Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [verb] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Livernash ( 1963 ) would even claim that the structure of bargaining in the United States has been primarily determined by union preferences and , unlike the situation in some European countries , employers appear to have exerted only a minimum positive influence . |
| 2 | Susceptibility to the toxic effects of paracetamol taken in overdose differs between people , which may explain why some patients survive having taken large amounts of paracetamol while others die having taken only a few tablets more than the eight tablets ( 4 g ) a day recommended by the manufacturers . |
| 3 | These changes seem to have occurred about a hundred years after the Cretan temples were rebuilt ; then , quite suddenly , in about 1600 BC , all the pottery at Phylakopi was Minoan in style . |
| 4 | Other prominent industrialists were involved in canal promotion , though as a group they seem to have provided only a small part of the necessary finance . |
| 5 | As getting tiny clothes was a problem for us I 've decided to put together a pre-term pack to loan out to NCT members who find themselves in need of them . |
| 6 | ‘ Between you and me and the gatepost , I 've managed to get quite a few interesting little irons in the fire — projects I 'd like to have time to work on . ’ |
| 7 | Have decided to make quite an easy day of it , and stay at the Youth Hostel in Lausanne tonight . |
| 8 | This month has brought in another bumper crop of mail and , in an attempt to deal with as many of your queries as possible , I have tried to include quite a few topics this month . |
| 9 | Looking at the way the international bodies like IEEE and X/Open Co Ltd have failed to define even a basic set of standards due to the competitive nature of the marketplace , AFUU believes an international body of GUI users is what is needed to get some momentum going , a global organisation that can represent user requirements to the GUI providers . |