Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [art] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes it is possible to decide what particular activities bring on an attack of giddiness . |
| 2 | 6 Bind together a group of cinnamon sticks with Christmas ribbon and secure with a pin . |
| 3 | I mean perhaps the forces of change that were normal were not inherent in the Chinese |
| 4 | bring in a reign of terror and have |
| 5 | This segmentation of spheres of action and influence along the lines of gender difference is reflected in the radio programming in the novel . |
| 6 | They bring together a range of information not otherwise collected . |
| 7 | Campra , whose expressed aim was to combine French musical expression with Italian liveliness , was perhaps copying the acknowledged pioneer of the French cantata , Jean-Baptiste Morin : four of the 12 works in Morin 's first two collections ( 1706,1707 ) introduce only a change of mode from air to air by way of contrast , and in the others the only secondary keys used in principal movements are the relative , IV and V. But as Morin was an otherwise obscure figure it is more likely that Campra was pursuing his own ideals , themselves anchored in Lullian tradition . |
| 8 | After sending in a tape , with a biography , contact address and a photo , a useful approach can be to update the A&R department every time your band does one or a series of gigs. send in a sheet of paper personally addressed to your target A&R person . |
| 9 | But I slip down a couple of back roads and I find it soon enough . |
| 10 | Prepare and cook only the amount of food you 'll eat in a single serving so that there are no tempting left-overs . |
| 11 | They celebrate not the facts of nature , but the transforming power of atmosphere and momentary effects of light . |
| 12 | I mean to move on silently escaping , but I crash straight into a trolley , pushed by a bloke looking like one of the heavyweights in a James Bond film , so I leap away at speed as he snarls after me and knock over a pile of bean tins . |
| 13 | Some build up a sense of foreboding that is either confirmed or denied , some make us laugh all the way through , some seem written only to outrage . |
| 14 | The age-old method of casting bells was to make a clay mould of the inside shape of the bell , then build up a layer of beeswax round it to the shape and thickness of the finished bell . |
| 15 | They circle the Earth repetitively and , as the Earth rotates eastwards below their orbital path , their instruments build up a picture of land and sea-surface conditions and the state of the atmosphere . |
| 16 | Science is a collective enterprise ; over time , researchers build up a body of wisdom which tells them which are the important variables to include when modelling a particular process , and which must be controlled . |
| 17 | Understandably they feel that it is such an intangible asset that it is more productive to go straight into the negotiating situation and test out the reality of bargaining power . |
| 18 | Seeking a quick fix for your anxiety , you knock back a couple of brandy and sodas : Dutch courage . |
| 19 | The balance sheet and P&L account provide quite a lot of information on the financial health of the company but it is in the nature of a snapshot of conditions at a particular moment in time . |
| 20 | The balance sheet and P&L account provide quite a lot of information on the financial health of the company but it is in the nature of a snapshot of conditions at a particular moment in time . |
| 21 | ii , ‘ o'erstep not the modesty of nature ’ , CS 20 . |
| 22 | Moreover , while there are good reasons for concern about the availability of services for ‘ revolving door patients ’ during the run down of the old psychiatric hospitals and while doubts remain over the capacity of district general hospital units to provide appropriate care to people in crisis , the relocation of the long stay population of psychiatric hospitals is achieving some successful results . |
| 23 | Doubts remain over the fitness of striker Ian Baird and midfielder Derek Ferguson , both of whom are suffering from hamstring injuries . |
| 24 | Third , " consumers " — that is , patients , their families , potential patients — have traditionally had least influence over the kind of service they receive . |
| 25 | Secondly , all these comments stress not a disavowal of communism , but rather a heightening of metaphysical angst once the reality of Soviet society was disclosed . |
| 26 | Thus there is no net loss or gain over the period of time . |
| 27 | He conducted research into how artefacts gradually develop over a period of time , the study of which is known as typology . |
| 28 | Drops of water trickle down the panes of glass . |
| 29 | However , too often , their attitudes reveal only a narrowness of mind and a sad lack of common humanity , ’ she said . |
| 30 | Although Gumperz bases his analyses on transcriptions of actual conversation , his examples consisting of " illustrative brief exchanges , just long enough to provide a basis for context bound interpretation " ( 1982 : 75 ) show only the stretches of speech containing the code-switched utterances themselves , and omit specifications of pauses , laughter , other parties ' contributions which overlap with the current speakers " and other details which are considered potentially important by conversation analysts . |