Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thread up the second yarn with a long needle or bodkin and thread this second yarn into the correct slot . |
| 2 | This distinction is partly based on the timing of the evaluation , and partly on the purpose for which it is intended : formative evaluation is carried out during the development of a course or programme and provides direct feedback about the functioning of the different parts of the programme , thereby giving information which can be used to modify the educational process . |
| 3 | Ants stumble into the pit by accident and , because it is constructed of friable soil or sand and has steep sides , they have to struggle to get out . |
| 4 | Government can hand over the production of a good to the private sector while still financing it , as with refuse collection or cleaning and maintaining public sector buildings . |
| 5 | The puzzle supports mouse , joystick or keyboard and has four levels of difficulty , giving hours of fun for all ages . |
| 6 | Advertising is essentially democratic , knowing no bounds of class or colour and crossing all frontiers . ’ |
| 7 | Most editors these days , whether gifted or not , get so sucked into meetings and other company business that they have precious little time to edit , help authors , or train and nurture younger editors . |
| 8 | Refusal in payment , forgery or any other misuse thereby became treason or sacrilege and attracted savage penalties . |
| 9 | Look in your food cupboard or fridge and select three products . |
| 10 | Consideration would be given to factors such as social deprivation , stresses in the family , difficulties with language or learning and substantiated medical problems . |
| 11 | The fact that he was an outstanding , if not completely graceful athlete , that he played anything with a racquet commendably well — I remember battling him at tennis in the oppressive heat of Guaruja to an 8–8 deadlock before we both gave up to avoid heat prostration — that he is a better than average golfer and could just as well have played football or cricket and enjoyed all sports , made him less exclusively obsessive about racing . |
| 12 | Ultra-thin sections are not recommended , as the beam may be able to penetrate to the resin or glass and produce anomalous luminescence . |
| 13 | In marked contrast , the clay units ( II , IV and VI ) contain little organic matter or carbonate and exhibit large peaks in , inorganic Si and cations associated with volcanic soils ( Fe , Al , Ti and so on ) . |
| 14 | We can get carried away by the sheer attractiveness of the deal or temptation and overlook that priority . |
| 15 | It makes it very difficult for women to take that first step on the ladder of actually becoming economically active , because they 're caught in an impossible position between the needs of their children and their own personal needs , and until we actually look at the important and validate and give financial support to the caring role that women play , both in terms of looking after the children and looking after elderly relatives , this community care that is being talked about — community care is car on the backs of women , and it 's unpaid and undervalued . |
| 16 | However , there is a fundamental difference between pooling sovereignty on trade and agriculture and pooling economic sovereignty . |
| 17 | The thing with protest songs is that pop 's always been about the immediate , spontaneous and puerile , it has n't the patience to slog through sub-committees and lobbying and making orderly demands through the proper channels . |
| 18 | When it 's been a bad time and we sulk and grunt and ignore each other , I close my eyes and remember it all . ’ |
| 19 | As they scratched and bit and fought each other , Rory remembered Jessica , and worried about the marks his skin would bear , but he did not worry long . |
| 20 | However , those who learn all they can about loss , grief and change and apply that knowledge to themselves are the ones who eventually emerge as stronger and more compassionate people . |
| 21 | Researchers at IBM have built an experimental p-channel mosfet that uses both silicon and germanium and delivers high performance . |
| 22 | The committee needs to be large enough to provide a mix of skills and experience and to permit fruitful discussion encompassing different viewpoints , but small enough to take effective decisions with reasonable speed . |
| 23 | A FOOD safety directorate is to be set up in the Ministry of Agriculture to co-ordinate research and monitoring and improve public awareness of food issues , Judy Jones writes . |
| 24 | They seemed to stretch back into the hillside as if they might , at some stage , cease to become manmade buildings of stone and wood and brick and become ancient caves ; tunnels that would penetrate deep into the earth 's core . |
| 25 | They requisition and loot and arrest so-called Nazis and Fascists . |
| 26 | It seems there might be a move afoot to align the internal interfaces of Mach and Chorus and bring some compatibility to the microkernels . |
| 27 | William Kirby was ordered to be ‘ confined on bread and water for a week for abusing the Master and Mistress and uttering horrid oaths and imprecations at the directors ’ . |
| 28 | These were the only things on the Sorrento that got me down ; at night they sallied from every crack and crevice and nibbled dead skin on the soles of my feet . |
| 29 | They have inertia , mass and momentum and obey centrifugal force . |
| 30 | ‘ You know , Sir John , if we find nothing this afternoon then I agree , we should record verdicts of suicide and murder and leave this matter alone for we are making little progress . ’ |