Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Idealism , and the quest for action , drove him to change regiments and branches of the service , and so lose chances of promotion beyond the rank of subaltern . |
| 2 | Some people lack one colour pigment , and so lose sensitivity to part of the spectrum , usually red or green . |
| 3 | Such ‘ advertorials ’ blur the distinction between editorial content and advertising and so shift control over content to the advertisers and away from news organizations . |
| 4 | These and other findings discussed by Johnston and McClelland ( 1980 ) not only provide evidence in favour of their model of visual word-recognition , but also evidence against other types of model . |
| 5 | Gently remove sprigs of rosemary from the stalk and sprinkle over chicken with chopped parsley . |
| 6 | Sad to see a skilled worker being offered so little yet amused that people like me on Employment Action and Employment Training only receive 20p per hour after deductions for travel costs . |
| 7 | Although the functionaries of Soviet society merely earn salaries in return for the functions required by the state , this does not give a complete picture of their privileges ; others derive from their control over the system of distribution . |
| 8 | Although the limb is three-dimensional I will treat it as if it were two-dimensional and only consider position with respect to two axes , the antero-posterior axis which runs across the limb from digit 2 to digit 4 , and the long , or proximo-distal axis , which runs from the shoulder to the tip of the digits . |
| 9 | On Sept. 17 the politburo of the ruling Kampuchean People 's Revolutionary Party ( KPRP ) appointed Hor Nam Hong , hitherto Minister Assistant in charge of monitoring Foreign and Judicial Affairs , as Foreign Minister of the SOC in place of Premier Hun Sen [ see p. 37655 for August government and party appointments ] . |
| 10 | Teenagers and older children also need to talk over their feelings about a grandparent 's death , and perhaps examine beliefs about life after death . |
| 11 | We were once in a dug-out , I recollect : there were only owd bits o' wood on the top of it . |
| 12 | The solicitors for P & O , the owners of the Townsend Thoresen ferry Herald of Free Enterprise , naturally face claims for loss of or damage to vehicles . |
| 13 | If historians only uncover images of disability in charity advertising and stories of helplessness or courage , with no alternatives , what will that mean for a future population of disabled people ? |
| 14 | We may enlarge our conceptions beyond all imaginable space ; we only produce atoms in comparison with the reality of things . |
| 15 | Cleveland Aid for Romanian Children has set itself the task of completely renovating a 55-bed long stay hospital in Iasi for children suffering from hepatitis and diabetes . |
| 16 | It is common ground that any power to make the order sought must be found in the Act , since the English courts have no inherent jurisdiction to act in aid of a foreign court and , as a matter of English domestic law , treaties only take effect as part of that law to the extent that they are incorporated by statute , with or without modification . |
| 17 | Again , sentences only express propositions by virtue of specific contexts and a specific encoder within a deictic field . |
| 18 | You obviously have Therese in mind for Adele in the new production of Luxembourg — so much more suitable for her , an older woman — I would have thought you could let poor little Ingrid have her moment of triumph in Gypsy Baron . ’ |
| 19 | Like phonemes themselves , words only have significance in relation to other words and as part of a total system of classification . |
| 20 | Numbers only have meaning in comparison with other numbers . |
| 21 | Social services departments thus receive children into care for a variety of reasons . |
| 22 | Yes , well you just put volume of water in that one . |
| 23 | Third , since 1984 , unions in RENFE have won the right to negotiate over the level of minimum service , and management has not normally run services in excess of that level even if resources were available . |
| 24 | Primary teachers normally teach English as part of an integrated curriculum , whereas in secondary schools it is more usually taught in timetabled slots by subject specialists . |
| 25 | A decade after the end of the first post-war period in Britain ( that is , during the sharp oil price rise mentioned above ) social mobility was characterized both by heightening opportunities of rising socially , as well as increased risks of being caught in a downward spiral — particularly for those of working-class origin , who are among those who most easily fall prey to recruitment into the underclass . |
| 26 | Many science teachers already have classes in excess of 25 pupils . |
| 27 | With encouragement from the paper 's enlightened sports editor Clifford Makins — ‘ he was a widely read man with respect for The Word , who believed that sports writers who are insular are doubly boring ’ — and a chance opportunity to write a boxing piece , McIlvanney was on his way , armed with Makin 's almost religious guidelines . |
| 28 | The lecture he gave and the responses it provoked form perhaps the most widely read debate in jurisprudence in Britain in the period since the Second World War . |
| 29 | It might also be argued that despite recent legislation ( some would say because of it ) parent-teacher relations are still too often fraught with fear , suspicion and misunderstanding ; that there is still too much teacher stereotyping of ‘ good ’ and ‘ bad ’ homes and parents ; and that many parents still lack power in relation to their parental rights and responsibilities . |
| 30 | Around the harbour , fishermen 's tavernas still jostle side by side with the newer cafés and bars which have sprung up to cater for the younger market , and the main daytime activity seems to be relaxing over a quiet glass of something while watching the boats chug in and out . |