Example sentences of "[vb base] [art] [noun pl] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These exclusions make the charges an inefficient way to raise revenue . |
| 2 | The level of concentration within a particular industry casts light on the competitiveness of the industry and hence on the scope for the exploitation of economic power ( though the globalisation of business and difficulties in specifying product markets , given the availability of substitutes , make the figures an uncertain guide ) . |
| 3 | Metal gauges then show the woodworkers the exact profile of the neck at the first and twelfth frets . |
| 4 | He says that a substantial amount has been paid in benefits , it 's not true to say that they owe the tenants a large amount of arrears . |
| 5 | I had not only to Testify as to how , where and when the Lord Jesus had entered my heart but also give the punters a detailed account of the innermost secrets of my heart . |
| 6 | Working in the Mid Wales Mental Hospital , Talgarth , was well as in a mental Resource Centre , Tessa is convinced that painting and drawing give the patients a rare sense of self-worth . |
| 7 | Give the children a simple message and ask them to pass it along and see what it becomes at the end . |
| 8 | But she would put up with all that to make Tina happy and give the children a secure childhood . |
| 9 | Briefed comprehensively by my fastidious fiancee on ironing strategy — ‘ Never start from the front/make sure you give the cuffs a decent jet of steam … not like that , you chump ! ’ — I set about a pile of shirts , mainly cotton but one silk , and a range of trousers . |
| 10 | If the tank is new , or kept very clean , feed the mussels every other day with frozen Filter Feed , sold for marine invertebrates . |
| 11 | Such speed limits result either in widespread disregard of the law as at present , ‘ which ’ is bad because it is habit-forming , or they allow the police an undesirable discretion as to which laws they enforce and against whom they enforce them . |
| 12 | It 's not really clear whether this is a symbiotic relationship of some kind , or it 's just that the Gobies find the corals a convenient place to sit . |
| 13 | If you find the same language in distant countries , you may be sure that the inhabitants have been the same people , that is to say , if you find the languages a good deal the same ; for a word here and there being the same will not do . ’ |
| 14 | A mere P£25 per year — half a subscription to New Scientist — would create the best health service in the world and pay the nurses a fair wage . |
| 15 | Exercise 3 : Tip out all the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle onto the table and turn the pieces the right way up . |
| 16 | do the wings a different colour or something . |
| 17 | Paint the centres a darker green . |
| 18 | Then since we assume that the first , parallel coupled , part of the assembly moves with equal strain e in each part , we have the equations The same form of equation but with different constants is found if we use the mechanically equivalent form of the three-element model given in Figure 3.2 ( b ) . |
| 19 | Couple this with the subtle change in image ( from naked half-man , half-mutt on ‘ Diamond Dogs ’ to a grey suit ) and you have the beginnings the funky sojourn Bowie was about to embark on — which would , of course , peak with ‘ Young Americans ’ and crop up again whenever he was short of a few ideas . |
| 20 | Couple this with the subtle change in image ( from naked half-man , half-mutt on ‘ Diamond Dogs ’ to a grey suit ) and you have the beginnings the funky sojourn Bowie was about to embark on — which would , of course , peak with ‘ Young Americans ’ and crop up again whenever he was short of a few ideas . |