Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [verb] [pron] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where the winters are warm , both the broadleaves and the conifers tend to keep their leaves in winter , as with the evergreen oaks and cypresses of the Mediterranean ( though the swamp cypress of Florida is unusual among conifers , in shedding its leaves ) . |
| 2 | Led by Martine Mariez , the head of a building company , they say Disney designers keep changing their minds about work but the company then rejects the bill . |
| 3 | ‘ Many clients try to overcome their difficulties by recourse to books on sexual technique . |
| 4 | ‘ When husbands come to fetch their wives after school , they gasp ‘ what have you done with my wife , she has become so gentle ! ’ ’ |
| 5 | Furthermore , manufacturers wish to transfer their customers to their new ranges of computers from earlier models , and therefore want to minimize the problems of transition . |
| 6 | A similar effect to the above will be experienced if depositors in foreign currencies wish to switch their deposits into sterling in the UK — in response , say , to higher interest rates in the UK . |
| 7 | Public schools have raised their fees by an average 7.5 per cent this year , the smallest increase for a decade . |
| 8 | It may be that in attempting to start team teaching without the experience of preliminary resource-based and other approaches and without a great deal of shared discussion and curriculum planning some schools have plunged their staffs into an experience for which they were by no means ready . |
| 9 | The American embassy in Beijing is said to have received envelopes containing a few yuan as contributions from ordinary Chinese to the war effort ; and young would-be volunteer fighters have offered their services at the Kuwaiti and Saudi embassies . |
| 10 | Although nearly all the industrialised nations have set themselves targets for stabilising or reducing carbon dioxide emissions , the US , by far the biggest emitter , has consistently refused . |
| 11 | Black European residents , especially those denied civic rights , as in Germany and France , will be the main victims of the recent elections , as all the parties have turned their backs on the need to make Europe welcome for all its inhabitants , not just white ones . |
| 12 | In witness whereof the parties have placed their signatures on the day of 198 |
| 13 | In witness whereof the parties have placed their signatures on the day of 198 |
| 14 | In witness whereof the parties have placed their signatures on the day of 198 |
| 15 | In witness whereof the parties have placed their signatures on the day of 198 |
| 16 | And the rest of the Roker lads have played their parts in getting to this fairytale final . |
| 17 | Two stylish Waterfront restaurants have opened their doors to diners in The Calls area : |
| 18 | Editor Simon Hinde warns that some insurers have increased their premiums by as much as 20 times the inflation rate to pay for past losses . |
| 19 | The investment funds have placed their bets on Mr Greenwald , who helped Chrysler revive after the firm 's narrow escape from bankruptcy in 1979 . |
| 20 | Scientists and engineers tend to express their ideas in the form of equations because they need to know the precise values of quantities . |
| 21 | Many of the towns in the middle are mixed , like Kupres , scene of some of the worst fighting this week , and both the Serbs and Croats want to get their hands on them . |
| 22 | ‘ Facilities should be made available if Catholic parents want to send their children to Catholic schools . |
| 23 | Many parents try to discourage their kids from reading comics — but this one is a must for diabetic children . |
| 24 | However , such phrases do have their uses in speech . |
| 25 | Many parents prefer to send their children to such schools if they are available . |
| 26 | And some London pubs have slashed their prices from £1.70 a pint to less than a pound . |
| 27 | If the parents have brought their children with them do find time to make a fuss of them . |
| 28 | However , the fall in child-pedestrian casualties may , contrarily , indicate a reduction in accident opportunity , as parents have removed their children from the street because the environment has become more dangerous , not less . |
| 29 | On the few occasions when parents have taken their grievances over sex discrimination to the courts , the question has concerned school admissions and single-sex schooling , which was discussed in Chapter 4 in the context of parental choice . |
| 30 | The two health authorities covering these areas have launched their versions of the Patient 's Charter . |