Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not surprisingly , for a country which is second only to Russia for the scale of its distances ( and second to no country but Norway on a per capita energy consumption basis ) motor fuels make up the largest element of oil consumption . |
| 2 | Notwithstanding the former grandeur of the Cathedral , Johnson wrote no more than a page on Elgin , concluding with an attractive clue to a traveller in his wake : ‘ In the chief street of Elgin , the houses jut over the lowest story , like the old buildings of timber in London , but with greater prominence : so that there is sometimes a walk for a considerable length under a cloister , or portico . ’ |
| 3 | Like many animals , birds build up a mental map of their home area from sight , sound and other cues . |
| 4 | The latter two are vital in controlling particulate ( soot ) emission , as burnt oil and sulphates make up a significant chunk of the black stuff that swirls away from the exhaust stack . |
| 5 | Bad luck on the Liberal Flemish Freedom and Progress Party ( PVV ) and the Francophone Liberal Reform Party ( PRL ) , who got left out and with a handful of other minority parties make up a discordant opposition . |
| 6 | Should the change in relationships bring about an unexpected clash with yet another component domain , then it may be sufficient to display only the excursion boxes . |
| 7 | Many people also complain that our present hierarchies bring out the nastier aspects of human behavior , like greed , insensitivity , careerism and self-importance . |
| 8 | Winds blowing over lakes pick up a tremendous amount of moisture which is then precipitated downwind of the lakes . |
| 9 | Mr Ishaq has also been at work on the Sindh assembly , in which Miss Bhutto 's supporters make up the biggest group . |
| 10 | Inside , the great piers curve up the interior space and emphasise the verticality of the design . |
| 11 | Bonuses make up an important part of their total annual earnings . |
| 12 | Kids bring out the natural father in me and I get a crinkly mouth every time I look at an ankle snapper . |
| 13 | SCOTLAND FANS SWARM ROUND THE WEE MAN |
| 14 | Pesticides kill off the beneficial insects as well as the destructive ones creating an imbalance in nature and wasting valuable assets . |
| 15 | If he can look that prospect squarely in the eye and both parties cut out the cheap jibes , they will see that they are talking the same language . |
| 16 | These honours subjects range over the whole field of legal interest . |
| 17 | Their eyes open around the ninth day . |
| 18 | LMS delegates to schools control over the major part of their budgets . |
| 19 | The means given beside each item are taken from Reason , Manstead , Stradling , Baxter & Campbell ( 1988 ) who had 520 drivers fill in the 50 item questionnaire . |
| 20 | The Society of Authors set up a powerful lobby , which convinced a Parliamentary Committee that the common law of obscene libel should be replaced by a modern statute which afforded some protection to meritorious literature . |
| 21 | They then commandeered a battery operated amplifier and two loudspeakers from the local constituency association , and via the roof of one of their cars set up an excellent PA system . |
| 22 | The glitter in his eyes set off a jangling alarm in her mind . |
| 23 | Her words set up a faint echo among the room 's bare boards , its scabby walls , its uncovered windows . |
| 24 | Five-foot sash cramps sort out the main frame ; the brackets need special treatment . |
| 25 | By contrast , as Collins ( 1975 ) points out , more literary styles trade off an essential ambiguity . |
| 26 | At the end of the taught portion of the course , MSc candidates carry out a substantial project . |
| 27 | As a point of reference it will be assumed that for a supernova collapse the gravitational waves carry off a total energy of in a burst of milliseconds length and at a frequency of about I kHz . |
| 28 | Petty sessions throw up a few cases , but not many . |
| 29 | Singing together unifies and inspires us ; music touches our emotions , and words take on a deeper meaning . |
| 30 | Tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano ( b. 1952 ) has in some respects come up the hard way ; passing the 40-year mark last year , he 's nevertheless a craftsman often overlooked in the public eye in favour of younger more ‘ marketable ’ musicians . |