Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we have as premiss for the dependent conditional that if it were raining the balcony would be wet is roughly this : in that possible world most like our own in which it is raining , the balcony is wet . |
| 2 | The nature-versus-culture model of analysis was first developed within anthropology to help account for the universal subordination or secondary status of women in all societies at all times . |
| 3 | And we need a political voice to do that , President a political voice and influence through a Labour Party that 's committed to strive for our goals by working with us and through us and we 're not ashamed of our links with the Labour Party . |
| 4 | The cast list printed in the wordbook , however , specifies a Grand Dance not of 24 persons but of ‘ 24 Chineses ’ ; while in the manuscript score , copied separately at the reverse end of the book , is the big movement — the longest instrumental number in the entire show — headed ‘ Chaconne : Dance for a Chinese man and woman ’ . |
| 5 | Although it is the traditional culture which continues to manage the western world , Snow argued , only science can feed that world , create wealth , provide hope for the poor and the sick , and forge the essential links between intellect and practicality which make for a proper wisdom and awareness of moral and social issues . |
| 6 | Rentokil Medical Services provide for the safe collection and disposal of used hypodermic needles , scalpels and other surgical instruments and soft clinical waste such as bandages and other medical dressings . |
| 7 | I open the door to the little cloakroom in the corner , undecided about which form of relief to try , and hesitate between the brownish lavatory and the greenish tap . |
| 8 | The computer can check for towns that are missed off signs , those that appear for no good reason or appear only intermittently , to the great confusion of amateur navigators . |
| 9 | On occasion , the Minister has criticised the lack of detail in our overall defence expenditure proposals and what we propose for the Territorial Army and the reserve forces . |
| 10 | In the past , the study of onomatopoeia , and of imitative effects generally , has been vitiated by a tendency to assume that there is a direct evocative connection between a particular sound and a particular reference , say between an /s/ sound and the sighing of the wind or ( here ) the hiss of a steam-engine . |
| 11 | Elementals often appear as a moving light or a change in temperature , or they may take the form of an animal or bird and make it behave oddly for a period of time . |
| 12 | Contact your local authority to determine what their plans are and press for a coherent strategy that includes maintaining community and voluntary sector initiatives . |
| 13 | Thus Mackie is what he calls a ‘ moral sceptic ’ , though he is in favour of continuing to live in the light of moral values and obligations which we acknowledge as a human invention or construction serving widely shared human purposes . |
| 14 | ‘ Monsieur Dacourt , ’ Francis announced in perfect English , ‘ I apologise for the tardy arrival and abrupt interruption of your eloquent speech by Akim and his cats . |
| 15 | We may not have watched the Toraja dynasty ascend through a flaming village circle , but we had witnessed one of its sons , very close , leap through a flaming hoop and land on his feet . |
| 16 | Cork 's late strike made sure of a top 10 place for the first time since promotion — ‘ and a nice bonus , judging from the long faces in our boardroom , ’ grinned Mr Bassett . |
| 17 | This dilemma has been exacerbated as a result of the development of thermonuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction and is associated with the nuclear arms race between the Soviet Union and the United States during the Cold War from the 1940s to the 1980s . |
| 18 | In the former case and assuming that is zero when With regard to the Laplace transform of an integral function and assuming that when the required transform is Note that is to be interpreted as the initial value of the integral quantity . |
| 19 | ‘ I thought a quick gallop , a guzzle of the local tincture and a few snaps to record the event for posterity . ’ |
| 20 | However , if you are replaced by another employee , say of a lower grade and commanding less pay , there is unlikely to be a redundancy . |
| 21 | If not , unscrew the orange regulator and replace with a smaller green or larger red one . |
| 22 | If you skate with the same passion as you preach I dare say you will have the whole parish at your feet . ’ |
| 23 | Decorate with the chopped parsley and serve with four triangles ( 2 pieces of toast ) to each guest . |
| 24 | I will indicate , as I go through them , the way in which they work : that is , how they fit into the diagnostic story that we developed in the last chapter . |
| 25 | When he bolted the door , pulled down the shutter , put the chairs on the tables , emptied the till and swept the floor he was able to walk through to the back , climb the stairs , sprawl into a big armchair and look at his collection of pictures , news cuttings , fan club items , record sleeves and signed photographs of Shirley Temple . |
| 26 | Place under a low grill and cook until golden brown , about 10 minutes . |
| 27 | Place under a hot grill until the cheese has melted . |
| 28 | Arrange the mixture back in the shells , place under a hot grill until lightly browned . |
| 29 | Place under a hot grill until the top of the soup turns golden brown . |
| 30 | Sprinkle the sugar over the surface of each dish and place under a hot grill until browned . |