Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [adv prt] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those animals put down had a merciful release . |
| 2 | How schools set about developing the statutory orders in the context of whole — curriculum policies represents a significant challenge for leadership and , not the least in primary schools , the strategies adopted by headteachers . |
| 3 | The Truman Administration had already been forced by Congress to end Lend-Lease ; many of the joint boards set up to co-ordinate the Anglo-American war effort were summarily dismantled ; and , although the Combined Policy Committee and the Combined Development Trust survived , the flow of technical information , on which Britain was depending to set up her own atomic establishments , began to dry up . |
| 4 | His trousers come off showing a fluffy , defensive little cluster of genitalia , cowering at the prospect of a dip in the spangly waters . |
| 5 | Four horses and riders set out to complete the cross-country course , although only three must finish to score . |
| 6 | Small things build up to give a positive lasting impression and provide the main opportunity to enhance the reputation of the company — in this every employee has a role to play . |
| 7 | Over the next 13 years , the regulations set out to achieve a 70 per cent cut in hydrocarbon emissions . |
| 8 | Begun under the Labour government of Mr David Lange and his Finance Minister , Mr ( now Sir ) Roger Douglas , the reforms set about dismantling the generous subsidies to farming , New Zealand 's largest industry . |
| 9 | It is only if theologians go on using the old equipment ( sun goes round earth etcetera ) that they fall out with the philosophers and scientists . |
| 10 | from the beginning , the partners set out to offer a global service , establishing a European and North American network of associated consultancies , shortly to be extended to the far East . |
| 11 | The barricades go up to block an illegal rave . |
| 12 | But despite Roebuck 's tip the Wallaby fullback is sure to be at the top of the list when Dwyer and his fellow selectors sit down to choose the first Test team to play Scotland in June . |
| 13 | Here the fields are small … and the hedges often tall and deep , leafy with trees of all ages as hedgerow saplings grow up to replace the dying giants … . |
| 14 | The large sash windows open up to embrace the beautiful surrounding countryside . |
| 15 | Following the victory Congress ( I ) leaders set about choosing a Prime Minister . |
| 16 | On the night of the attack , Jordan and Corporal Bourmont each with four men set off to raid the two airfields at Derna . |
| 17 | The four-to-eleven year olds learn through play the safe and correct way to behave in the mountains ; whilst eleven to fifteen year olds are taken on short excursions . |
| 18 | Their husbands do n't want them to do anything which is not passive , and in the end women end up believing the same . |
| 19 | It means following the ignis fatuus , the ‘ will o ’ the wisp' that traditionally leads travellers into bog or quicksand ; an analogue to the multiple wanderings of Book 111 is Frodo staring at the corpse-candles in chapter 2 of Book IV , to be warned by Gollum not to heed them , or the dead , rotten , phantasmal faces in the marshes below : ‘ Or hobbits go down to join the Dead ones and light little candles . |
| 20 | Darwin and his followers set out to explain the global distribution of animals and plants by postulating a complex sequence of migrations limited by geographical barriers . |
| 21 | Most backpackers end up owning a modest selection of stoves to cover varying conditions . |