Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following example comes from the interview with Sally Jordan , a factory worker and a dustman 's wife ; she belongs in the first group of working-class women whose early positive or non-committal response turns into predominantly negative feeling : |
| 2 | The last sentence begs at least four questions , and will be analysed in some detail . |
| 3 | West Germany differs from both France and Britain ; the ‘ loser ’ of the Second World War had — and still has — less of its high-technology effort aimed at defence , including nuclear defence . |
| 4 | If he 's going to make a speech it ought to be before too much champagne goes to too many heads . ’ |
| 5 | A photographer has to really be aware of this , and how light relates to colour and how it relates to black and white . |
| 6 | Leakages of saving , taxation , and imports will fall as income declines until once again total leakages equal total injections . |
| 7 | They are developed in sandstones where a master joint pattern is aligned with the trade winds and do not occur where the joint direction deviates by more than 15 degrees from the wind direction ( Mabbutt , 1977 ) . |
| 8 | Altogether , English Heritage cares for over 350 ancient monuments and buildings from the smallest standing stones to the largest fortresses . |
| 9 | A menu can be arranged specially to cater for various tastes and requirements , champagne starts at around £35 per bottle and there is a charge of £150 for the room hire . |
| 10 | What causes the remaining 30 per cent of cases of NGU has until now been a mystery . |
| 11 | A SIMPLE ANATOMICAL weakness causes at least one in 50 men to suffer from inguinal ( groin ) hernias . |
| 12 | From a daytime 70–75F the mercury drops to below freezing . |
| 13 | There is no cure for this , but fortunately it is usually found that such processes do not occur in some fraction of photoionization events , so that the observed spectrum contains at least some intensity in an unshifted line , accompanied by various ‘ satellites ’ corresponding to the energy loss processes . |
| 14 | Sep 19 1987 A long and complex office-political story lies behind this '80s classic — a cover story that is exactly half a page long inside . |
| 15 | Young otters do not like the water and quite often , mum has to forcibly shove the reluctant infant into the river for its first lesson ! |
| 16 | These results show that tenascin has at least 16 consecutive fibronectin like type III repeats . |
| 17 | Cheltenham chairman Dennis Deacon is hoping his luck holds for tonight 's replay at Bournemouth . |
| 18 | Managing a curriculum has at least three interlocking components : ( a ) a formal statement ( more or less detailed or precise ) ; ( b ) those who deliver ( teachers ) , and who enjoy more or less autonomy , responsibility , public confidence , etc ; ( c ) a hierarchy which monitors and supervises delivery , carries varying degrees of ‘ clout ’ vis-à-vis teachers , and operates at varying degrees of distance from the classroom . |
| 19 | Partly because the machinery of repression has been so all-embracing for so long , stifling any messages of opposition before they reached a platform , and partly because Romania has for so long been cut off from the mainstream of European thinking and political change , constructive ideas have been hard to come by . |
| 20 | Each yacht has at least one spacious bathroom complete with vanity unit , mirror and electric shower option . |
| 21 | Using fleece covers to completely cover a crop down to the ground will significantly improve water retention by the soil . |
| 22 | Klein 's emphasis on play develops from more pragmatic concerns . |
| 23 | The Tempa Rossa field lies across both the Laurenzana and Torrente Sauro permits — LASMO is operator of Torrente Sauro and has a 20 per cent interest in Laurenzana . |
| 24 | A beginner starts with about 25 push-ups and then gradually over the following months builds the count up to 100 . |
| 25 | Similarly , purposeful action involves at least implicit recognition of some future achievement , but a general sense of the future could not have resulted until man applied his mind systematically to the problem of future events . |
| 26 | Even now when a bank statement comes that shows I 'm overdrawn , or the gas bill for the central heating seems enormous , my mind turns to quite inappropriate strategies , like boiling down the ends of soap , and lighting fires with candle ends and spills of screwed-up newspaper to save buying wood . |
| 27 | BBC1 is very popular , while UTV goes into well over 50pc of homes in the Republic . |
| 28 | Schumpeter produces at least two definitions , closely similar in spirit to one another : ‘ Democracy means only that the people have the opportunity of accepting or refusing the men who are to rule them ’ . |
| 29 | Unfortunately the BSE bug incubates for around three years , during which time the farmer is unaware of his cow 's deteriorating health . |
| 30 | ‘ We really think ‘ Sonnet 's ’ going to work , Luke , Jeff thinks to too . |