Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Drexel successfully pioneered a mezzanine layer of financing between equity and bank debt for medium-sized American companies . |
| 2 | It 's as lazy as a cat in hot weather , with the lyric amounting to a mere two verses before the vocals just sit down to let the languid groove take over . |
| 3 | WALES chiefs Alan Davies and Robert Norster face a rare new headache tonight as they sit down to pick the first squad of an exciting new season . |
| 4 | But despite Roebuck 's tip the Wallaby fullback is sure to be at the top of the list when Dwyer and his fellow selectors sit down to choose the first Test team to play Scotland in June . |
| 5 | Those who know better will not rest contented with such a meagre peep of a lake so singularly grand , but will round the hill rather more than another mile to the west , and when the dark lake is full in view , sit down to drink a long look from that favourable point of view . |
| 6 | The goods are sent on by large waggons , and meet us at Loch Crinan ; while the ‘ Cygnet ’ or the ‘ Plover ’ puffs along right merrily , and we sit down to have a quiet look at the bonnie bits of scenery that are everywhere meeting us . |
| 7 | As I learned more of missionary work all over the world , I began to realise that there had to be a tremendous effort to help undernourished people to grow their own food for themselves , a task which is still tragically unfinished , and will remain so until the nations of the world , rich and poor , combine together to sacrifice a meagre percentage of their gross national product , which experts calculate to be necessary to abolish hunger in a generation . |
| 8 | Apart from quartz , silicon and oxygen combine together to form an atomic building-block known as the silicon tetrahedron , with a single atom of silica surrounded by four atoms of oxygen . |
| 9 | I mean only to provide the following answer to the argument from coordination as an argument for conventionalism . |
| 10 | When dry , rub down to provide a smooth surface for painting . |
| 11 | With this arrangement , two small or standard mattresses and bases fit together to make a double bed . |
| 12 | Pocket springs can help with differences of up to 4 or 5 stone , or try a zip and link bed with two different mattresses and bases that fit together to make a double bed . |
| 13 | At this stage we want only to make an initial contrast between explaining and understanding . |
| 14 | The sky is already a clear , broad blue but it is not yet warm enough to tempt the thin mist from the fields and hedges . |
| 15 | It is also worthwhile attempting the occasional no airbrake touch down to get a better idea of how far your glider will float . |
| 16 | Transport nevertheless remained a major problem , and as Commandos ' equipment for raiding roles did not include those infantryman 's delights of defensive wire and mines — not , that is , in the normal course — they always had problems in battles of attrition . |
| 17 | During the Waldheim visit to Munich , Streibl demonstratively invited the Austrian President to sign the golden book of the Bavarian State in the Prinz-Carl palace , where Mussolini liked to stay . |
| 18 | Morgan remembers him as a ‘ breath of fresh air ’ as a manager who single handedly rejuvenated the Scottish team with his incredible ability to motivate players . |
| 19 | Menzieshill still enjoy a three-point advantage with two games to play , but there is now no margin for error as they meet their main contenders , Kelburne , in a final game tomorrow night at the McTaggart Centre . |
| 20 | Sleep still has no obvious rationale , except that we do it when we feel sleepy or " tired " , and after doing it we 're " rested " — and do n't feel sleepy any more . |
| 21 | The Strip and Fit also has an integral screwdriver which can be used in any of three positions to fix wires in the terminals of the plug and to replace the outer cover of the plug . |
| 22 | Headline also publishes The Healing Garden by Sue Minter , curator of the Chelsea Physic Garden , which introduces the healing , soothing and stimulating benefits of plants , following in the tradition of early monastic gardens ( UK , Canada : Headline ; Australia/New Zealand : Collins , A & R ; US : Charles E Tuttle ) . |
| 23 | Here the fields are small … and the hedges often tall and deep , leafy with trees of all ages as hedgerow saplings grow up to replace the dying giants … . |
| 24 | Babies born several weeks prematurely grow up to have a lower IQ on average by the ages of seven to 10 than children born at full term , according to research reported yesterday . |
| 25 | Shortly before birth the developed infant reverses its position and lies head downwards awaiting the muscular contractions in the mother which will bring about birth . |
| 26 | Cimetidine also inhibited the basal proliferation of MKN45 xenografts . |
| 27 | Shell also said the foreign exchange loss would be more than offset by a tax credit of £149 million from its Japanese subsidiary . |
| 28 | OOSD/C++ also features a graphical editor that automates the object-oriented structure design notation for C++ , as well as programmes for impact analysis and ensuring the consistency of diagram information . |
| 29 | Whatever answer the children provide also creates the fundamental tension behind the drama : " If we do n't manage X , then Y will occur . " |
| 30 | Micrografx also produces a customized PostScript printer driver , which also offers features over and above the Windows generic version , but it ai n't cheap — it will set you back £100 . |