Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The marketer can take account of personality variables by grouping personality types as " stereotypes " , and targeting products and promotion on them . |
| 2 | Indeed it was to escape this commotion of the house that young Tennyson sought sanctuary and solitude in the surrounding countryside , where he could be at peace with all he beheld and find the inspiration for his poetic thoughts which he conveyed to us by his pen . |
| 3 | Since the weather , especially wind direction and wind speed , will markedly affect the behaviour of the radioactive cloud , estimates of the number of people exposed and the hazards can only be expressed in terms of probabilities . |
| 4 | This in turn distressed her , because although she had confessed before Padre Jorge to having told a lie of excuse and had been given penance and absolution for her sin , she was being obliged , in effect , to re-tell the same lie over and over again . |
| 5 | They are used with effect for disinfecting crockery and cutlery where a mechanical dishwasher is not available and for small items of equipment in industry and retailing . |
| 6 | No recent research has been done on the subject but my own experience suggests GP racing produces heart and breath rates matching those experienced during prolonged high speed running . |
| 7 | GP racing produces heart and breath rates matching those experienced during prolonged high speed running |
| 8 | Defenders of the British system claim that self-regulation produces responsive and innovative markets , while legal controls are said to inhibit change and flexibility . |
| 9 | Lack of garden space precluded any reasonably-sized vat of a permanent nature using brick or block construction — I dare not infringe on the last remaining vestiges of grass . |
| 10 | For example , a major recent technical development was the use of PLAC for simulating depressurisation and rupture , and will allow the Health and Safety Executive to use the code for hazard assessment . |
| 11 | The flexibility of both the mode of eliciting a response and the response itself suggests that the test may be particularly suitable for children with handicaps which make comprehension or production of speech difficult . |
| 12 | Several schools mentioned that they were presently involved in carrying out an audit of health education to monitor provision and delivery . |
| 13 | Where a prosecution is brought under section 20 ( theatres ) or section 22 ( cable broadcasting ) , the provisions of the earlier legislation as to such matters as using scripts as evidence , making copies of scripts and records and powers of entry and inspection remain applicable . |
| 14 | Claims ( for what they may be worth ) for indemnity from a miscreant partner will more readily be encountered in the context of fraudulent activities in relation to the misapplication of money or property received for or in custody of the firm , to which s11 of the Partnership Act is directed : In the following cases ; namely — ( a ) Where one partner acting within the scope of his apparent authority receives the money or property of a third person and misapplies it ; and ( b ) Where a firm in the course of its business receives money or property of a third person , and the money or property so received is misapplied by one or more of the partners while it is in the custody of the firm ; the firm is liable to make good the loss . |
| 15 | The movement to re-examine curriculum and methodology , which has been shown to be characteristic of teachers and educationists since the end of the Second World War , may take a variety of different forms , and become associated with a number of different fashions and bandwagons , but it is unlikely to come to a halt . |
| 16 | Cinema audiences in the 1920s expected better and better things and cinema-going became part and parcel of their social betterment . |
| 17 | A more unified European climate offers building and construction students significantly better career prospects than they have been privy to in recent UK history . |
| 18 | the department also contributes teaching and supervision for the MSc in Comparative and General Literature . |
| 19 | Interestingly after the last drawing release , the time to prototype completion is not so different — three months in Japan , three in the US and five in Europe — implying that the scheduling of drawing releases and/or control of prototype parts suppliers are the main sources of inefficiencies . |
| 20 | Roycroft does n't particularly like the idea ; he thinks assessment and provision go together for individuals — a view shared by most of his social workers . |
| 21 | Carrying its slugs and singing birds and light , |
| 22 | Banks must rearrange their assets to restore the original equilibrium by drawing notes and coin from the Bank of England , in exchange for bankers ' deposits . |
| 23 | This whole business of sex education and teaching morality in schools , do you think it is the school 's responsibility or do you think mum and dad ought to play more of a part ? |
| 24 | In the main changes , Nohemí Sanín Posada de Rubio ( PSC ) , formerly ambassador to Venezuela , became the first woman to be appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs ( replacing Luís Fernando Jaramillo Correa , who became permanent representative at the UN ) ; Jorge Ospina Sardi ( NFD ) , the former National Planning Director , became Minister of Economic Development , replacing Ernesto Samper Pizano ( PL ) , who was switched to the newly created Ministry of Foreign Trade ; Alfonso López Caballero ( PL ) , formerly ambassador to France , was given Agriculture ; Carlos Holmes Trujillo García ( PL ) , mayor of Calí , became Minister of Education ; Mauricio Vargas Linares ( PL ) , the president 's media adviser , took over at the Ministry of Communications ; and Juan Camilo Restrepo was given Mines and Energy . |
| 25 | ‘ The effect of this will fall much more on less mainstream client groups , by which I mean drug and alcohol misusers , and highly physically disabled people ’ . |
| 26 | Although it is clear that the potential for considerable influence is there , how effective is the mass media in changing or maintaining values and behaviour patterns ? |
| 27 | She said : ‘ It was great to see mum and dad for the first time in several days . |
| 28 | She said : ‘ It was great to see mum and dad for the first time in several days . |
| 29 | I 'd avoided stopping off to see mum and dad . |
| 30 | However , the therapist will benefit from being able to discuss the case with other members of the team or a supervisor in order to be given support and guidance . |