Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] [adj] [coord] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Answering this question is a complex matter but I suggest that empirical and theoretical investigation is long overdue . |
| 2 | Rayner et al ( 1983 ) propose that semantic and pragmatic information play no part in the initial syntactic choice , however if the syntactic result is ambiguous then semantic and pragmatic influences are used . |
| 3 | ECMT papers report that existing and planned emission controls are bringing about significant reductions in air and noise pollution levels . |
| 4 | Others look for evidence of rituals and declare that ritualistic and satanic abuse is happening much more often than most people are prepared to believe . |
| 5 | For figures compiled by Sunday Life show that loyalist and republican murder gangs killed 27 people from January to May this year . |
| 6 | They now hope that Danish or British opposition will scuttle the Maastricht treaty , because they know that the economic austerity required by ‘ convergence ’ will be unpopular — and they , Italy 's least popular politicians , will never be returned to power . |
| 7 | I could have mentioned cogito ergo sum , only I detest that shallow but influential maxim , now I 'm glad to say discarded . ’ |
| 8 | The dependent variable in tachistoscopic visual field studies is usually accuracy of recognition or recall and/or simple or discriminative reaction time . |
| 9 | The sectional interests of the white working class and trade unions all indicate that divisive and sectional class interests are not just cultural phenomena . |
| 10 | Closet federal Europeans earlier maintained that the EC was merely a gigantic free trade area ; now they boldly affirm that political and monetary union were always at the heart of the treaty of Rome . |
| 11 | Airline operating schedules dictate that swift and efficient problem rectification takes place after defects are reported . |
| 12 | On any view of causes , a great deal in the life of each of us is completely out of our power , and our freedom must consist in the way we handle that small but crucial area which does actually come before us for choice . |