Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It was also possible for the user to input these characters , by re-programming the keyboard .
2 One way to achieve this is to identify semantically related pairs of words and compare the performance of the technique using these pairs to that of unrelated pairs .
3 The Brixton Gang Rape case produced several complaints to the Press Council which upheld most but not all of the complaints .
4 It then prints a story using these words , usually highlighting them in colour .
5 The committee must , however , rely on Parliament to enforce these powers .
6 Mr Wright 's experience underscores many companies ' concerns about empowerment , which is rapidly becoming a buzz-word in enlightened management circles .
7 We therefore used the remission/mild disease category to include both patients in remission and patients with mildly active disease .
8 De Pomiane was the first writer to propound such happenings as the fusion of egg yolks and olive oil in a mayonnaise , the sizzling of a potato chip when plunged into fat for deep-frying , in language so straightforward , so graphic , that even the least scientifically minded could grasp the principles instead of simply learning the rules .
9 If you wish to drive Large Goods Vehicles over 7.5 tonnes maximum authorised mass , or Passenger Carrying Vehicles for hire or reward , you must hold a licence indicating entitlement to drive those vehicles .
10 Wire brushes : More common in engineering and building trades these brushes , nevertheless , have applications in the food industries particularly for heavy cleaning .
11 To say an advertisement has an advertising function begs many questions .
12 ( 1 ) to ( 3 ) of course raise some difficulties for a biological approach , particularly with regard to institutions , and an adequate treatment of the representation problem will deal with all these levels .
13 Does the writer make any judgements about : a ) the character of MacDonald ,
14 For example , support given some years ago to a postgraduate in Theoretical Chemistry , Mark Bayley , led to offers of collaboration between Bristol , Yale and a German University .
15 Of course to see these studies as specialist , in a working and practical sense , is quite reasonable .
16 It will be a complete change to report these facts instead of keeping them secret .
17 Furthermore , these policies must aim at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to enjoy these aspects of health .
18 Since adherents of this first school regard college as primarily an intellectual training ground , they stress the inherent educational value of such subjects as classical languages ( Greek and Latin ) , political philosophy or English literature , all of which encourage the development of sensitivity , subtle and flexible reasoning , intellectual ingenuity and the willingness to see all sides of an argument .
19 I hope that there will be plenty of opportunity to debate those matters next week .
20 What they did was to provide an opportunity to debate these issues , at the same time giving support to teachers .
21 A closer look revealed many discrepancies , the most serious being that the selection procedures had obscured certain factors of the disease itself , and its progress .
22 Paula Milne 's decision to dramatise these events in book and play form is as admirable as the decision to make ‘ Walter ’ and undoubtedly with equally noble intent .
23 In practice this agreement reflected yet again the pattern adopted by Shearman in Bedfordshire from 1930 onwards , and in effect it gave university resident tutors freedom to arrange both types of Chapter III courses .
24 The position would have been very different in the case of a payment made some years before which was sought to be recovered because a court in another case had ruled that the regulation under which the demand had been made had all along been ultra vires .
25 The windows flared again in nightmarish black and white as lightning split the night once more ; the explosion of thunder rattling those panes simultaneously .
26 The Modular Course involves all departments , and most students take modules in more than one department .
27 In practice , the operator jumps forwards and backwards within the pattern indicated on the chart rechecking some decisions and anticipating others .
28 So the Guardian made some inquiries .
29 I would like to take this opportunity to thank all members for supporting the Scottish Council in 1989/90 and I look forward to your continuing , active involvement in our policies and programmes in the future .
30 I would like to take this opportunity to thank all members for their loyal commitment to the Scottish Council in 1991 and I look forward to their continuing , active involvement in our policies and programmes in the future .
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