Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The spiritual resources of patients can do a great deal to help in their recovery or bring about a peaceful death . |
| 2 | Cookery book instructions to " de-seed " tomatoes or squeeze out the watery parts before cooking are unrealistic ; the water content of tomatoes is 94 per cent and the sole effective way to get rid of it is by evaporation . |
| 3 | Many of the difficulties children get into as they begin to explore the immediate environment of their home happen because they do not know enough to realize what will occur if they , for example , put their hands in a rose bush or pick up a shining splinter of glass . |
| 4 | You might want to add to a set of chairs that you already possess , or make up a matching chair to one at home . |
| 5 | It is absolutely essential to ensure that , so long as the possibility of control or influence over the Russian republics remains , steps are taken to bring about a strategic arms reduction . |
| 6 | It has been possible for some time to cruise down the Nile , or stay in some of the jewelled and painted palaces of Moghul India , or walk along the Great Wall of China . |
| 7 | Do n't be afraid to open up uncharted areas or kick down a few fences . |
| 8 | You can do this on Midland machines simply by pressing the appropriate button , And in some of our branches there are machines where you can use your card to see details of the last few account transactions or print out a short-form statement . |
| 9 | Punch or draw out the resulting design . |
| 10 | He does n't run away , or hang out crosses or wreaths of parsley , or ring up the local press , he merely mentions it to his friends in passing , and gets on with his work . |
| 11 | There 's two ways of doing that , dial them on nine nine nine or ring up the local police control , which for this area is at Newark . |
| 12 | Examine the Minoan exhibits in the Archaeological Museum or wander round the ancient port . |
| 13 | Reports by the United Nations and Amnesty International detailed human rights abuses under the regime , one citing 14,000 cases of execution or torture over a six-year period . |
| 14 | When such MPs die or step down the resulting by-election often provides big shock waves . |
| 15 | Many people find that they return to the same company over and over again , or take up a permanent job offer at a place they have been working for a while . |
| 16 | Individuals with more complicated problems , that do not easily fit into the overall structure of the programme , may either be neglected or take up an inappropriate amount of group time . |
| 17 | The expansion you will face in 1993 could well be on the creative front , making this an ideal year to go into production or take on a major commitment . |
| 18 | But if your works pension is contracted out of SERPS , then you can either be a member of your works pension scheme OR take out a personal pension — but not both . |
| 19 | There is not the faintest trace of float or wallow over the fastest crests or in the steepest dips ; the body just maintains constant ride height throughout giving a feeling of invincible security . |
| 20 | Or phone up a cheerful friend who always makes you laugh . |
| 21 | Because the picrite basalts show only a shallow correlation between Nd and Os isotope variation , the data neither require nor rule out the hyperbolic mixing curves ( Fig. 3 ) . |
| 22 | They file into the office and sit round the long oak table , slightly in awe of Vic , serious men in chain-store suits , with pens and pencils sticking out of their breast pockets . |
| 23 | You ask for a chair and four telephone directories and rig up an impromptu table near the only plug — and ask all your prospective clients to turn their heads around . |
| 24 | Cut in a tee at this point , and connect up the new runs . |
| 25 | This allowed us to line the side curtains in striped fabric and make up a flat roof instead of a gathered one . |
| 26 | Clear away topsoil and make up a simple formwork of timber supported by pegs set on the outside . |
| 27 | Erm so do you feel that in the years that you 've worked here are women just as important in the factory and make up a large part of the workforce now as they , as they 've ever done ? |
| 28 | When the children arrive you give them each a balloon and make up a convenient number of teams . |
| 29 | When cheques are cashed a transfer is automatically made from the deposit account to meet the payment and make up the current account to £20 . |
| 30 | These two lie close together , and make up an equilateral triangle with Zeta Puppis and Lambda Velorum . |