Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [prep] [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore we would expect a forward contract and a financial futures contract with the same specifications to have the same price . |
| 2 | Uterine contractions continue for a few days after birth ( they are often particularly evident when the child begins to suck at the nipple ) . |
| 3 | The mothers talking in this book are mainly in their mid to late teens , with children whose ages range from a few months to four years . |
| 4 | Until the FRC and its cohorts have made substantial progress in imposing uniformity in accounting matters , the profession will continue to be criticised because companies account for the same things in different ways . |
| 5 | The same human motives appear in different cultural forms , and different motives appear in the same forms ( ibid. : |
| 6 | All applicants qualify under the same criteria . |
| 7 | Lydia Becker , a leading Victorian feminist , compared the position of middle class women unfavourably with that of working class women : ‘ What I most desire , is to see married women of the middle classes stand on the same terms of equality as prevail in the working classes and the highest aristocracy . |
| 8 | We 'd get £50 or £60 a night — which might not sound like a lot but that 's still what young bands get for the same gigs today . |
| 9 | The properties of individuals emerge from the many aspects of the complex whole . |
| 10 | Manufacturing techniques and finish are the same ; nuts and bolts come from the same vendors . |
| 11 | If both NL and LD , or if both EX and CS , are switched on ; only NL and EX respectively will show on the screen : both pairs of codes appear in the same places and NL and EX take priority if both are on . |
| 12 | Thirdly , material similarity , a relation referring to the degree to which two strings consist of the same characters . |
| 13 | Public examinations relate to the latter purposes ; they have mostly been set and marked by bodies such as the Examining Boards ( now grouped for GCSE examining ) . |
| 14 | This leads to a ‘ bandwagon ’ or ‘ follow-the-leader ’ effect in which many firms invest in the same markets at roughly the same time ( Knickerbocker , 1973 ; Graham , 1990 ) . |
| 15 | These results suggest that ( allowing for the differences in trading hours between markets ) , information from foreign stock markets is reflected in the Finnish index futures market within a few hours , but not in the underlying spot market . |
| 16 | We may tend to assume that other companies and cultures operate with the same sorts of motivations and criteria of success as we do , despite the fact that Japanese companies , for instance , turn in a very low rate of profit compared to those in the United Kingdom , and indeed do not need to do so because of the low interest charges and ready availability of capital in their country . |
| 17 | Both these objectives suffer from the same constraints — the uncompetitive nature of railfreight charges compared with road haulage , other than trainload freight , and the lack of private sidings in Britain on anything like the scale in France or Germany thus requiring intermodal handling and its resultant costs . |
| 18 | As soon as this happens , male peeking rates plunge to the same levels as female peeking rates ( Figure 4 ) . |
| 19 | In Yorkshire and East Anglia trippers return to the same places . |
| 20 | Kinsey 's verdict turned a potential Lions win into an All Blacks victory . |
| 21 | It is worth remembering that most accidents happen within a few miles of home . |
| 22 | We are then off into the players lounge for a few beers beforehand , then a few more after . |
| 23 | If the symptoms disappear in a few days no more medicine is needed , but if the symptoms persist dosing continues as before to complete the cure §281 . |
| 24 | I find the best ideas come from when you 're not actually touching the guitar , otherwise your fingers fall into the same positions and you get stuck in ruts . |
| 25 | The adults live for a few weeks , but the " juvenile " stage ( technically " nymphs " rather than larvae ) lasts for 13 years ( in some varieties ) or 17 years ( in other varieties ) . |
| 26 | We speak variant patois of Shakespeare and Norman Mailer , our institutions spring from the same instincts and traditions , and we share the same heritage of law and custom , philosophy and pragmatic Weltanschauung … starting from similar premises in the same intellectual tradition , we recognize common allusions , share many common prejudices , and can commune on a basis of confidence . |
| 27 | He was my foursomes partner for a few years in international golf and there is no better way to assess another 's playing ability . |
| 28 | Even with the advantages of other income sources , studios depend on a few hits to pay for a large number of duds . |
| 29 | Moreover , ideological divisions have frequently led to union rivalries which can undermine strike action , especially since the unions compete for the same grades of employees ; in BR a single union can in most cases bring out most or all members of a grade . |
| 30 | These pills work within a few seconds . ’ |