Example sentences of "[vb base] [adj] [vb mod] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean this ought to go in the paper really . |
| 2 | Our perception of spermatozoa was changed forever by Woody Allen 's impersonation of one in Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex , and University of Pennsylvania are giving substance to his fantasies , putting the poor little tadpoles through an arduous obstacle course to step up the process of survival of the fittest : according to Prodigy Services Co , the mad scientists have created a new class of silicon chip that can be used for analyzing sperm samples and providing a venue for fertilisation ; the technology uses microscopic obstacle courses inside a silicon wafer to weed out unhealthy sperm , and has been used successfully to fertilise a mouse egg ; the chips are etched with a virtual theme park of twisting channels , forests of columns , and other features designed to ensure only the strongest of sperm reach their goal , with some passages so small that only a single cell can pass ; the researchers have not yet applied for approval to test human fertilisation using the chip , but say that could happen within the next 12 months — Brave New World , or the embodiment of virtual sex . |
| 3 | They sense this could develop into a confrontation between teachers . |
| 4 | I know this may sound like a long shot — but someone who 's been listening to 2 Pac 's ‘ 2PacalypseNow ’ super-LP was recently arrested in a stolen car ( with the tape still playing ) for killing a police officer in America . |
| 5 | Well this to , to photograph anything , this just happens to be a camera and I suppose that would appeal to a lot of camera collectors to people that I er er who I work with , people I know , friends and that , they know I 'm interested in photography and they always ask me about cameras |
| 6 | ( Readers who doubt this should look at the bewildering array of welfare benefit leaflets in their local post office . ) |
| 7 | We seldom read in the tabloid press local police force fails er we may frequently read in the local press in the tabloid press rather , that the Home Secretary has failed and yet what we seem to be saying is that we believe that all the responsibility should be local , all that responsibility , all the blame when things go wrong should go to the Home Secretary . |
| 8 | I think that would depend on the species would n't it and the , and the local conditions , for example in that erm case I mentioned in yesterday 's lecture monogamous birds with long breeding groups where you get desertion . |
| 9 | Mr Chairman erm I would like personally take up a suggestion that was in The Star about the possibility of a regional company being based at the playhouse in other words for a few months I would see it as people getting to know this company and rather like a repertory theatre of old then people would want to come and see these people in different roles and I think that would add to the you know repetitive . |
| 10 | I think that would swing to the , them some of the votes of Liberal Democrats and former S D P people who are also in favour of proportional representation . |
| 11 | Doctor firstly erm we think that must finish with an E D did w did we ? |
| 12 | In an interview last week on the French radio station France Inter 's RadioCom program , Alcatel Alsthom NV president Pierre Suard indicated he did not rule out taking a stake in France Telecom if the latter is privatised by the next administration : ‘ I do n't think the question has been posed today , but when it is , I can tell you that we will study it very seriously , ’ Suard said — ‘ It is essential that France Telecom has a structure that enables it to extend itself beyond France and I think that can come from a new shareholder ; there is industrial logic in the ‘ world 's number one manufacturer of telecommunications equipment ’ owning a stake in a telecommunications operator , ’ he added — ‘ It is the Anglo-Saxon logic ; AT&T is constructed on that basis , but up to now , it has not been European logic , ’ he said . |
| 13 | Write down some things you do that may get in the way of a good relationship and that you could improve . |
| 14 | I think much will depend on the weather , but Cambridge really have a very big chance of winning this boat race . |
| 15 | Tour two will run in the opposite direction ; while tour three will take the route to Kettering and back via Corby and Syston Junction . |
| 16 | Thus if the buyer goes into liquidation before fully paying for the goods , any of the goods which have not been re-sold by the buyer and which remain unmixed will belong to the seller . |
| 17 | ‘ All loans that we have outstanding would appear in the balance sheet under the loan portfolio , ’ a spokeswoman said , but she would not confirm that this item currently includes the Bond loan . |