Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each NIC has attempted to develop a broad industrial base to satisfy domestic demand and diversify exports so as to reduce reliance on a few major primary commodities , e.g. coffee , meat , rubber . |
| 2 | Boeing has issued a warning to airlines to check the pins after 3,000 take-offs , while before the crash they recommended checks only after more than 5,000 . |
| 3 | Clients must consult solicitors even if their only need is for an opinion from counsel . |
| 4 | Now erm , most of this is about er , repeat projects rather than new , original ones . |
| 5 | This leads record companies to treat musicians not as wage-labourers but as contracted ‘ artists ’ who are paid not a fixed sum for their labour-time but in royalties , in proportion to their success ( ibid : 130 ) . |
| 6 | It was still raining hours later when Sara returned to the cottage . |
| 7 | Develop an index of notes that really helps you locate notes quickly when preparing for tutorials , writing essays or revising for exams . |
| 8 | The significance of the association between peptic ulcer and pepsinogen RFLPs was tested using the χ 2 test , with significance assigned values better than p<0.05 . |
| 9 | The significance of the differences in serum PGA and PGC values and the ratio of PGA to PGC was determined by the Student 's t test for unpaired samples , with significance assigned values better than p<0.05 . |
| 10 | She had the cheek to say he ought to cancel meetings only because of ill-health or for work opportunities , not because he 'd decided to go out with someone else . |
| 11 | It was good to be able to demonstrate that I did know something about handling animals even though I had been qualified for only a few months . |
| 12 | I am presumably using words literally when the metaphor is a matter only of etymology ( ‘ insight ’ ) , and feel still more confident of it when the etymology belongs to the Latin ancestor of the word ( ‘ intuition ’ , from intueor ‘ gaze at ’ ) . |
| 13 | A global perspective allows firms both to spot opportunities faster than others and to build networks of supply that combine the strengths of various locations and so further reduce total supply costs . |
| 14 | Meanwhile , reports on July 20 said that Iraq had admitted to building a " super-gun " capable of firing shells more than 1,000 km [ see pp. 37332 ; 37390-91 ; 37471 ] . |
| 15 | Difficulties with navigation and equipment tend to affect walkers more than climbers , largely because there are so many more weekend ‘ Munro-baggers ’ . |
| 16 | Since the picture comes between us and the person , false ideas hinder relationships rather than help them . |
| 17 | These men were taste-makers , whose judgements were important ; but the time available to them for writing was limited by the demands of negotiation and administration , so that they tended to write essays more than books , catalogue entries rather than articles . |
| 18 | At a more advanced workshop , tutors with a professional interest may help explain techniques if this is required , though in the first instance the rough-and-ready style of amateurish video pays off more dividends as it intimidates beginners less than a smoothly polished film , and conveys the sense of ‘ being there ’ to the viewers . |
| 19 | The Lord Chief Justice , Lord Lane , admitted that it did a bench of magistrates no ‘ credit if their clerk continues to affix standard conditions to bail forms even while applications are being made for unconditional bail ’ . |
| 20 | However , excitement can quickly turn to anxiety when the time it takes to conceive takes longer than originally expected . |
| 21 | Crèches seem to be becoming norms rather than novelties — the House of Commons even looks likely to get one soon . |
| 22 | He needs clubs longer than standard — while standard length for the tall man with extra long arms would do for him . |
| 23 | But I have to tell you that a man such as Niccolò needs sons less than he needs marriage , and needs a woman at present not at all . |
| 24 | Rural Britain is full of retired brigadiers and industrial captains , chaps who got where they were through diplomacy , cunning and an instinct for knocking heads together when the bugle blew . |
| 25 | Solid state catheters , which produce data closely comparable with those acquired from perfused tubes , will permit more physiological recordings from freely ambulating subjects in their normal work and social environment , once some technical limitations are resolved — that is , fixed position of recording points , difficulty in spacing sensors less than 5 cm from each other , fragility of the probes , few recording points available , expensive price , and maintainance . |
| 26 | Maybe that 's why our law prevents us from adopting methods more than are sufficient for our needs . ’ |
| 27 | The aim of the new welfare authorities was to provide homes rather than institutions and so private houses were acquired and converted and then modern purpose-built homes were constructed . |
| 28 | Women were permitted corsets only if they used no force to preserve the shape . |
| 29 | Railways are a type of transport that fall easily under central control , and whose construction may even intensify political centralism , because of the rationality of disposing lines so as to converge at a central point . |
| 30 | Lee drew Spitfires better than him . |