Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [coord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a positive note , in this last year there have been many achievements of major contracts completed and new business won in both nuclear and industrial sectors . |
| 2 | The 400-member Volkskammer approved this resolution with only six deputies opposing and 18 abstentions , while the Bundestag voted 487 to 15 ( opponents including the CDU deputy who was president of the " association of expellees " ) . |
| 3 | After three years ' work he submitted a draft only to have it irrevocably vetoed without any intelligible reasons given or any consideration of amendment . |
| 4 | The extent to which the child has been encouraged to be physically independent , to develop spatial awareness , a sense of direction and response to sound and tactile cues and to use any vision he possesses positively will have a considerable influence on the extent to which he is able to meet the demands of his school environment . |
| 5 | A creamy glycerine-enriched lotion that smells faintly of cloves , it is easily absorbed and appears to fulfil its promise of keeping the skin moisturised and soft for at least eight hours after application . |
| 6 | As a society 's needs change and evolve , so will the cultural norms change and certain old patterns of behaviour will no longer be rewarded whereas new patterns will . |
| 7 | Landlords with money to spare and other entrepreneurs took advantage of such factors as space and improved communications to expand productive facilities to rural areas . |
| 8 | There were 18 pitches to go and six hours of daylight left . |
| 9 | Naturally these rates are variable according to hours flown and individual costs , but generally the more flying you do the lower the all-in hourly rate becomes . |
| 10 | The crack is often green but the rock is as rough as wrt-ridden rhino hide and upward progress was swift . |
| 11 | The ancient beams of the original building remain but these are fresh , modern apartments newly converted and offering spotless , well-furnished accommodation set on a square close to St Mark 's . |
| 12 | The membership of this minority was never defined , nor was its need for a fundamentally different kind of teaching explained or justified . |
| 13 | Over the years Bell Lawrie has worked closely with lawyers and accountants as a source of referrals for people with money to invest and that will continue . |
| 14 | During the summer , these two weeds reviled each other , as fabulous creatures will ; the lowly weed accused its brother of grandiose , spendthrift ambitions , and the tall weed called the low weed mean and miserly . |
| 15 | It has faded from the lips of those in the east , and the dying man on the right has his teeth bared and one eye half closed ; a kind of realism found in some late archaic and early classical vase-painting and sometimes in sculpture too . |
| 16 | But Bulldog has his teeth bared and ready to sink any rival . |
| 17 | Yet the handling of the report has made the government look fumbling and unprepared . |
| 18 | Correctionalist criminologists , of all varieties , join all the other agents of social control that capitalism utilises to patch itself up and keep its exploitative machinations justified and operational . |
| 19 | She was foolishly irritated by the lack of warmth and the slowness of the coals to light and all the time she was asking herself if she was completely mad harbouring an escaped criminal in her kitchen . |
| 20 | What is needed to make the contract binding and valid is our signature , a commitment of faith . |
| 21 | You know , the one where you sit there and lie through your teeth about spending every waking hour flossing and probing and massaging and never go out of an evening without your single-headed brush , and the Aussie hygienist who looks like Brooke Shields on a good day takes one prod at your gum and it spouts blood like Moby Dick on a bad day and the game 's up there and then . |
| 22 | and bulges , skin cracked and tight |
| 23 | The consequences of these price increases are of course varied and complex ; there is no doubt , however , that they have not made the job of existing and would-be future UK exporters any easier . |
| 24 | The problem is not , however , simply one of boring lectures ; the few very bright students found studying physics challenging and stimulating . |
| 25 | It was not too difficult in the 1960s and 1970s to discern such contradictions in the East European countries , in the form of conflicts among various social groups , and in particular a conflict — which appeared openly from time to time in strikes , protests or even insurrections , and was only with difficulty contained and repressed — between those who control and direct the overall development of society and those whose lives and work are thus planned and regulated from above . |
| 26 | Oh yes quite so and if they 're doing well they really , local people really get behind them , but they , they 've prom in previous seasons they they 've promised so much and then fell away at the end that people have got a bit disillusioned and discontented so that , but like last year when they were doing well in the cup they erm at Watford I mean loads of people went to see them . |
| 27 | The final tier , external courses , involves hiring the expertise of outside agencies for training in matters as diverse as sales skills , credit control , first aid , fork lift truck driving and foreign languages . |
| 28 | In terms of the overall needs employers had of young people , it was clear that non-academic criteria , attitudes to work and personal characteristics , and basic skills , essentially those of reading , writing and arithmetic , were far more important to employers than academic qualifications . |
| 29 | The problem seems to be that it is fundamentally about attitudes to work and such attitudes are subject to an inextricable and non-monotonic range of influences not only from work itself , with all the pressures of technological change , but also from prevailing economic , social and cultural changes in the community generally . |
| 30 | ‘ Pupils ’ attitudes to work and common politeness in a group situation are decidedly unhealthy in this school , ’ said one . |