Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [art] [adj] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , their low cost ( Notes retails at around £400 , WFWG at £149 ) and ease of implementation make them a viable proposition for the small company , and will probably result in their becoming much more influential in the long term . |
| 2 | Clearly the easily accessible position of the Malverns near big population centres make them a popular target for picnickers and day trippers , not to mention walkers . |
| 3 | ‘ Carry my respectful greetings and compliments to your kinsmen , Gwilym and Rhys ap Tudor and their brothers , and say I still owe them a shrewd knock for their taking of Conway on Good Friday of last year . |
| 4 | Oh yeah all the all the hits er like er Bunch of Time and and Maggie and Old Flames and after all these years , if did n't do those you 'd be shot afterwards like but er what we do with the songs that that were like you know hit singles and that people really come to hear we make sure that you know that we do those and then we put in er you know what we think would be the favourite ones from albums and then we add in a sprinkling of the stuff from the new album so you know we give them a good cross-section for an hour and a half and then we have a good first half of the show as well we 've got first half of the show as well and our band go on with him for forty minutes and er they perform as well a few soloists and er then Tony and myself come on and we do an hour and a half and we go right everything we do on stage we have recorded at some time , we do n't do something that we have n't recorded . |
| 5 | Although they give me a good start for next issue . |
| 6 | Questioning is by way of being a bargain : ‘ You are asking me to give something up ; well then , give me a good reason for doing so . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Give me a little credit for having no idea that my own supposed father was running a tape recording of our conversation ! ’ she responded sarcastically . |
| 8 | And they 'll have my old one in and give me the extra bread for it . |
| 9 | Therefore such burrows give you a greater return for the effort expended . |
| 10 | On the next page we show how easy it will be to pile on the pounds tomorrow — and give you an alternative diet for the day . |
| 11 | We in the North owe him a considerable debt for the enthusiasm and perception he has shown in building up the schools ' collection of works of art now owned by the County Council . |
| 12 | Then give her a definite reason for the necessity of an early departure ( not just general ‘ busyness ’ ) . |
| 13 | We consider it a great honour for all members of the band and bugles . |
| 14 | There are several simple repairs you can carry out to keep your existing windows in good working order , and so save yourself a massive bill for replacements for at least another year or so . |
| 15 | ‘ When you consider what a great ambassador for the sport Gary has been , for him to come out and say what he has , then obviously things could not have been right . |
| 16 | It would be mischievous to suggest that pupils who pay attention to the teacher 's traditional emphases in primary mathematics give themselves a positive disadvantage for future success in mathematics , but the evidence seems to point in this direction . |
| 17 | ‘ Then , dear fellow , make with the stuff , bring forth a get-up , lay on the gear , give us a decent hit for the love of Mike , for by Zeus I am surely clucking fit to bust . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ We set ourselves the 30,000 target for our 21st birthday — March 1992 , ’ John said . |
| 19 | Set yourself a personal timetable for study . |
| 20 | And when Mrs Amabel Dallam remembered to pay her for all those wedding chemises she might just take a few shillings to a certain bazaar in Leeds where she 'd heard good dress-lengths were to be had at bargain prices and make herself a new dress for Christmas . |
| 21 | Can the use of psychological tests for personnel selection find you the right person for the job ? of The Psychological Corporation Ltd looks at the history of ability and personality tests and compares their predictive validity and cost effectiveness with more traditional types of assessment . |
| 22 | It is neither the ninety seven thousand , nine hundred and fifty seven pounds claim by Mr nor the forty seven thousand one hundred and eighty five pound figure contended for by Mr but I find it a fair figure for the cost of the plaintiff 's transport in the years ahead . |
| 23 | ALTHOUGH the British government would deny ‘ grooming ’ a candidate from within the ranks of its Hong Kong civil service for the job of chief executive after transition in 1997 , it has given John Chan , 46 , a series of fast-track official posts which make him a credible contender for the job . |
| 24 | Francie Brady is The Butcher Boy of Patrick McCabe 's remarkable second novel ( Picador £14.99 ) , a child whose enquiring , ironical cast of mind and dire , small town Irish background ( his father has done his mother wrong , and she in turn is obsessed with the gloomy ditty from which the novel takes its title ) make him a fancied candidate for an early place in the reform school or the graveyard . |
| 25 | The report says ‘ Mr Zappala 's … experience … along with his civic activities make him an ideal candidate for the US embassy ’ . |
| 26 | we 'll phone Chris and Keith and ask them the best time for us to go when the kids are not there , and she 'll tell us |
| 27 | The idea has had opponents who claim its an easy option for people who would otherwise be behind bars . |
| 28 | Zoologists term it the Patagonian cavy for it is related to guinea pigs or cavies of the Andes . |
| 29 | BCG 's adjuvant qualities , heat stability and resistance to maternal antibodies , coupled with the economic and safety factors already mentioned make it a strong candidate for being the vehicle for a recombinant vaccine . |
| 30 | Changes in the Pakistan Penal Code introduced in recent years make it a criminal offence for Ahmadis to profess , practice and propagate their faith . |