Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The eyebrows go up in an arch that would make a complete circle if they carried on down , the lids over those eyes , likened to a cobra 's by Candice Bergen , narrow to a slit ; the gleaming white teeth flash through the pursed lips in what Vogue editor Diana Vreeland called a ‘ killer smile ’ . |
| 2 | Therefore we would expect a forward contract and a financial futures contract with the same specifications to have the same price . |
| 3 | Alternatively , he could sell a futures contract at the current futures price and , at the end of T years , buy the asset in the cash market to deliver it into the futures market to fulfil the contract . |
| 4 | Melossi ( 1985 ) discusses how social discourses change with the various stages of what he calls the political business cycle . |
| 5 | Look carefully to see how the patterns change in the different streets and squares . |
| 6 | Among seven species of fruit pigeons in tropical Queensland , the diets of the birds change with the seasonal fruits , each species with a different suite of plant species . |
| 7 | an agreed departmental policy on the sizes of teaching groups appropriate for the different modes of teaching used in different subject areas and the provision of sufficient staff hours for the modules to be taught in these ways ; |
| 8 | If a child does not know any other black people , he or she does not value them ; all his or her values descend from the adoptive parents . |
| 9 | These cavities correspond to the seven chakras or energy centres in the human entity . |
| 10 | The anatomical points used are vital and specific combinations correspond to the particular ailments . |
| 11 | These craftsmen sit in the open doorways of their small workshops — the tinsmith , the cabinetmaker , the french polisher and the wrought-iron worker . |
| 12 | Thus did dozens of local kids materialize in the early hours to listen all night to the Beatles , the Butterfield Blues Band , the Pink Floyd . |
| 13 | Management 's efforts to devise new industrial relations strategies and styles appropriate for the changing circumstances are the subject of chapter 6 . |
| 14 | A Scottish Homes report on the preliminary findings says the survey found that 20.8 per cent of Scotland 's houses , or 423,000 , showed evidence of damp , serious condensation or mould either singly or in any combination . |
| 15 | The platoon commanders shout their commands and the recruits manoeuvre into the required formations . |
| 16 | The reflected waves interfere with the incoming waves to produce a pattern of standing waves or clapotis , the crests of which always appear in the same places ( Fig. 8. 1A ) . |
| 17 | But the titles , size of teams and functions of inspectors vary among the local authorities . |
| 18 | While there can be no objection in principle to allowing foreigners access to the English courts , it is doubtful whether they should be permitted to recover damages for defamatory words which may freely circulate in the country where the plaintiff 's reputation would be most affected . |
| 19 | Streamline Graded Readers cater for the earliest levels of language learning . |
| 20 | The orthodox view of civil pre-trial procedure is that the more the two parties know about the real issues between them the more likely it is that a ‘ realistic ’ settlement can be reached . |
| 21 | The decision followed strong reactions by the US administration and the UN to an incident earlier in the day , when Iraq troops had fired shots in the air allegedly to deny UN inspectors access to a nuclear weapons site , which was itself the culmination of a series of such refusals by Iraq . |
| 22 | Then they heard — their ears alert for the slightest changes in the grind of the traffic — a car slowing just behind them . |
| 23 | Another commonly-accepted indication of intelligence is the way animals deal with the unpredictable contingencies of their world through learning ; and it is here that our intuition tells us that we must be dealing with something very like intellect . |
| 24 | Uterine contractions continue for a few days after birth ( they are often particularly evident when the child begins to suck at the nipple ) . |
| 25 | Both blackish and Magellanic oystercatchers feed on the rocky reefs exposed by the ebb tide , while two-banded plovers and white-rumped sandpipers seek out little crustaceans and marine worms in the sand . |
| 26 | The list of species is growing as more and more animals adapt to the urban commons . |
| 27 | It will also come when manufacturers respond to the competitive advantages conferred by devaluation , and last longer if manufacturers can contain the inevitable increases in costs of imported goods and materials . |
| 28 | Similar considerations apply to the fiduciary duties of agents . |
| 29 | It would seem that different considerations apply in the exceptional cases in which discovery may be obtained from a third party . |
| 30 | A number of units are already under offer and excellent opportunities exist on the remaining units . |