPS-A benchmarks . |
| 17 | As the Americans saw it , both goals required them to reassure those parties who felt nervous about what was going on . |
| 18 | Left influence was sustained increasingly by events overseas , events over which most Labour supporters felt they had little control and which most of them probably saw as secondary to their still-lingering economic burdens . |
| 19 | Sir Kenneth Newman — then commandant — suggests that the book 's claim to attention is that its contents are contributed by insiders ; while in their introduction , the authors claim it goes some way to challenging Holdaway 's claim ( 1979 ) that ‘ research from the Police Staff College has not resulted in a major project on the police ’ . |
| 20 | Often , shops think they have good facilities for the disabled but they 're often used for other things . |
| 21 | Often , shops think they have good facilities for the disabled but they 're often used for other things . |
| 22 | Often , shops think they have good facilities for the disabled but they 're often used for other things . |
| 23 | Which of the above tactics do you make most use of ? |
| 24 | Most of us at any age enjoy a good chat , but in how many Homes do you see small groups of residents talking to each other ? |
| 25 | Many retailing organizations said they gave fixed-term contracts to seasonal workers brought in to cope with the Christmas peak . |
| 26 | Clive Rowlands , the Welsh RU president , has written to member clubs urging them to follow this course . |
| 27 | In March 1886 Joseph Chamberlain , as President of the Local Government Board , responded by issuing a circular to local authorities urging them to schedule necessary public works for periods of depression , and to co-operate with the Poor Law by providing paid , non-pauperizing work for those who applied for poor relief due to temporary unemployment . |
| 28 | On the contrary , its broad grille and hooded headlamps project something approaching alternative thinking on the way to express the famous Munich car maker 's identity . |
| 29 | The French Commandos firing their captured German mortar had probably run out of bombs . |
| 30 | It also calls for increased aid to tropical countries to enable them to achieve sustainable forest management . |