Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 What do you think has provoked women musicians to start singing rude and violent rock songs and why has it happened now ?
2 ‘ And why do they speak so roughly to their husbands and why do they have so few manners ?
3 Second , Compact involves students in setting and monitoring their own goals and hence encourages them to take responsibility for their own success or failure .
4 He sent her some of his notes of what he had seen in their walks and frequently let her see his ‘ papers ’ before they were copied out for the editors .
5 Information presented in a purely textual fashion is hard to grasp , after all we all think in pictures and often use them to portray our ideas to others .
6 We talked about how fast you can make a 1.1 MkII Escort run when it 's only firing on three cylinders and how to make it run on three cylinders when it wants to run on just two .
7 ( 2 ) History is one of the essential elements of a humane education in that it informs us about man in his various activities and environments and thus helps us to understand our fellow human beings .
8 Training is directed towards encouraging advisers to recognise such clients and then help them to resolve their problems themselves with self-help material , which is produced in many areas .
9 Cos I suppose they do so many recordings and then screen them do n't they ?
10 But all the explanation she gave me was , ‘ Now yow keep away from the lads an' never let 'em kiss yer or the next thing yer know yer 'll be 'avin' a baby .
11 The DTI sets out two options : abolition without replacement , and replacement by a ‘ compilation report ’ by an independent and suitably qualified accountant ( stating compliance with legislation and that the company is eligible for exemption ) with a directors ' declaration which , under two options , could simply state their obligations or also attest they have kept proper records and prepared accounts to give a true and fair view — and so , as the DTI warns , expose them to civil liability and weaken their statutory defences .
12 But the almost mesmeric brilliance of Severiano Ballesteros first of all broke down what had appeared to be insurmountable barriers and then allowed him to charge through the gaps , devastating anything in his path .
13 What do the children know about the Hindu culture of their communities and how do they interpret and evaluate that knowledge ?
14 What are the relations between state and industry in each of the countries and how do they differ ?
15 Begin with very light strokes and gradually let them become firmer .
16 Leaders make others feel that what they are doing matters and hence makes them feel good about their work .
17 Its purpose is not simply to help suffers to leave behind their negative destructive addictions but also to help them to become enthusiastic about positive aspects of a healthy physical , emotional and spiritual life .
18 She gathered the faded petals together with cupped hands , lifted a couple between her fingers and then let them fall .
19 His original partner had been killed in a shoot-out four years earlier but instead of taking on a new partner Mauer now worked with the rookies , showing them the ropes and generally helping them to settle into the daily routine at the Mozartstrasse precinct as quickly as possible after their graduation from the Police Academy in Vienna .
20 Handlers guided it down the ramp with ropes and then let it wander away rather unsteadily .
21 Evangelical religion furnished Hopkins with a powerful rhetoric to arouse mass meetings and personally motivated her to embark on a public career exposing immorality .
22 What do you see as the role of Government in promoting UK exports and how do you feel this compares with the support received by other European businesses ?
23 You made silly , empty requests and then let me walk out of your life .
24 And so , through playing his stuff so many times , hearing him play it on record and on bootlegs and actually hearing him sing live — once — it 's got to the point where it 's hard to say whether this is my natural voice or if it 's something I learned .
25 The child , possessed by wonder and nameless hauntings , tried to join together the heavings and creakings and groans and gasps and little cries he had heard as he lay on the floor , his mother 's disturbed concentration now , his father 's stillness as if felled , and the sticky warmth in which he lay between them , something more than the sweat that was there before , a substance he divined as elemental , mysterious , newly decanted , that touched his flesh and his senses with profound , unattainable meaning .
26 Extending the term by five years or so means you have to pay out less each month .
27 What are tigernuts and how do you eat them ?
28 ‘ Did you think that I would make love to you for a few days and then let you walk out of my life without trying to get in touch ? ’
29 Firms which reduce emissions by amounts exceeding the reductions required by the authorities under the bubble or offset policies can ‘ bank ’ emission reduction credits and either use them to expand their own plant later or openly trade them with other companies .
30 King Edward had used them in Wales as war dogs but later had them killed because , in their blood lust , they had failed to distinguish between friend and foe .
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