Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Such juries bring together on an integrated basis a variety of relevant experience and opinion . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | She says that as Mexican workers socialise mostly with the extended family , there is little personal contact with coworkers ( Lomnitz 1982 ) . |
| 16 | Press slowly to the vertical position . |
| 17 | Unless your home is totally dilapidated , steer clear of a complete redecoration prior to selling : it will arouse suspicion . |
| 18 | We generally sleep right through the early morning if it 's rough weather . |
| 19 | I disagree fundamentally with the hon. Gentleman . |
| 20 | Our first aim , therefore , is to isolate significant typical events and units of social life and activity , and then to probe for the underlying blueprint , often implicit rather than explicit , that will show how they fit together into a meaningful pattern . |
| 21 | Westwood offers an account of how the structures of gender , ethnicity and class fit together for a specific group of women workers . |
| 22 | Einstein was driven to this idea not so much by the experimental results as by the desire to make two parts of the theory fit together in a consistent whole . |
| 23 | They grow opposite on a dark green , purple-tinged stem . |
| 24 | The barn owl samples also correlate highly with the long-eared owl sample ( Table 3.1 ) . |
| 25 | That two dozen of these interiors are in buildings statutorily ‘ listed ’ for their special architectural or historic interest say much for the low regard paid to pubs in the exercise of listed building control and indeed for the listing process itself . |
| 26 | Darwin used several criteria for distinguishing sexual characteristics selected in this way : ( 1 ) the features acquired by sexual selection are confined to one sex ; ( 2 ) the features develop fully only at sexual maturity ; ( 3 ) the features often appear only during the reproductive season ; and ( 4 ) males are in most species the most active in courtship . |
| 27 | Indeed , only when the drag queen in sparkly dress and football boots and the rent boy in underwear actually appear together in the final scene does the plot get some impetus . |
| 28 | The Times Higher Education Supplement began an editorial on the CNAA in 1972 with the statement : ‘ The Council for National Academic Awards must be one of the few unqualified success stories in higher education in the past eight years — sharing that honour perhaps with the Open University ’ . |
| 29 | It 's light , comfortable , and worn over a T-shirt , or even next to the skin , warm enough for the Scottish summer without making you sweat to death . |
| 30 | It 's especially important in a play like this , which is such a delicate and sensitive piece of writing , that the actors grow together as a cohesive group . |