Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , as Bruch has pointed out , anorexics tend to deny fatigue , and my diary is full of complaints such as , ‘ felt dead tired ’ . |
| 2 | In effect , each NYSE Composite index futures contract costing $100 000 comprises two parts : $80 000 of the S&P500 index , and $20 000 of the shares of the 1200 smaller companies . |
| 3 | Modern choral forms tend to avoid idioms so closely associated with past epochs , and ideally each piece should have its own particular form , which is a compromise between the form of the words and the needs of the music . |
| 4 | Your Directorate intend to use NETWORK as a means of advising staff about events which will affect the future of the Department . |
| 5 | Since vegetables are an important source of vitamin C , the medical experts favour controlling nitrate intake via water rather than food . |
| 6 | The forces he would need would depend on " whether or not the Russians intend to back Tito " . |
| 7 | In addition , high rankers tend to have access to scarce resources so that in competitive encounters the possession of a powerful ally will increase the subject 's chance of obtaining some . |
| 8 | Economic projects tend to support companies and infrastructural provision ; social and community projects usually involve funding for community and leisure centres or educational and advice projects ; housing schemes are directed towards improvement and the needs of special groups ; and environmental expenditure is allocated to improving older buildings and vacant sites . |
| 9 | Another possibility is that the two deuterium nuclei combine to form helium-4 ; here again the mass of helium-4 is less than the combined masses of two deuterium nuclei and the ‘ spare ’ mass is manifested as electromagnetic radiation far beyond the visible spectrum and known as a gamma ray ( denoted by γ ) . |
| 10 | ( iii ) Limitation of liability.It has been said that the courts tend to view clauses which limit liability more favourably than those which provide for a total exclusion . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , all these learning activities tend to take place in the abstract , they do not relate to publications you actually produce as part of your job . |
| 12 | He regressed the volume of programmes trades classified as index arbitrage , where positive values indicate buying shares and negative values denote selling shares , on the actual futures price less the no-arbitrage futures price . |
| 13 | Thus colons are used to expand and explain ; semi-colons tend to introduce thoughts connected in other ways . |
| 14 | In the rare event we have to cancel your holiday or make major changes ( different resort , airport of arrival or departure , or more than 12 hour change to schedule flight time ) we 'll tell you a soon as possible . |
| 15 | This implies that many carnosaurs hunted in herds or packs like wolves , weeding out the old , infirm and unprotected young , since solitary predators like lions tend to kill prey their own size or smaller . |
| 16 | And it follows the announcement that Vauxhall intend to increase prices on all ranges from between three and five per cent at the end of this month . |
| 17 | That is all that is required for plain partial knitting , side levers at I will permit knitting needles at B working position and side levers at O bring holding position . |
| 18 | Both newly-independent and other States tend to oppose claims of secession , and thus to impose treaty and other liabilities upon any seceding entity . |
| 19 | At the nub of the matter is the fact that the Southern EC member states tend to have laws relating to the protection of their national heritage which are centralising and confiscatory . |
| 20 | Tax authorities tend to subject tax haven operations to close scrutiny . |
| 21 | Clubs intend to chart course for the future |
| 22 | Those with high ROI tend to experience falls in ROI and those with low ROI tend to have increases , taken across the whole population . |
| 23 | Those with high ROI tend to experience falls in ROI and those with low ROI tend to have increases , taken across the whole population . |
| 24 | Productivity : Benchmark what we do do and aim for a minimum standard of improvement better than inflation ; develop the skills base to tackle productivity problems across the Group ; set aggressive goals , guided by ‘ leading edge , not lunatic fringe ’ ; push harder to transfer best practices , with more involvement from the centre . |
| 25 | ‘ I- want to put appearance at the office before lunch . ’ |
| 26 | THE FRENCH authorities expect to announce details of the design of the next generation of fast-breeder reactors at a nuclear safety conference next week . |
| 27 | Immediately after the scene with the Old Man and Helen , Lucifer , Beelzebub and Mephostophilis appear to consider Faustus 's ‘ lunacy ’ in thinking he can ‘ overreach the devil ’ ( V , ii , 11–20 ) . |
| 28 | It has set up a unit to develop OTC drugs because it believes the Government 's health experts want to reduce reliance on prescription drugs as part of cost-cutting measures . |
| 29 | Wilcoxin signed rank test was used to compare pre with postoperative figures and the Mann-Whitney U test to analyse differences between subgroups and controls in symptom scores and results of function tests . |
| 30 | Why should the primary sufferer want to seek recovery if the quality of life without alcohol or drugs or other addictive substance or process is going to be no better than that of the family member ? |