Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stafford 's Sutherland estates produced an annual income of £16,000 , but this was not enough . |
| 2 | When the researchers re-imaged the same area , they found they had created small groups of three atoms , arranged in a triangle , which appeared higher than their neighbours . |
| 3 | Kirov took only a few more minutes to search the small studio from top to bottom . |
| 4 | Isolated nuclei display an ATP-dependent uptake of calcium , of which 20% was subsequently released by InsP 3 ( ref. 138 ) . |
| 5 | But the incidence of cancer among paranoid schizophrenics in the same or similar institutions eating the same or similar American diet is higher than that of the normal population ( Simonton et al . |
| 6 | They drove along the empty country roads , then passed through a couple of small , sleepy villages , the soft golden stone of the houses reflecting the warm sunlight . |
| 7 | The attempt Grumman made in the 1970s to reduce its dependence on Pentagon and NASA contracts produced an excellent delivery truck for the post office . |
| 8 | Although Kanemaru had been personally grooming Ichiro Ozawa as his successor , the circumstances of his retirement allowed Ozawa 's opponents to mount an effective campaign against his succession . |
| 9 | Ankles suffer a high rate of injury wherever poor mats are used . |
| 10 | In the 1980s , the independents became a real force , recording technology is easily accessible , and bands are more energetic and enterprising in producing their own records and promoting themselves . |
| 11 | She began by waking up on the tail-end of absorbing conversations with the white-robed monk who sat on the chair beside her , and it was n't long before the discussions became a full-time activity . |
| 12 | Why do authorities make the little things in life so difficult ? |
| 13 | But the critics of collectivism face a formidable task because collectivism does seem to fit so well with commonsense ideas about Japan , and the identification of unique cultural values offers a convenient residual ‘ black box ’ which can be used to explain away those aspects of Japanese experience which do n't quite fit with social science models . |
| 14 | It is often complained of by many that a meeting will take five minutes to agree the expenditure of ten million and two hours to debate a minor item worth only a few thousand . |
| 15 | The Department has plans to promote a wide range of activities for the community as a whole and to work closely with other bodies in the field to ensure the fullest use of resources . |
| 16 | ‘ Sir David English was not informed of the visit and in consequence had no plans to attend the Ideal Home Exhibition that day , ’ the official statement announced . |
| 17 | Highly cohesive groups display a strong loyalty to their members and a strong adherence to group norms . |
| 18 | The arrangement of the oceans in relation to the continents plays a decisive role in creating and sustaining life on Earth . |
| 19 | Climbers make a great mistake , however , in imagining that each of these groups aspires to the dizzy heights of dangling . |
| 20 | Using some scraps of board , it is worth experimenting with exposure times to optimise the UV time period . |
| 21 | However , not all the locals approve of the plans to demolish the Regal . |
| 22 | The private sector would remain separate and the public would have the right to be covered by it if they wished — having first paid their taxes to support the general service . |
| 23 | The ideal is to have several simply-administered taxes to support the national exchequer , levied after people have earned their pay or income . |
| 24 | How to avert both these dangers became a major concern among employers , politicians and in the press , although optimism remained that solutions could be found . |
| 25 | Help in maintaining the prices of agricultural products became a permanent feature of government policy from this time . |
| 26 | While these authorities restated the general rule attention was focused upon attempts to formulate and analyse the exceptions , especially where rights were accepted as having been bestowed upon a third party . |
| 27 | All summer English cricket has been highly suspicious about how the Pakistanis made the old ball swing about so violently . |
| 28 | On the Somme in 1916 , the British used 15in weapons , while in 1918 the Germans produced a long-range gun with which to bombard Paris . |
| 29 | His fingers met the soft , masking texture of cloth , but beneath them he could feel her warmth , the firm softness of her sex . |
| 30 | It has been reported that the addition of minute amounts of phosphatidylcholines normalised the short nucleation time of bile from patients with cholesterol gall stones while having only a minimal effect on the cholesterol saturation index . |