Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the traditions and conventions of scepticism and proper doubt sit uneasily with the current politics of commitment and conviction , whether of the left or the right . |
| 2 | The businessmen brought in to run the Councils have been frustrated by the tight operating and financial practices imposed by the Department of Employment Such practices sit uneasily alongside the entrepreneurial freedom that business leaders are used to ( see Guardian , 23 March 1990 ) . |
| 3 | It was startling to discover that a race which was identifiably mutant had laws for the suppression of mutations , and he guessed that the origin of cause and principle alike lay somewhere in the lost time of the isolation of Tarvaras from the Empire . |
| 4 | As usual it will be less well-off smokers who suffer most as a disproportionate amount of their income will be swallowed up in tax . ’ |
| 5 | A considerable number of Remploy workers do move on to work in open conditions but many remain semi-permanently in the sheltered environment . |
| 6 | Push slowly to the upright position . |
| 7 | When it begins to set , splash a little water on to it , and rub gently with a pointing trowel in a circular motion , to smooth flush , leaving little or no sanding . |
| 8 | By contrast , the G cells are not detectable until 18 weeks of gestation and develop entirely within the anatomical antrum . |
| 9 | They sit together in a non-smoking section . |
| 10 | We sit together in the wooden booth . |
| 11 | They must be taught through benevolence and sympathy ; when the necessity arises shame may be used , but fear only in the last extremity , and then ‘ with such delicacy that if possible the habit may not gather strength by the use you are constrained to make of it ’ . |
| 12 | Vector graphics , on the other hand , are created by defining the start and end points of a line or curve together with the necessary angle and weight or thickness of the line . |
| 13 | If we concentrate only on the mythological representations and personifications of evil , we too easily relegate the Devil to our private worlds of personal torments and individual temptations . |
| 14 | During all this growth dodder obtains its nourishment from the host through numerous absorptive organs called haustoria which develop all along the coiled regions of the vine on the inner surface in contact with the host . |
| 15 | Colleagues are impressed ( and sometimes alarmed ) by her willingness to link large philosophical issues with day to day matters ; for example , high state expenditure and taxation mean less for the ordinary citizens to spend as they choose . |
| 16 | However , climbing sports differ from true climbers in that invariably they do not bloom until the second year wood , and then only on side shoots , and seldom repeat much after the first burst of bloom during June . |
| 17 | It 's hard to be one of the boys when the boys unite only against a common enemy and at the moment that is oneself . |
| 18 | Such juries bring together on an integrated basis a variety of relevant experience and opinion . |
| 19 | Consumers are induced to behave as if they took account of the externality , though in fact they take account only of the after-tax price . |
| 20 | Take 1 hour to bring the solution slowly to simmering point , simmer gently for a further hour . |
| 21 | Turn into a lightly floured board and knead gently for a few minutes . |
| 22 | She says that as Mexican workers socialise mostly with the extended family , there is little personal contact with coworkers ( Lomnitz 1982 ) . |
| 23 | Press slowly to the vertical position . |
| 24 | Unless your home is totally dilapidated , steer clear of a complete redecoration prior to selling : it will arouse suspicion . |
| 25 | Steer clear of the Dark Ages |
| 26 | Your safety , and your security and my safety and security in life does not depend on how pleasant my ways are and how pleasant my paths are how much I manage to amass , and how I can overcome all the little difficulties and problems and steer clear of the big ones the security and safety of my life , now and in eternity , security is there in the boat and lying with him . |
| 27 | We generally sleep right through the early morning if it 's rough weather . |
| 28 | Indeed , after our second stop in Bombay a few passengers gratefully chose the option of being one-armed , one-legged , one-eyed , two-headed beggars rather than having to return to their seatettes and fly somewhere for a few months with their hands on their heads . |
| 29 | I disagree fundamentally with the hon. Gentleman . |
| 30 | On the other hand of course it 's the old old story , it 's like some of the other competitions which we endure rather in the early stages , when you think of the Freight Rover and er one or two others as well . |