Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] and [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The school has to pay for maintenance of the buildings , rent , rates , heating , lighting , cleaning , caretaking etc. and gets its income from PTA , Lettings , Adult Education . |
| 2 | In general , empiricism is based on direct experience only and ignores statements based on anything other than experience . |
| 3 | However , this will be seen as a minimum protection only and does not extend to the underlying liabilities of the target . |
| 4 | The designation is a form of landscape protection only and has little value in nature conservation terms . |
| 5 | Again , this is a conservative estimate , since it is based on wage and salary income only and excludes profits . |
| 6 | A second push on the central button removes the setting altogether and allows the driver to return to foot control of the tractor . |
| 7 | THE scene outside a Moscow hotel : a man in a suit unfurls an umbrella , turns it upside down and attaches it to a box the size of a fruit crate . |
| 8 | She turns it upside down and looks at it again . |
| 9 | A classical , goblet-shaped stone urn , placed on a plinth at the end of a long , narrow lawn draws the mixed borders on either side together and integrates them . |
| 10 | Sexton is eager to keep his side together and has already discussed with Football Association officials the prospects of arranging friendly fixtures . |
| 11 | A spiritual movement of independence gathers force underground and comes out into the open , using doubt as its prime organ of propaganda . |
| 12 | ‘ He has maintained his innocence throughout and has been fully vindicated by a jury who took only an hour and a half to find him not guilty . |
| 13 | He pulls the seat back and sits in it . |
| 14 | This seems to be caused by a powerful muscular spasm in the vagina that locks the erect penis fast and bonds the amorous couple like Siamese twins . |
| 15 | The Art Gallery had a nice exhibition about slices of NZ history done on a ‘ time-travel ’ theme ; a teenage girl travels back to visit Abel Tasman 's ship , Joseph Banks ’ study etc and sends aerograms ‘ home ’ , full of description but made realistic with 20th century NZ teenage jargon . |
| 16 | He does n't go home after the game , you see , not worth it , has his tea here and starts straight in on the beer . |
| 17 | This transfers your weight forwards and allows you to lift the rear foot quickly . |
| 18 | John Byrne says … he 's looking forward to playing first team football again and has still got a lot of goals left in him |
| 19 | She plans to pursue her research actively and has acquired a word-processor to this end . |
| 20 | This extends the inspectorial role of the department considerably and affirms the interests and well-being of the young people in care as paramount criteria . |
| 21 | This is quite understandable if the non-specified version of the infinitive 's support corresponds to a " generalized person " : since this person is the virtual sum of all persons ( first , second or third ) , if to snow is not explicitly referred to it , the infinitive is felt as having a possible reference to " me " or " you " , which corresponds exactly to the impression produced by the sentence above and explains why it does not make sense . |
| 22 | It is an archaic situation , and lives on in the unconscious of people today , and may emerge in a random group situation , and is in any case present unconsciously and affects the action of people in groups . |
| 23 | In addition to the traditional vented system , it is now permissible to have an unvented hot water storage system , which does away with the cold water cistern altogether and has other advantages ( see page 58 for details ) ; sealed central heating systems ( which do away with the feed-and-expansion cistern ) have been legal for some time . |
| 24 | ‘ Tammuz Malamute talks to his computer , ’ says the hag sagely and buries the fly back in her ear . |
| 25 | This one goes in the lead and then stops and then the other one goes in the lead and then she puts a spurt on and catches up . |
| 26 | More copper in the wire means it holds the core better and makes for a more ductile string , but while it 's a great sounding string , it 's the one with the shortest life . |
| 27 | Eubank has no special game plan tonight and says : ‘ I 'll play it by ear and in accordance to Thornton 's fighting spirit . |
| 28 | You will forgive him using but he had a bad fall yesterday and has damaged his ankle . |
| 29 | ‘ There 's a special word in Russian for someone who moves in on a household indefinitely and has the right to complain about the arrangements , ’ he said , ‘ and I 'm it . ’ |
| 30 | A workshop with one machinist who carefully adjusts and sets the machine up and leaves it that way at the end of the job is not necessarily going to need the heaviest equipment . |