Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [vb base] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The medium-sized ones help with some of these tasks , while the largest spend all their time tending the young . |
| 2 | I think I learned the lesson even then that the frail receive more love and attention than the healthy . |
| 3 | In a sense we do not really need to ask the question ‘ Does unemployment cause crime ? ’ or ‘ Do the under-privileged offend more than privileged . ’ |
| 4 | For a demonstration or more information on how Victor can help you shape up for the 90's contact any one of our Victor Authorised Dealers or call Sarah Brown at Victor on . |
| 5 | Now Fergie junior , one of the few real success in United 's so-far disastrous Premier League start , has come through the toughest test any youngster can undergo — pleasing his father . |
| 6 | Admitting failure is the toughest test any executive can have . |
| 7 | I understand the emotional pull that devolution has for people in Scotland , but I hope that every Scot will examine very carefully what it would mean in practice for Scotland and for the rest of the United Kingdom . |
| 8 | The rich produce more waste |
| 9 | Though the rich spend much more than the poor on health care , the poor spend a much greater proportion of their income ( about 5% v 2% ) . |
| 10 | The English know that . |
| 11 | I explained that I 'd found someone to substitute for me — one of the Carter boys was looking for holiday work — but he kept making objections about unqualified staff , mentioning a notorious case a few years earlier when one malcontent teacher wreaked his revenge by teaching a group of teenage Italians that the English greet each other in the street with the phrase ‘ Piss off , wanker . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ They now think the British know more than they 're admitting . ’ |
| 13 | ( Of course they do ; it shows that the British buy more products than their industries are capable of supplying . ) |
| 14 | It is always a matter of surprise for people who belong to nations with written constitutions to discover that whilst the British enjoy many freedoms their constitution is not a written one . |
| 15 | THE British admire those who speak their mind cleverly and damn the consequences . |
| 16 | Although there is no statutory right to protest by procession and assembly in their domestic law , the British have such a right under the European Convention on Human Rights . |
| 17 | THE British have more sex surveys than they have sex . |
| 18 | The French cite several explanations for the downturn but the most important , they say , was the severe frost which devastated the Loire and Bordeaux regions last year . |
| 19 | ‘ Now tell us how marvellously the French arrange these things . ’ |
| 20 | When they were outside and walking towards the aircraft , Woolley said : ‘ The French make such a fuss , you see . |
| 21 | ( The French call such a house un bâton de perroquet , a parrot 's perch . ) |
| 22 | A quick poll at the French Embassy in London established that the French spend more money on fewer items — looking for quality not quantity . |
| 23 | The French have some amusing wedding customs . |
| 24 | The French handle such operations rather differently . |
| 25 | Only the few recognize this moment . |
| 26 | The Japanese take more trouble to find out how the US system really works , and who can make it work for them . |
| 27 | Although plant automation is the primary interest of the ‘ mech-tronics ’ firms and most other robot makers , the Japanese have many uses for robots outside the factory . |
| 28 | The correct way for approaching the actus reus in relation to cheating was laid down in Doukas and approved in Cooke : ( a ) was there an article for use in cheating ? ( b ) did the accused deceive another ? ( c ) did the accused obtain by that deception ? ( d ) was there dishonesty ? ( e ) was " the obtaining … , wholly or partially , by virtue of the deception " ? |
| 29 | The second challenge that management faces is giving its organization of specialists a common vision , a view of the whole . |
| 30 | British Gas is to cut prices for domestic users by a further two per cent , the second cut this year . |