Example sentences of "[subord] [noun pl] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where Conservatives seek to enhance a sense of and opportunities for the discharge of civic obligations , the SLD has stressed empowerment , to use the jargon word , as I suppose we must . |
| 2 | Although functionalists have introduced the concept of ‘ dysfunction ’ to cover the harmful effects of parts of the system on society as a whole , the concept is rarely employed . |
| 3 | ‘ How pale you are , Nancy ! ’ said Fagin , once Monks had left the house . |
| 4 | In practice , the Director of Public Prosecutions does not prosecute films with BBFC certificates for cinema showing , so distributors prepared to pay the certification fee and to carry out the " cuts " insisted upon by the Board are in effect guaranteed freedom from police harassment . |
| 5 | Some retailers will attempt to ‘ free ride ’ on others , perhaps offering low prices and a warehouse-type ambiance , once customers have had a product demonstrated elsewhere . |
| 6 | US planes dropped more aid over Srebrenica early yesterday but , for the first time , scattered individual packets rather than pallets to try to prevent a repetition of incidents in which starving inhabitants have attacked each other in the chaotic scramble for food . |
| 7 | Currently the most widely known ( and also most widely criticized ) theory on the subject is that of Noam Chomsky who has pointed out that , although children have to learn the meanings of individual words from their elders ( which would make language a phenomenon of culture ) , they seem to know how to string words together so as to distinguish sense from nonsense long before they have acquired any substantial vocabulary . |
| 8 | Sir Christopher went on : ‘ It seems to me that once environmentalists start addressing the greenhouse effect and the ozone gap as matters of prime concern , logic will eventually drive them to recognise the contribution nuclear energy can make , as a replacement for fossil fuels , in helping to cut these global threats . ’ |
| 9 | Although polls had anticipated a share of as much as 19 per cent of the vote the two ecologist parties ' actual share was only 7.63 per cent in the first round of voting on March 21 . |
| 10 | If artists have to address the fact that AIDS-sufferers shuffle off this mortal coil faster than most of the rest of humanity , perhaps the arts most closely linked to the body can express the idea best . |
| 11 | Fieldworkers used list A as a basis and the other two as a back-up resource ; B and C were ordered in such a way that if researchers failed to record an interview at , for example , household number 4 on list A , household number 4 of lists B and C would be of a similar type in the same locale . |
| 12 | Secluded that is , until climbers began to explore the crag . |
| 13 | We 're gon na go and see about , see if Currys have got the thing in . |
| 14 | Spike said that it looked like Hunters had attacked the craft . |
| 15 | By section 434 of the Companies Act 1985 if inspectors appointed to investigate the affairs of a company consider that an officer or agent of the company ‘ or any other person ’ is in possession of information relating to a matter relevant to the investigation they may require him : |
| 16 | But if subjects failed to recognize the stimulus in the Hall and Schachtman ( 1987 ) study ( as indicated by the occurrence of dishabituation ) , how could they show latent inhibition to that stimulus ? |
| 17 | If companies wish to see the impact of their decisions on shareholder wealth , the DCF apparatus and associated cost of capital formulation are vital . |
| 18 | However , if circumstances dictate using the post then make the best of it by : |
| 19 | And if parents try to pass the buck by instructing childminders to ‘ give them the odd slap ’ they will be disappointed . |
| 20 | If parents want to leave a child in the garden with a dog , it 's their responsibility , but anywhere else , even down to the local shop , children should never take a dog out . |
| 21 | If moderates fail to reach a compromise , or even to talk , the extremists on both sides will dominate the agenda . |
| 22 | If conservationists manage to save the leopard , bobcat and alerce , they may lose some of the battles that will be fought over dozens of other issues including proposals to increase protection for hair seals and whales , to decrease protection for Nile and saltwater crocodiles , and to weaken controls in the trade in ivory and sea turtles . |
| 23 | If governments wish to reduce the deadweight tax burden and balance spending and revenue , it is necessary to reduce government spending in order to cut taxes . |
| 24 | If plants do have a focus for the Life Force , it lies in their roots , for many plants regularly shed some or all of their above ground growth with the cycling of the seasons , regenerating in the next year from their roots . |
| 25 | An implication of this , it should be noted , is that if firms need to justify the use of CAD on cost grounds then they can not , at mid-1980s UK prices , give each draughtsman a work-station . |
| 26 | ‘ Although the dates between the applications for NIE and BT3 will be fairly close , there should be no problem if investors want to use the proceeds of one to fund the other . |
| 27 | Paul Chertkow , currency strategist at Citibank in London , said : ‘ If investors decide to sell the pound then they wo n't let the peseta get in the way ; they will sell pesetas as well . ’ |
| 28 | And whilst Alan 's coming to the rostrum colleagues , can the , the movers from London of motion one five three , one five six er , London again , one six three , Birmingham , if they would come down to the front and also it would be very helpful colleagues , if regions , if regions have indicated a speaker on the special report , if those colleagues could come down as well it would be helpful . |
| 29 | Our interest is in the validation of the new course and in the quality assurance issues which will arise if partners wish to offer the course in Ireland or Portugal . |
| 30 | If pigs have occupied the House of Commons recently , chickens are likely to do so soon . |