Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The view taken by the district on the relative importance of these two needs is likely to be a large influence on the competitive pressures faced by a given unit , as is the existence locally of other public or private providers and the number of GP budget-holders .
2 As the matter spirals into the black hole , it would make the black hole rotate in the same direction , causing it to develop a magnetic field rather like that of the earth .
3 Of the total 79 referrals received between October 1987 and March 1988 , the NSPCC team dealt with 50 cases alone , jointly investigated one with social services department staff and referred the remainder on for various reasons for example , secondary task work .
4 Spoon blobs of the choux pastry on to wet baking sheets and bake in a pre-heated oven for 15 min .
5 I wonder how many of Expotel 's customers are aware that Expotel 's recommendations are based not on hotel quality but on the self-interested payment up-front of this ‘ sweetener ’ , plus exclusive corporate rates ?
6 ‘ Oh , why must you harp on about that !
7 Because it 's a beta version , I do n't propose to harp on about any niggles , but will say this — if more DOS applications adopt its user interface and usability as well as its wealth of functions , the death of DOS may be further off than many of us have predicted .
8 The presence locally of major electronics assembly plants using modern methods of management and ‘ just-in-time ’ techniques may , for instance , present important market opportunities for local companies .
9 who the hell you think you are I 've got a good mind to put your beard right in this food
10 Yet he or she is usually limited by lack of resources , lack of accommodation , lack of contact outside the institution and downright sexual repressiveness within from any sexual expression whatever .
11 He must have needed money badly for that
12 The treatment of the short-sleeved belted chit on of light material is assimilated in the taste of the time to that of the heavy chit on ( figs. 73–4 , 76 ) , though the structure of the garment is quite different .
13 The man in the light-brown coat spooned the henna powder on to fancy scales with tiny brass weights , then folded it into a sheet of brown paper tied up with string .
14 Next Friday , we 'll do our level best to keep er our hair on during another live edition of Central Weekend .
15 A favourite trick was to breathe out as hard as possible , to make the rubber at the side of the face make a noise rather like that of a whoopee cushion .
16 So can you choose one of those lines now , think about it for a minute and then have a look on at this .
17 Progressive rock believed in FUSION , the grafting on of new musics .
18 Its trade unions have a structural complexity similar to that in Britain as a result of ‘ the movement 's craft origins , the subsequent grafting on of semi-skilled and unskilled employees [ and ] flirtation with industry unionism ’ ( Cupper and Hearn , 1981 , p. 25 ) .
19 There are only three ways of controlling phylloxera : by grafting on to phylloxera-resistant rootstocks , the accepted method ; by planting into ‘ phylloxera-proof ’ soil of at least 85% sand content ; or by submersion ( flooding the vines ) for a period of sixty days in slightly permeable soils and ninety days in very permeable soils , sufficient to kill phylloxera but hardly practical for a working vineyard , especially when there is every likelihood that the parasite will return .
20 Grafting on to American rootstock led to a much needed rationalisation , whereby only the best sites in the classic regions were replanted and only noble vines were cultivated .
21 Body position and movement also play an important part — although the fact that turns latch on to each other successfully in telephone conversations seems to suggest that these factors , like gaze , are perhaps not as important as might at first appear .
22 In Brazil , Anticarsia gemmatalis NPV is used to control velvetbean caterpillar on around 1 million ha of soybean .
23 They moved their stand on to 79 , the second best of the first wicket this season , before Kellett was caught behind off Jon Ayling for 37 .
24 Could you really address Princess Diana as ‘ Your Royal Highness ’ after hearing her babble on for 20 minutes to a man who calls her Squidgy ?
25 The trouble had started in March when Mohawks on the Kahnesatake reservation in Oka , Quebec , 33 km south-west of the city of Montreal , erected a barricade on a highway to prevent the town council from extending a golf course on to sacred burial land .
26 No , no , look I must ring here , we have a bit on to that behind the tree , you can let that happen .
27 And they just put it on leg and just put a little bit on like that and just went ee ooh !
28 Call Fidelity on for more details .
29 Use scissors to cut the carnation stem lengthwise into three .
30 We have obtained much support locally from other trade unionists and residents , we are attempting to meet the leaders of the Labour group .
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