Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb base] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this , insurers have to pool good and bad risks and charge a standard premium to all subscribers . |
| 2 | Organic methods have their risks and demand a great deal more work and care than conventional alternatives . |
| 3 | Sue is convinced that it 's vital for young people to be exposed as early as possible to The Arts and attain a clearer understanding of life as a professional creative person . |
| 4 | Already thronging with music students and hosting a regular series of free concerts and recitals by distinguished musicians , it will soon provide the new home for undergraduates in the fine arts and gain a new lease on life . |
| 5 | Having defined witchcraft and sorcery as intrinsically evil , anthropologists are often embarrassed when they find them employed quite openly and without moral censure : indeed in some societies in New Guinea and west Africa , people positively exult in their prowess in these occult arts and enjoy a corresponding respect . |
| 6 | Our testing system measures meaningful data from power tubes under actual performance conditions so that we can closely match the tonal characteristics and produce a set of tubes with consistency of performance , better harmonic balance , more sustain and longer usable life . |
| 7 | To me , they are highly underrated — they are a band who write tuneful songs and have a very good line-up , despite what Ian Cheek thinks of ‘ Scott Reynolds ' hapless inability to sing in anything other than a monotone shout ’ . |
| 8 | To me , they are highly underrated — they are a band who write tuneful songs and have a very good line-up , despite what Ian Cheek thinks of ‘ Scott Reynolds ' hapless inability to sing in anything other than a monotone shout ’ . |
| 9 | It is understood that the deal had been held up by the Bank of England which had been seeking some form of ‘ comfort ’ from Bank of Edinburgh 's largest minority shareholder , Scottish Amicable , with 39.2 per cent , effectively asking it to stand behind depositors and take a more active role . |
| 10 | I mean , the young ones , a lot of them sitting around in Edinburgh and begging off the streets and that , they could get off their backsides and get a job ! |
| 11 | The British Trust for Conservation Volunteers ' new Natural Break brochure includes over 450 opportunities to escape to some of the country 's most spectacular settings and make a real contribution to their survival . |
| 12 | If they traverse a patch of sunshine , the soldiers link legs and form a roof over the path so that the workers , who are less well armoured , are protected from the damaging heat . |
| 13 | A lot of them have eight legs and spend a lot of time in webs waiting for six-legged inhabitants to arrive for lunch . |
| 14 | She was repulsed by the dark brown chintzy respectability of fond : as well veil the piano legs and wear a corset ! |
| 15 | He then used Hairshine to even out any stray hairs and add a beautiful sheen to the finished look . |
| 16 | Men , if they are still fit on retirement , will have another fifteen years of life ahead of them , whilst women will mostly outlive their husbands and have a further twenty or more years ahead . |
| 17 | Stooping shoulders and rounded back are placatory signals and imply a dangerous lack of confidence . |
| 18 | it 's all mass produced and they might as well not sell it to you , and send it back to the manufacturers and get a full discount . |
| 19 | And that was my problem with it was that I was in much in terms of being able to go into the classroom an and talk to the kids and have a really good relationship with the teachers and things . |
| 20 | Share your gardening tips with other readers and win a 50 cash prize . |
| 21 | UniData is based on the next-generation nested relational data model , which is claimed to solve many of the problems of conventional relational databases and create a bridge to object-oriented databases . |
| 22 | They were supposed to come back to the offices and do a three hour training |
| 23 | Many sing Psalms on a monotone for one or more of their daily Offices and employ a more elaborate chant for Morning and Evening Prayer . |
| 24 | For this ballot the scrutineers will prepare a ballot paper listing the names of the candidates and give a copy for the purpose of balloting to each Member of the House of Commons in receipt of the Conservative whip . |
| 25 | In particular , in many polygynous species a proportion of males avoid competing directly with larger or older animals and adopt a policy of surreptitious fertilization or kleptogamy ( e.g. Clutton-Brock et al . , |
| 26 | I close my eyes and swallow a gulp of Retsina . |
| 27 | Ministers pride themselves on their attention to detail , but I ask them to lift their eyes and survey a broader picture . |
| 28 | I thought I 'd just close me eyes and put a cross . |
| 29 | I had no bones in the jaw , which meant having to start below the eyes and re-build a whole new face . |
| 30 | I 've only to close my eyes and relax a bit to imagine myself back in Africa — except that the indefinable Eastern smell is missing . ’ |