Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of meandering up a path to the top , chatting amicably to a pal about how George Michael used to be good in Wham and passing round the butterscotch , they choose a cliff and try to reach the summit by slowly inching their way up vertical rock , pushing their fingers into tiny fissures and standing with one toe on a ledge the size of a pebble . |
| 2 | Its supporters make the point that it breaks down rigid hierarchies and allows for greater participation in the decision-making process . |
| 3 | We shall assume that the two kinds of particles have equal densities and move in opposite directions . |
| 4 | The exciting outfit were constantly recording John Peel sessions and playing to ecstatic audiences , which often included Gedge . |
| 5 | Composed of an allover arrangement of repeating vases and considered by many experts to be one of the most aesthetically accomplished of all Persian designs . |
| 6 | It featured the removal of state subsidies for public organizations and cuts in public spending , but increased farm subsidies ( combined with the introduction of market prices for farm products ) . |
| 7 | They can , for example , digitise outline maps , generate percentage distribution maps from point data input , transform co-ordinates , incorporate place-names from gazetteer databases into maps , and print base-maps and overlays on suitable plotters . |
| 8 | At municipal and provincial levels party committees were to be reduced from seven to five members who would , for the first time , be selected from lists of multiple candidates and elected by secret ballot . |
| 9 | Peristaltic or simultaneous oesophageal contractions occurred in clusters of four or more repetitive waves and lasted for several minutes . |
| 10 | The pair became used to the waves and hoots from passing motorists , trucks and even train drivers as they journeyed to the Mediterranean coast . |
| 11 | At a time when the political parties have all released bulky documents stuffed full of environmentally-friendly policies , when any washing powder that ca n't say it 's CFC-free and untested on animals and made from biodegradable phosphates is likely to be left on the supermarket shelf , golf 's ‘ green ’ credentials seem pretty strong . |
| 12 | She narrowed her eyes and added in clipped tones , ‘ I know you always thought of this as your home and that you never wanted me to be a part of it . |
| 13 | Close your eyes and stay in this position for 10 minutes . |
| 14 | All the broken down buildings have gone , existing businesses have been hidden from 125mph prying eyes and replaced with pleasant trees and shrubs . |
| 15 | Just close your eyes and think of that time when you were really well . |
| 16 | His last thought before closing his eyes and succumbing to overwhelming tiredness was , ‘ I hope Elizabeth 's got that stewpot on . ’ |
| 17 | In Britain the foreign office acquired a news department almost at once ; later two improvised bodies staffed largely by journalists and created for particular purposes , the Neutral Press Committee and the War Propaganda Bureau , were set up . |
| 18 | In Egypt , Lords Cromer and Milner , enthroned in marble halls and surrounded by British soldiers , thought of themselves as playing , with the utmost discretion , an exceptionally difficult lone hand ; they delighted in the formal restrictions placed on British power , though everyone in Egypt knew them to be of no practical consequence . |
| 19 | So she made no protest as they wriggled their way beneath the bushes and waited in tense silence for the approaching party to appear . |
| 20 | From Neolithic Stanydale through the Iron Age with the brochs of Clickhimin and Mousa , and Ness of Burgi fort , to the Viking village at Jarlshof , into the Medieval period through Scalloway and Muness castles and closing with 18th-century Fort Charlotte , these monuments act as signposts through Shetland 's long and colourful past . |
| 21 | Some respondents to the Discussion Paper expressed concern that its disclosure requirements could impose unacceptable burdens on preparers and result in financial statements including information that was not relevant to users and difficult to interpret . |
| 22 | While living together , cats may help each other in terms of mutual defence against intruders and caring for each other 's offspring . |
| 23 | Sure , there are no working clocks in the entire flat , just one lively broken green thing that ticks happily as if it could tell the time , though the second hand only pulses and stays in one place . |
| 24 | The 37-year-old took an overdose of painkillers and lay in sub-zero conditions with just a sleeping bag . |
| 25 | The shabby ghosts of the Forster coterie waft out once more to pool their romantic gossip ; Forster himself shuffles forward to complain that Joe 's doings with one brawny menial have so put him off the lower classes that he has been obliged to travel first rather than third-class on a railway journey , and once again the air is full of that peculiarly spiritless twitter about guardsmen , homosexual tea parties and cure for pubic lice . |
| 26 | If we do , we can banish one of the parties and return to one-party rule . |
| 27 | I for one value the friendship that he has given me in the eight and a half years that I have been a Member of the House , despite the fact that we are in different parties and disagree on many issues . |
| 28 | Nightlife is generally quiet in Scheffau , though as you 'd expect from such a friendly Tyrolean resort , fondues or barbecue parties and dancing to local music in the hotels and disco are all on offer . |
| 29 | Sources predicted that there would be no sign of the frostiness which greeted Mr Spring 's suggestion , in a Guardian interview in July , that both Governments might have to bypass the parties and aim for joint rule . |
| 30 | Two of them shook their heads and consulted with each other in low voices . |