Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [adj] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the idea that crime and deviance have positive qualities and consequences that make them necessary for the healthy functioning of society . |
| 2 | ‘ I would envisage a process of discovery , so each party would list documents in their possession and make them available to the other parties . ’ |
| 3 | Lévi-Strauss accepted the traditional role of anthropology to ‘ explain' the differences of alien cultures in ways that make them recognisable as the same ‘ underneath ’ . |
| 4 | The announcement of the proposed merger ( unless shut-outs can be achieved — see para 8.2 below ) will bring both companies " into play " and make them vulnerable to a hostile bid . |
| 5 | The citation does however leave unexamined one further consideration ; that there might within the range of manufacturing and service industries be some which , for whatever reason , whether of the nature or of the size of the business , make them unsuited to the industrial co-operative form of organisation . |
| 6 | Their tiny eyes , rubbery sucking mouths and writhing bodies scarcely make them attractive from a human point of view . |
| 7 | Someone once told him that horse manure in his wellington boots would make him grow taller , but the boys at school had made fun of him and Mr Sunderland , the headmaster , had called him a stupid gullible boy and made him scrape his boots and wash them clean in the outside drain and scrub his feet in hot water and carbolic soap . |
| 8 | Help us to cleanse it and hold it safe from the Godless forces of Communism that surround it and threaten it from within . |
| 9 | To discourage petty claims , most insurers make you liable for the first £25 . |
| 10 | It took him 14 more laps before he could squeeze alongside Brundle , and run him wheel-to-wheel through the same right-left-right triple turn . |
| 11 | We had to organise it so that we could move it on a Saturday night from Manchester to Oxford and get it ready for a full orchestra , circus , and technical rehearsal on Tuesday afternoon . |
| 12 | ‘ I prefer this means of transport because I find it consonant with a certain feeling I have about myself — because it expresses a certain style of being that I find congenial — because I find the kinaesthetic sensations it affords , even the physical efforts and nervous tension , somehow involving . ’ |
| 13 | Keep them moist in a warm greenhouse or a corner of the kitchen , for a steady supply of fresh sprigs . |
| 14 | You ca n't and keep them open at the same time . |
| 15 | I deal with children all the time erm many of my I 've been there eight years now and so lots of children have passed through my hands who in particular have lots of educational problems and need special help , and I suppose somebody though erm that although the rage now is to have Governors who are working in industry , and that 's perfectly proper , that it would n't be a bad idea to have somebody who is supposed to have some knowledge and background of the way children behave and what children need , so erm although I do have some politics , you know , Bill , I erm largely keep them quiet in the governing body . |
| 16 | ‘ You can live quite cheaply in Miami , so once you 're out there on one job , you can contact other UK clients and get them to send the gear over and keep you busy for a few weeks . |
| 17 | Once I had the basic colours put in I would then sometimes , for added intensity , dip the point of a certain colour into the water and apply it direct for a small intense spot of pigment . |
| 18 | Her aim is to take elitism out of design and make it accessible to a wider public . |
| 19 | Make it possible for the other person to change what they do . |
| 20 | This meeting strongly condemns the regulations of the Food Controller , which favour the rich who are not in danger of being without food , make it possible for the wealthy to provide unscrupulous profiteers to defraud the nation by government sanction i.e. the fixing of prices for potatoes and other edibles , and therefore calls for Lord Devonport 's removal from office . |
| 21 | Gilt ceilings and old silver certainly make it different from the usual run of East European cafés and on a warm early evening it is pleasant to sit outside and watch and chatter . |
| 22 | Cozydry 's instant heat and touch control make it ideal for the infirm . |
| 23 | And Naomi makes the mistake , do not call me pleasant , call me bitter for the almighty has dealt very bitterly with me . |
| 24 | I am warmed by an exhalation of spices and honey , but the words she speaks , as she flings the earring out to sea , cast me adrift in an ice-cold current . |
| 25 | Yes , he bought me the bar so I 'd be quiet and leave him alone like a good girl . ’ |
| 26 | Hence the two base changes in the octamer-like sequence in HPV 6/11 compared to HPV 16/18 render it non-functional as a binding site both for the constitutively expressed octamer binding protein Oct-1 and the cervical octamer binding protein . |
| 27 | Once again , now it does n't matter which way round you start , you can start left over right or right over left , but the second time you do it opposite to the first time , so the first time I put the left one over first and the right one over that and then tuck it through , just like tying a shoe lace really , okay ? |
| 28 | No it 's best leave it dry in a separate |
| 29 | We see we see this forum as very much the right sort of forum for either making or breaking the case for a new settlement , the one thing I do have to say , however , is that the Department wants to see this particular issue settled in the context of the alteration , and full significance of that is n't immediately apparent , it , what we do n't want to see is what was envisaged in the H B F statement , where they thought that we might end up with a decision to have a new settlement in principle and then leave it open to the local plans , all four of them around the city , to then explore the possible alternative locations . |
| 30 | ‘ But they won through in a dour encounter and I wish them well in the next round . |