Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [vb -s] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The front bar , if the noise level becomes too oppressive , has prints of Lester Piggott decorating the wall , and a pool table . |
| 2 | The noise level increases considerably in Figures 5.20(c) and ( d ) , showing that most of the information in the four bands of the MSS image can adequately be represented by two principal components . |
| 3 | Hunza peaks has just defeated a Swedish team , who disliked the steep , ice-covered slabs , climbed with apparent ease by Jones and Fowler . |
| 4 | Drug money has certainly had a baleful impact on Guatemala , but there is nothing particularly new about it . |
| 5 | The number of unit holder accounts has also grown , particularly in the bull market years of 1985 to 1987 . |
| 6 | Indeed , it may be argued that a British group lobbying Parliament demonstrates mainly its lack of access to , or impact on , the core of the policy-making process ( ministers and civil servants ) , unless the lobby is undertaken explicitly for symbolic purposes and in order to attract the attention of the media . |
| 7 | Worldwide Customer Support Operations reports directly to Lewis Platt , executive vice-president and chief executive-elect . |
| 8 | A growing number of disputes over building contracts has inevitably led to more cases coming before the courts or arbitrators . |
| 9 | A curriculum is such a complex device , and requires the combined contributions , sustained over time , of so many different groups and individuals , that radical curriculum change has often been associated with political upheaval or even war . |
| 10 | The Contingency Reserve has always existed as a cushion to meet unexpected demands for spending without breaking the overall planning target for public spending set in the White Papers . |
| 11 | Their banking function consists largely of accepting ‘ wholesale ’ deposits for a fixed term and lending them in large amounts to firms , also for a fixed term . |
| 12 | Cow 's milk allergy has hitherto been considered a temporary condition that improves or disappears with age . |
| 13 | The third and final instalment payment has yet to be decided . |
| 14 | However , eating a sensible diet , low in fact and high in fibre , is the simple and natural way to ensure your cholesterol level stays as low as it can , and to keep yourself in good all-round health . |
| 15 | But with our increased intake of animal fat in the last couple of generations , our bodies ' capacity to adapt has often broken down and the cholesterol level has simply risen higher in many individuals . |
| 16 | Chairman Murray has yet to comment publicly on the situation , but the Roker staff clearly want the issue resolved quickly . |
| 17 | Unless the cables are well spaced , or the truck driver keeps absolutely straight , there is a risk of two or more cables becoming tangled . |
| 18 | Self-defence does , but the insanity defence establishes only an excuse . |
| 19 | The most piddling aspects of my embodiment furnished me with prophecy : hanging on whether the flap of gum skin comes away , then … the leaf will fall or not fall , I will die or be immortal , the sun will rise or not . |
| 20 | Officially , the bike route ends here ; more experienced cyclists may care to carry on the ascent to the Krimml waterfalls . |
| 21 | The military strategy devised to implement successive governments ' Defence policies reflects both long-term national grand strategy and the directions given by the government of the day , and is largely the responsibility of the Chiefs of Staff . |
| 22 | Elsewhere in Africa , national and international concern towards establishing a basis of research information for curriculum decision grows slowly and fitfully , but noticeably , nevertheless . |
| 23 | Where that right is not granted by the framework within which the decision taker operates then it should be supplied as an implied grant by the law . |
| 24 | Computer Associates has always had a devoted following for its SuperCalc spreadsheet . |
| 25 | Add to that arguments over which defence budget benefits most from conventional troop reductions , if as seems likely these are agreed in Vienna in the course of 1990 , and we will find ourselves having to bargain over most of the central issues of foreign policy and public expenditure with our West European partners within the same political and institutional framework . |
| 26 | I suspect that the European defence force owes more to the French belief that , by merging German and French forces together , it effectively removes the threat of German militarism , while resurrecting the long-held French ambition to remove the immediate American influence from European defence , which is the case with NATO . |
| 27 | update the Change Review Forms accordingly |
| 28 | They claim that opposition to Saddam Hussein 's troops is growing , as Tim Friend reported on Wednesday , one of the resistance fighters has recently returned to London after being wounded . |
| 29 | But Now the Scottish Mountaineering club has just published a guide to all the 221 Corbetts . |
| 30 | Even if at the next general election Labour does better than ever before in attracting working-class support , say 80 per cent of the working class , it still would not have a majority of the vote . |