Example sentences of "[vb base] [art] [noun] [verb] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And even those who do achieve something lack the scope to go further because ‘ Indians and India are the grandest failures in a long time ’ . |
| 2 | The three themes , climbing , centipede and invaders make the youngster think quickly whilst enjoying the fun side of this learning exercise . |
| 3 | I urge the Minister to consider seriously whether the suggestion of my hon. Friend the Member for Aberdeen , North is possible . |
| 4 | She says younger users often expect the drug to work immediately although its affects can take up to an hour so they take more , which increases the risks . |
| 5 | The Department of Transport say the damage occured yesterday while a routine inspection was actually being carried out . |
| 6 | If after I have read my submissions the councils wish and are permitted to make any observations on it , I request the right to reply thereto before the matter is decided by you . |
| 7 | The cab drew to a halt , and Grunte , who was ten minutes early , let the meter tick away as he watched the girls bending and stretching to the commands of a whistle-blowing games mistress . |
| 8 | let the ashes fly lightly where they will ; |
| 9 | Let the hand spring away as it touches the skin . |
| 10 | Watch the seed carefully , as it ripens suddenly and will fall without warning ; alternatively cut the flower stems just as the smell of the seeds start to change and become pleasant , and hang to finish ripening in paper bags . |
| 11 | Gradually add the oil stirring steadily until it is amalgamated and the sauce has the consistency of a creamed butter . |
| 12 | Why do n't you take that wet anorak off and get the fire going again while I make the drinks ? ’ |
| 13 | Apart from pure nostalgia , perhaps this is because in the ‘ old days ’ it was fairly easy to look at a faulty circuit , identify components used for specific functions , replace them and get the set going again whether it was commercially or home-made . |
| 14 | Resist the urge to write continuously because others are doing so . |
| 15 | For those regular expert witnesses who feel the need to charge more than £90 an hour ( or £500 for their initial report in a medical negligence case ) an explanation should be proffered to avoid subsequent substantial difficulty on taxation , and the words ‘ as recommended by the BMA ’ would not normally suffice for either the retaining lawyer or the court . |
| 16 | Members of the Save Stratford Street action group claim the names represent more than 50 per cent of the village — disproving claims that the parish council scheme has majority backing . |
| 17 | The researchers could chase up forms , and keep the motivation going even when team members were hard pressed . |
| 18 | Take the inducements to hold rather than trade stock in smaller companies or the incentives for strategic industrial investment , particularly in technology and skills . |
| 19 | I picture the few campesinos who guard the sacks moving away as we approach . |
| 20 | All psychiatric assessment procedures contain an instruction to set aside as diagnostically insignificant any experience that occurs as part of a shared religious or subcultural belief system . |
| 21 | Have the bed moved downstairs if you live in a house and , if you do not have a downstairs toilet , contact the Red Cross and arrange for the loan of a commode . |
| 22 | They have the opportunity to do so when they meet next week , ironically in New Zealand . |
| 23 | Defense officials say they have not yet forbidden any publication , but insist that they possess the power to do so if they choose . |
| 24 | It is probably true to say that if young British-born Caribbeans from London have a conversation lasting longer than a few turns , then it will contain London English even if it contains Creole as well . |
| 25 | If you need a sine wave rather than a square wave , you can add the shaping circuit ( reference ) . |
| 26 | This suggests that those courts making relatively heavy use of imprisonment ‘ frequently have no reason to do so if the experience of other courts is any criterion ’ ( Hood , 1962 : 122 ) . |