Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb -s] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given the wild variability of verbal reports in apparently similar circumstances even when aided by gadgets and gimmicks to translate the words into numbers , there has been an elaborate ongoing search for ‘ reliable ’ , ‘ objective ’ non-verbal measures . |
| 2 | There is no great demand for pen computing from Western users of mid-range systems , but things are rather different if you happen to be Chinese — and 1,200m people in the People 's Republic alone are — and are constrained to use thousands of ideographic characters , and Communication Intelligence Corp , Redwood Shores , California has gone to IBM Corp for an OEM agreement on its AS/400 computers and plans to fit the terminals with its PenDOS and Handwriter Recognition System software and integrate the machines into its pen-based computer product line being designed for China ; Communication Intelligence plans to market its Chinese pen-based office automation system through partnerships with the Chinese government , with the first out in 12 months . |
| 3 | stands and fails to watch the hockey . |
| 4 | It has been operating for 12 months and has assembled a team of 30 engineering staff . |
| 5 | She has suffered this abuse for almost 9 months and has reported every incident to the police and council . |
| 6 | It has given parents and teachers much more responsibility for running their own schools and has freed the schools from the dead hand of local education bureaucracy in many places . |
| 7 | It pays to examine all gutter brackets and clips to ensure no water will drip on to walls . |
| 8 | Mrs Ashton used to sing with the London-based Salvation Army Songsters and has travelled the world with them , says Mr MacConachie . |
| 9 | He is one of Britain 's most respected broadcasters and has interviewed a string of famous people from senior politicians to royalty . |
| 10 | He continues to hold the lease of his former premises but intends to present exhibitions there only at irregular intervals and has trimmed the list of artists whom he is able to represent accordingly . |
| 11 | We take causal circumstances and causes to have a nature lacked by effects . |
| 12 | The Group will co-ordinate efforts with established consortia pursuing related projects and aims to hold an interoperability demonstration in the autumn ; the group is operating out of Bell Atlantic 's Frazer , Pennsylvania base . |
| 13 | Lies , Secrets and Silences Pull the wool |
| 14 | He won the Rexel Award for outstanding drawing in 1983 at the Mall Galleries and has published a selection of books on watercolour painting . |
| 15 | He won the Rexel Award for outstanding drawing in 1983 at the Mall Galleries and has published a selection of books on watercolour painting . |
| 16 | Yet again , the Almeida gives its designer — in this case , Anthony Ward — the chance to create a dazzling set , three classic reliefs of caped , naked horsemen and a dropped ceiling that splits and lowers to display a map of nameless walled city . |
| 17 | If a particular human is capable of handling the proper aspects of a gadget , which must include mental knowledge of its place in the Machine of Evolution , then it is possible to use it as an aid , but as there are increasing numbers of gadgets being invented and marketed , so the human brain has no time and space to see these in relation to its own life/thought scale because , upon being born , the human is thrown immediately into a multi-armed and legged wrestling match with levers , wires , buttons and switches and fails to grasp the meaning of it all , being occupied totally in rushing to partially master the use of one before the marketeers rush in faster with 10 new gleaming diversions . |
| 18 | In our discussion in Chapter 1 about economy , efficiency and effectiveness , the technical problem was how we can meaningfully compare inputs and outputs to produce a measure of efficiency when outputs are not automatically valued by the market price . |
| 19 | The impact of that has been different for older and younger generations and has affected the position of each generation in relation to financial support from relatives , and also assistance with accommodation . |
| 20 | As figure 1 illustrates the Chemicals sector now represents 10% of total exports and has shown a 15% increase from £722.9 million in 1989 to £833.3 million in 1990 . |
| 21 | It stocks a relatively small range of products and plans to hit the supermarkets in the processed-foods business . |
| 22 | The service is intended as a source of factual information on chlorine and its derivative products and aims to reduce the confusion which surrounds the chlorine industry . |
| 23 | Certain of the Kings Quest series have been criticised as being too ‘ twee ’ and sugary — KQ VI is basically a ‘ fairy tale ’ but the storyline is much firmer than previous titles and avoids making the teeth grind and the stomach curdle ! |
| 24 | If separation of powers as expressed by Montesquieu does not exist , is there nevertheless sufficient separation of functions and a sufficient incidence of checks and balances to guarantee the maintenance of liberty ? |
| 25 | There are many nineteenth-century journals describing Nile cruises and trips to climb the pyramids . |
| 26 | ‘ It has accelerated progress in changing out-dated organisational attitudes and has reinforced the need for employers to treat equal opportunities as a mainstream business issue , ’ says Lady Howe . |
| 27 | It has obliged local authorities to sell off council houses and has reduced the importance given to municipal housing . |
| 28 | Only we British valiantly battle with elastic bands and hairgrips to control the frizzies . |
| 29 | Cruttwell , it seems , was one of his old mentors from RADA days and has had a variety of film titles , on this occasion ‘ production consultant . ’ |
| 30 | It is the prestige of institutions which brings students from around the world to study in our universities and helps to counteract the brain drain to the south . |