Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [prep] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Against the US mainstream culture of rose-tinted kitsch ( which Milan Kundera defines as ‘ the refusal to accept that shit exists ’ ) , bands like Big Black , Flipper and the Buttholes react by devising a near-catastrophic conception of ‘ authenticity ’ . |
| 2 | When trainees are allowed to begin interviewing on their own under supervision they have already been accepted as CAB trainee advice workers , but in the GLCABS structure where candidates begin by observing the interviewing process they may not yet have formally passed the selection procedure . |
| 3 | But seeing her sister 's eyes turn from contemplating the deep indigo square of sky above the courtyard , and come to rest on her face in grief-stricken entreaty , she faltered , shrugged , and with impatient gestures , moved her over to make room on the bench where she dumped herself down . |
| 4 | Projected profiles consist of drawing the first section completely , while parallel sections behind the first are only drawn in so far as they project above earlier sections ( Fig. 9.17 ) . |
| 5 | The supermarkets benefit by getting a regular , consistent supply of what its customers demand in bulk . |
| 6 | When there is a certain amount of risk involved in an event , most promoters opt for paying the minimum amount of guarantee possible against a larger percentage for the artist . |
| 7 | Experience on inservice courses and in initial training shows that the real advantages go beyond hearing the individual child read . |
| 8 | Because viruses replicate by hijacking the genetic machinery of host cells , it becomes extremely difficult to make effective anti-viral drugs . |
| 9 | To counter both the unfavourable home environment , and the difficulty poorer parents have in equalling the sharp elbows of the middle classes , who are well accustomed to taking themselves to the front of the queue , the school starting age for nursery education should be reduced to three . |
| 10 | The changes that have occurred since 1979 in the pattern of long term care for older people in Leicestershire , above and beyond the aging of the general population , highlight some of the challenges that many local authorities face in implementing the final phase of the ‘ Caring for People ’ community care reforms . |
| 11 | Unlike the moths , which , we have seen , ignore relative pheromonal concentrations , and simply fly upwind , ants steer by balancing the pheromonal concentration to the right and left . |
| 12 | The Italians excel in discovering the one bag to die for . |
| 13 | As you will discover in the remaining chapters , problems remain about specifying the actual functions of these modules , their degree of functional independence , and the consequences of functional independence for the integration of behaviour and consciousness . |
| 14 | So , for example , the break in the earnings link for uprating the National Insurance pension in 1980 has resulted in cumulative savings of some £16,000 million . |
| 15 | However , his own plans rely on strengthening the central system . |
| 16 | Fund holders talk about buying the best products available at the lowest price , regardless of the inconvenience to their customers |
| 17 | All the profits go towards furthering the vital work of the York Archaeological Trust . |
| 18 | So , the wheel turns full circle , and the question is again asked , if there is a medical view regarding the determination of sex , what arguments exist for having a legal concept which coexists , but is not coextensive ? |
| 19 | On the Mohs scale for measuring the relative susceptibility to scratching of different minerals nephrite is rated at c. 6.5 by comparison with jadeite at 6.75 , steel at 6 and diamond at 10 . |
| 20 | He is an engaging young man and delights Rob by showing a marked and discriminating interest in any musical instrument he gets hold of . |
| 21 | The reason for entitling the chapter 's second main section ‘ Factors inhibiting professional development ’ is that , despite a number of favourable features being observed during the writer 's research , not least the support given to arts education activities by local authority non-arts administrators , it is the difficulty which arts educators face in mounting a coherent and sustained programme of staff development which is the predominant theme . |
| 22 | When each pupil 's deviant career embraces many hours of chastising , cajoling and counselling , how do unit teachers succeed in teaching the unteachable ? |
| 23 | Transactional analysis offers help in identifying the specific case and objective setting is a means of moving the leader/follower relationship towards the adult-adult transaction while focussing discussion on contribution to the task for which they share responsibility . |
| 24 | Auto-exposure controls work by taking an average reading of the brightness of the subject and setting the exposure to suit this average . |
| 25 | Pre-literate peoples not only agree with modern taxonomists about species , but in at least some cases agree in identifying the same higher categories . |
| 26 | Facial expression is a rich source of information regarding the emotional state of the individual and some evidence of this can be found in the amount of space and time authors and playwrights give to describing the facial changes in their characters . |
| 27 | This sensational finding suggests that whales navigate by following a magnetic map of the ocean floor . |
| 28 | Most feminists respond by multiplying the female subject , and taking the collective category of ‘ women ’ as a pragmatic basis for their politics . |
| 29 | The teenagers , aged 15 and 16 , were given a police caution for distributing the illegal unclassified tapes . |
| 30 | In the way children have of promoting the incidental to matters of vital importance , settling in was a flurry of inconsequential activity . |