Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Does the interview with the Admiral make any difference to anything ? ’ |
| 2 | The price , to a cheetah , of growing larger leg muscles is all the other things that the cheetah could have done with the materials and energy used to make the leg muscles , for instance make more milk for cubs . |
| 3 | Turner 's view that migrants move into the city slums and then out to the shanty towns , is not so much the case now since the large number of spontaneous housing settlements and the widespread knowledge of their existence make this sort of housing immediately available . |
| 4 | All foundations suffer some degree of settlement , since the sub-soil itself is elastic or compressible . |
| 5 | Various pressure groups make that point about both the London terminuses . |
| 6 | The reasons why the lower socio-economic groups make less use of the education and health services are complex and only a brief comment can be presented here . |
| 7 | The position in relation to the use of medical services by the various socio-economic groups is as follows : the higher socio-economic groups make more use of most of the preventive local services ; the same , also , applies for the use of doctors ; the reverse , however , is the case in relation to the use of hospitals . |
| 8 | Indeed in some cases , where needs and resource assessments ( upon which GREAs are calculated ) are particularly severe , authorities lose all grant entitlement even before their expenditure reaches GREA . |
| 9 | The examples of ( 10 ) have interesting implications , but we shall restrict ourselves here to those aspects which bear on adjectival grammar ; we take them as confirming evidence that we are justified in following Bolinger and recognizing that certain adjectives qualify another property , qua property , and are not to be assigned , independently , to any entity present in or assumed by the structure of the sentence in which they appear . |
| 10 | These show that the birds make little use of the lower mudflats , which would be permanently flooded when the barrage is built , preferring the higher levels , which would still be exposed . |
| 11 | Both Lyons and Ochs stress that context must not be understood to exclude linguistic features , since such features often invoke the relevant contextual assumptions ( a point made nicely by Gumperz ( 1977 ) who calls such linguistic features contextualization cues ) . |
| 12 | It has one central point of teaching and the details of the story make that point both clear and vivid . |
| 13 | Bells make that noise . |
| 14 | The two groups hate each other , and a High-Heel will refuse to speak to a Low-Heel . |
| 15 | As we have seen , the inheritance of wealth and educational advantage make this ideology of ‘ free competition for unequal reward ’ a very dubious claim , but in studying social mobility we are still comparing the actual amount of social mobility with the ideal of totally free movement through totally equal opportunity . |
| 16 | All banks now offer ‘ budget accounts ’ , which are a form of savings and overdraft system , whereby you undertake to allow the bank to transfer a set sum from your main account into the budget account each month . |
| 17 | Two new projects develop this work further . |
| 18 | Thus it has been observed that ‘ it remains unclear whether the abolition of corporal punishment in schools results from a spread of child-centred views or not : references to parents ' rather than children 's rights to decide school policies make such interpretation doubtful ’ . |
| 19 | One avenue for a claim is that you paid too much for the house , but remember that you say it is common knowledge that these houses suffer this fault . |
| 20 | Keynesians stress that transmission mechanisms are indirect : changes in money supply affect aggregate demand indirectly via changes in interest rates or exchange rates . |
| 21 | Will there be a Swindon Branch some day ? |
| 22 | German Cities host many trade fairs and sometimes accommodation is limited , which can unfortunately lead to substantial supplements . |
| 23 | German Cities host many trade fairs and sometimes accommodation is limited , which can unfortunately lead to substantial supplements . |
| 24 | The amount of trousers Cords sell each month . |
| 25 | Despite the death of the twins , safety experts stress that child seats play a vital role in saving lives . |
| 26 | Jimmy Knapp , leader of the National Union of Railwaymen , argues that his members who took action in support of the miners during the coal strike had a genuine interest in the fight to keep pits open : fewer mines mean fewer coal trains . |
| 27 | It is for this reason that Interactionists stress that labelling is crucial to understanding criminal behaviour , as the labelling process publicly identifies individuals as guilty of criminal acts . |
| 28 | Do you really believe star signs make any difference ? ’ |
| 29 | The rules mean any child under three in the front seat of any vehicle will have to be strapped into a special restraining belt . |
| 30 | As potential applications for PCR develop more emphasis is being placed upon the practical aspects of the reaction . |