Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the evocative first ascent photo of Joe Brown and Wilf White in 1948 , which featured in the 1978 guide , through the Hard Rock treatment , the hundreds of ascents this route receives each year indicate its lasting popularity and quality . |
| 2 | But the story goes that money speaks , and some people , some parents , if they get hit in the pocket , will probably take more notice of their child , |
| 3 | No ghost haunts this apartment . |
| 4 | If we were to insist that prayer involves some form of dialogue then it would presuppose that we already know what is meant by the concept of God . |
| 5 | Mr Wright 's experience underscores many companies ' concerns about empowerment , which is rapidly becoming a buzz-word in enlightened management circles . |
| 6 | But on the other hand , a soldier wants someone who he can talk to in complete confidence and I think the padre fulfils this sort of , if you like , avuncular , presence in the battalion . |
| 7 | Wire brushes : More common in engineering and building trades these brushes , nevertheless , have applications in the food industries particularly for heavy cleaning . |
| 8 | If , deep within me , I have been persuaded by early upbringing that sex is evil — or if traumatic experience evokes that feeling — sexuality can never carry its true attraction or satisfaction . |
| 9 | To say an advertisement has an advertising function begs many questions . |
| 10 | Adamson splits each topic into three parts : essential theory , commentary and notes , and special topics . |
| 11 | You will also get ten and a half public and privilege holidays each ear . |
| 12 | As recorded by Fredegar , the Byzantine link , with the emperor Maurice , is chronologically impossible , but the presence of vast quantities of Byzantine coin in Childeric 's grave goes some way to supporting the idea that he did have support from the eastern Empire . |
| 13 | Camp integrates this aspect of gender with aesthetics ; in a sense it renders gender a question of aesthetics . |
| 14 | The building represents many construction periods from Romanesque to late Gothic . |
| 15 | This kind of interpretation , not surprisingly , is the predominant type in civil-law institutions , because their formality offers little scope for construction . |
| 16 | The Modular Course involves all departments , and most students take modules in more than one department . |
| 17 | Broome Manor also has the Women 's champion in 16 year old Vicky Hanks … she 's broken three course records this summer … |
| 18 | Apart from the chapters on the bumble bees and fungus ants , the ecology of social insects at the population , community or ecosystem level receives little attention . |
| 19 | As you know , his sister inherits this place . |
| 20 | The application of the LEA 's formula to the Aggregated Schools Budget produces each school 's budget share . |
| 21 | Indirect discrimination involves some pre-condition or obstacle which , on the fact of it , applies equally to men and women but which in practice less women ( or men ) can comply with than men ( or women ) . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , by relating required information to decision points any lack of information can be revealed . |
| 23 | This tends to leave their perception of their own teaching — both how they do it and how well they are doing — in a rather uncomfortable vacuum , especially if the staffroom ethos prohibits any kind of discussion other than crisis-management and grumbles about individual or whole-class ‘ personalities ’ . |
| 24 | Even normal breathing produces enough water vapour to cause condensation and mould growth |
| 25 | On the one hand , setting and enforcing more adequate levels of child support goes some way to redressing the balance of the current situation where the costs of supporting children fall almost entirely on the mother . |
| 26 | The index goes some way to overcoming these problems . |
| 27 | ( a ) any person owning or occupying property situated in the neighbourhood of the premises to which the application relates or any organisation which in the opinion of the board represents such persons ; a , community , council , which has been established in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government ( Scotland ) Act 1973 , for the area in which the premises are situated ; any organised church which , in the opinion of the licensing board , represents a significant body of , opinion among persons residing in the neighbourhood of the premises ; the chief constable . |
| 28 | The computer offers many possibilities to the geographer who does not aspire to the world model . |
| 29 | Science does not start with observation statements because theory of some kind precedes all observation statements , and observation statements do not constitute a firm basis on which scientific knowledge can be founded because they are fallible . |
| 30 | Nowadays they may be esteemed by their peers who know something of their work , but this esteem has little currency value in the committee-rooms where performance is appraised . |