Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the buyer calls to sign the transfer or lease , see that any mortgage or other document requiring a signature ( such as an undertaking to a building society to carry out specified repairs ) is engrossed and ready for execution at the same time , to avoid unnecessary attendances ; and if you wish , you can let your client sign any undertakings as to outgoings instead of doing so on your client 's behalf ( Chapter 7 , head 2(c) ) . |
| 2 | Where there is compatibility of pitch , the organ can be used very effectively with melodic solo instruments , or as part of an ensemble , or as a continuo instrument to fill in harmonic gaps and add weight of tone and sustaining power . |
| 3 | To suggest now that we should commit ourselves to establishing a funding council to carry out certain functions is to change the position that the hon. Gentleman adopted in Committee and my understanding of the Opposition 's view — |
| 4 | If he did n't become a telly millionaire turning out musical trash they could be flogged for a few pounds . |
| 5 | Their only son at the time , a cousin of my father 's called William Bayles Brown , went out on Cotherstone Moor in a snow storm to gather up some sheep , and never came back . |
| 6 | In September 1981 this trade association brought together equipment manufacturers , Home Office and electricity council representatives in a study group to sort out some of their potential conflicts . |
| 7 | Lazio midfielder Diego Fuser will make his international debut while gifted Juventus striker Roberto Baggio has shaken off a thigh strain to play up front . |
| 8 | He took the car and the warm evening seemed to have brought out hordes of motorists who were just strolling , and he chose a zigzag route to throw off any fan club . |
| 9 | BREAKING DOWN THE FAT Use a massage mitt to break down fatty deposits . |
| 10 | Behind that is a straight metal piece ( lets call that the needle ) which has a metal strip running down either side , sitting snugly against the needle . |
| 11 | The result was a tremendous upsurge of liberal and revolutionary propaganda , a campaign of banquets and public meetings to demand reform , a zemstvo congress to draw up specific proposals for change , and the formation of a series of politically oriented unions . |
| 12 | A campaign of banquets and public meetings was mounted to demand reform , a zemstvo congress drew up specific proposals for constitutional change , and a series of politically-orientated professional unions was formed . |
| 13 | Therefore we have a control mechanism to bring down blood-sugar level when it begins to reach unhealthy peaks . |
| 14 | Their expertise was able to save Northamptonshire print Industry worker , Paul Scarle after a paper guillotine chopped off all 4 fingers of his left hand . |
| 15 | Pegasus will launch an MS-DOS Sequel product later in the year — a Unix version follows in early 1994 . |
| 16 | It incorporates an automatic line-follower , a paint tool to fill in any gaps or theoretical lines , an eraser and automatic grid-removal . |
| 17 | A tail rope passing round underwater pulleys at the bottom of the incline was attached to the centres of the trailing edge of the tanks through eye bolts ( figures 8 and 9 ) . |
| 18 | A precision machine with a diamond tip measuring around one-fortieth of the diameter of a human hair is used to cut furrows , grooves , pyramids , rings and other shapes into a metal surface which in turn is used to stamp the microscopic features into a plastic film . |
| 19 | A successful ATN parse is obtained by traversing a path of arcs from the initial node to a success node using up all words in the sentence . |
| 20 | Stir a spoonful or two of potted crab or lobster ( minus the butter covering ) into fresh cream for eggs en cocotte , into a béchamel sauce to go over poached eggs or a gratin of sole fillets . |
| 21 | A shower that is thermostatically controlled is ideal , but the reliable and efficient ones can be expensive to buy and to install , and a mixer system working off one large hot and cold mixer with two tap controls can be very satisfactory for all but the very severely disabled . |
| 22 | The position can be illustrated simply by thinking of a study that is to take place of the social workings of a youth club to test out some hypothesis about the manifest and latent functions of this association . |
| 23 | The Revenue also agreed that if BAe set up a leasing company to take over new Rover plant , rental charges would be tax deductible . |
| 24 | Normally a shareware author gives around one month to evaluate a package . |
| 25 | Then when it was thrashed I had a straw bed laid down nice and thick on the barn floor . |
| 26 | Oliver and Angelina were inspecting a Jubilee memorial put up twelve years ago commemorating ‘ fifty years of ever-broadening commerce , fifty years of ever-brightening science , fifty years of ever-widening empire ! ’ |
| 27 | When you 've got it reasonably level , roll the surface with a garden roller filling in any hollows that appear . |
| 28 | The Cabinet on Sept. 23 adopted a draft law laying down heavy penalties for those employing illegal immigrants [ see also p. 38354 ] . |
| 29 | So I hung around and , sure enough , a few minutes later a squad car turned up all its lights flashing . |
| 30 | Our perception of spermatozoa was changed forever by Woody Allen 's impersonation of one in Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex , and University of Pennsylvania are giving substance to his fantasies , putting the poor little tadpoles through an arduous obstacle course to step up the process of survival of the fittest : according to Prodigy Services Co , the mad scientists have created a new class of silicon chip that can be used for analyzing sperm samples and providing a venue for fertilisation ; the technology uses microscopic obstacle courses inside a silicon wafer to weed out unhealthy sperm , and has been used successfully to fertilise a mouse egg ; the chips are etched with a virtual theme park of twisting channels , forests of columns , and other features designed to ensure only the strongest of sperm reach their goal , with some passages so small that only a single cell can pass ; the researchers have not yet applied for approval to test human fertilisation using the chip , but say that could happen within the next 12 months — Brave New World , or the embodiment of virtual sex . |