Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a paradigm shift occurring in biology , and this book is a manifestation of that change . ’ |
| 2 | The application of the principles of judicial review vary according to the circumstances . |
| 3 | Christopher 's found a ladybird look walking along the fence . |
| 4 | With any type of aircraft the characteristics of a spin vary according to the loading , so that the spin becomes flatter as the c.g. is moved back . |
| 5 | Captains of industry know ogling at me Is |
| 6 | Will he confirm that not only has British Telecom invested — this is what the Opposition keep talking about — £20,000 million in new technology , but it has contributed no less than £1,000 million in corporation tax to the Exchequer ? |
| 7 | She felt a splinter of pain awaken in her heart and a sense of grief go rushing through her . |
| 8 | She felt a stab of emotion go driving through her . |
| 9 | And if you want to know what that is wheezing , clanking and snorting in the background — a sound resembling a veteran totter emerging from a collection of Blue Peter cans — it 's Sir John Junor dressed up in armour and on white charger . |
| 10 | Now he 's taking his gruesome illusions on tour with The Secret Cabaret Live playing in Newcastle and Middlesbrough this month . |
| 11 | There was the silver paten shining in the dark like an oval moon , and there a jewelled chalice ( making Father 's communion goblet seem like something got with filling-station coupons ) . |
| 12 | Divorce or separation mean thinking about arrangements for children ; maintenance ; and the division of property . |
| 13 | But for some , however much we wish it to be otherwise , grounds for divorce seem pressing in the desperate unhappiness and pain either or both partners appear to be experiencing . |
| 14 | It is the terms for the conversion of the convertible redeemable preference shares that provide the mechanism whereby the interests of the management vary according to the company 's performance . |
| 15 | Actually , a paean to half-hearted amateurishness , in which all but two members of the cast of A Midsummer Night 's Dream go missing on opening night , leaving the other parts to be taken by the stage manager , the company manager , a stagehand , and the prima donna 's boyfriend . |
| 16 | The enthalpy changes that occur during a chemical reaction or phase change vary depending on temperature , pressure and the physical states of the substances involved . |
| 17 | When the clock has been destroyed , the rest of the objects in the room cease attacking at once . |
| 18 | The restrictions upon the extent to which a person may withdraw money from his or her business vary according to the form of business operated . |
| 19 | For young adults , hazards in the work environment become an added area of responsibility in the AL of maintaining a safe environment and the degree and type of danger vary according to the nature of the work . |
| 20 | ‘ If the team keep playing like that , it 's going to keep the door shut . ’ |
| 21 | Each morning the members of the team come straggling into the dark and dusty offices , yawning and inert ; and each morning , as coffee is brought round and work gradually gets under way , the little enclosed world comes alive . |
| 22 | From the burbling , low key rock of Passing Place to the jangling keyboards of Visionary Days , the group avoid conforming to a set style . |
| 23 | Both show life in a mining town with some degree of realism and Reed 's picture , about a community in which the miners are browbeaten into working a coal seam which the proprietor knows to be dangerous , links itself to the documentarist sensibility with an opening voiceover referring to those ‘ simple working people who take heroism for granted as part of their daily lives ’ , and a concluding epilogue that calls for the world to be ‘ purged of its old greeds . ’ |
| 24 | We could use this procedure say according to the guidelines , then it becomes mandatory . |
| 25 | In a dialect poem of 1730 on the West Riding the master clothier and his wife appear breakfasting at a common table with their family , a few journeymen , servants and apprentices before setting down to weave together from " five at morn till eight at neet " . |
| 26 | If you have been unemployed for a while seek retraining as a first step to a new , positive attitude . |
| 27 | It is in this context that we need top assess Working for patients . |
| 28 | I know that LEDU does a good job through its local enterprise development programmes , but will the hon. Gentleman consider returning to the previous policy ? |
| 29 | Dawn Adams and Ann Welsh received the Charles Whiteside memorial trophies for their 1500 displays , with the Norman Graves award for the best boys middle distance win going to Liverpool 's Paul Lamb . |
| 30 | Some things are crystal-clear , yet the rest keep lurking in the fog . |