Example sentences of "[vb base] [adj] [conj] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The majority of the workforces in the Middle East remain multinational and the vast labour forces of the Subcontinent and far East are readily available and accessible to companies operating in the Middle East . |
| 2 | Admit you want more than a mere boy can offer . |
| 3 | Feminism is a given — but I want more than the political outline . |
| 4 | The following are our special letter services which you should use when you want more than the ordinary letter post . |
| 5 | The following are our special letter services , which you should use when you want more than the ordinary post . |
| 6 | The roads were unmade , the water supply erratic though the constant sunshine from February to November compensated for a lot of things . |
| 7 | I remain convinced that a democratic majority exists in Scotland for higher spending on public services and on our infrastructure . |
| 8 | Dismissing the Pittencrieff bid , Aberdeen 's London-based managing director , David Hooker , said : ‘ We remain convinced that the smaller oil and gas companies should consolidate to add value for shareholders and expect to arrange a meeting with Pittencrieff in the near future . ’ |
| 9 | Try a sample of lace over 60 stitches , then remove all but the remaining centre 20 back bed needles . |
| 10 | In the consultative document , the DTI proposes two courses of action : monitoring registration of branches at Companies House to ensure that the law is not abused by companies being incorporated in a lax jurisdiction to take over a British business ; or requiring branch accounts from overseas companies which conduct all or a substantial part of their business in Great Britain . |
| 11 | He would not , if Thiercelin was any judge , receive more than a curt acknowledgement from the emperor , who disliked him at least as much as most . |
| 12 | When soils receive more than the critical load , the natural capacity to neutralize acidity is overwhelmed , cations ( e.g. calcium ) are leached out , phosphorus is retained and aluminium and trace metals appear in the soil water . |
| 13 | Many show more than a tenfold increase in acidity since 1850 . |
| 14 | If negotiations yield more than the required rise then too much scrapping may result , generating unemployment . |
| 15 | Most countries allow their citizens to bring home articles without an import licence , providing they cost less than a certain amount , without paying excess duty . |
| 16 | Many router tables cost more than a basic router , but TKA Developments has launched a basic steel-framed table that may suit home workshops . |
| 17 | These CDs cost more than the major company ones , but this is fair enough since the higher costs have to be spread over a smaller volume . |
| 18 | ‘ I think you deserve more than a certain amount of punishment for making me wet and nearly giving me a heart-attack — Do you know how difficult it would have been to get an ambulance out here to you ? ’ |
| 19 | His use of skilled craftspeople to make his objects , his thorough-going professionalism , his choice of imagery — ‘ whitened ’ black pop star Michael Jackson , porno-politician La Cicciolina — pose questions about the relationship between the commodity and the object of affective value which deserve more than a one-line dismissal . |
| 20 | So when you integrate one And the best way |
| 21 | As this work inspired the players to the most willowy , misty colours , so the sensuous Ravel quartet channelled the players into liquid , aquiline shaping and a flexible closeness of ensemble with the uncanny swiftness and unanimity of a shoal of fish . |
| 22 | so you add that and the outstanding mortgage |
| 23 | But that 's just because they wear black and the bass player glides in synch with the disaster area that is the guitar player . |
| 24 | I 've seen them all : Rolexes , snide Rolexes that look better than the real thing . |
| 25 | ‘ Yes , he 's trying to make himself look useful so the next time he wants his own name in the paper I 'll remember and do his bidding . |
| 26 | One thing you must not do , however , is add more than a small amount of paint to control surfaces . |
| 27 | Because this cake mixture uses baking powder to make it rise rather than gradual incorporation of air while beating , make sure you do not overbeat the mixture or add more than the specified amount of baking powder — this would only serve to toughen the cake and make it heavy . |
| 28 | It is an important signal that short-term politics matter more than the longer-run question of how to house the next generation . |
| 29 | If you see and screen more than a certain target number of patients you will get paid more . ’ |
| 30 | This is done as soon as some function is declared ( the simplest necessary declaration is that some solid entities are being entered ) and some volume exists , ie geometric entities that give more than a single coordinate value in each orthogonal direction . |