Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The culture-ideology of consumerism produces the values and attitudes that create and sustain the need for the products . |
| 2 | Right , and the other story goes The angels go to Be |
| 3 | The user 's acceptor represents the users and approves the specifications from the users ’ point of view before construction starts , and the user will use the operational system . |
| 4 | The reputable shareware libraries in the UK do provide a very good service , in that they make sure that a : the author receives his payment , and b : the user receives the goods . |
| 5 | Gary Drake receives the keys from tournament referee Alan Mills ( centre ) and Vauxhall sponsorship manager Alan Mackay |
| 6 | Whose drum of skin receives the breezes ’ whisper |
| 7 | Seven nights a week , from eight ‘ til late , Sango plays the sounds you want to hear , and dispenses his own unique brand of hospitality at Sango 's bar . |
| 8 | Figure 3 shows the total demand for money plotted against the rate of interest : L s represents the speculative demand and L t represents the transactions and precautionary demands for a given level of income . |
| 9 | Teamwork This has clearly improved as each function understands the problems faced by the others and they all work to break them down together . |
| 10 | If politics is regarded as conflict over whose preferences are to prevail in the determination of policy , then the budget records the outcomes of this struggle . |
| 11 | Parliament represents the interests of the old , pre-reform Russia . |
| 12 | Climb onto a platform and your weight sets the contraption in motion the deck rides up and down simulating ocean swells , the soundtrack plays the moans of whale songs , and a film projection shows an opening and closing hand that approaches and recedes in wavelike sequence on the now-rotating screens . |
| 13 | A purse-string mechanism based on a contractile cable fits the observations of others who have investigated embryonic wound healing and seen similar patterns of epidermal movement . |
| 14 | This net income represents the profits , fees and commissions that UK-based banks , finance houses , insurance companies and related activities receive from their international business . |
| 15 | Pat 's sketch offers the dimensions used on Carole and Alan 's winning kite . |
| 16 | Extending the curriculum to include a range of applications which more adequately than at present represents the kinds of human endeavour where mathematics is used would be another such change , with fewer examples involving ballistics and war , for instance , and more involving such activities as working with fabrics , designing appliances for the disabled or looking at the school canteen 's queuing problems . |
| 17 | One can compare the passage just quoted , which insists on the unknowability of the real world , with some of her subsequent remarks ; as , for instance , when she refers to her argument ‘ that literature represents the myths and imaginary versions of real social relationships ’ , and claims that ‘ a form of criticism which refuses to reproduce the pseudo-knowledge offered by the text provides a real knowledge of the work of literature ’ , or says that ‘ the task of criticism , then , is … to produce a real knowledge of history . ’ |
| 18 | In many Coleopteran larvae each maxilla carries a single lobe or mala which in some cases represents the gales and in others the lacinia ( Das , 1937 ) . |
| 19 | After you 've tried all of these , you should have found that while the chromatic scale meanders slowly up and down , taking its time to reach its goal , the arpeggio crosses the strings at a dramatic rate of knots ! |
| 20 | This technique has the advantages that you do n't have to paint or draw anything ; nor is it necessary to tidy up the edges of the wall hanging as this can add to the haphazard effect . |
| 21 | Given the above considerations , our electronic publishing course covers the principles of the following areas : |
| 22 | ‘ ( 1 ) Where the seller delivers to the buyer a quantity of goods less than he contracted to sell , the buyer may reject them , but if the buyer accepts the goods so delivered he must pay for them at the contract rate . |
| 23 | If it is only a breach of warranty or if the buyer accepts the goods , the damages are prima facie assessed according to the difference between the value of the goods on the date they should have been delivered and their value ( if lower ) when actually delivered . |
| 24 | With these factors in mind , it can be seen that , if drafting for the supplier , the drafter 's objectives are : 1 To ensure that the buyer accepts the goods/services supplied and does not reject goods or terminate the contract . |
| 25 | There is a clear instance of this in Scaevola : one text contains the words generaliter damnavit heredes fideique eorum commisit . |
| 26 | The board holds the funds in escrow for five years , during which it releases amounts only for attorney 's fees , and in some cases , for expenses incurred in earning the literary income . |
| 27 | Equation ( 2.2 ) suggests that the chosen wealth measure has the characteristics that would be expected of the ‘ true ’ wealth series since the imposition of a unit wealth elasticity proves data acceptable with a Wald statistic . |
| 28 | Paragraph 3 of the Direction specifies the requirements as to content : |
| 29 | In the second example the writer blends the quotations in smoothly ; the relevance of the quotation is more explicitly stated . |
| 30 | ‘ Mum gets a bit tired ; I go to see them as often as I can : it cheers Dad up , and Mum loves the children . ’ |