Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Waiting list initiatives have had exactly the same effect — because money was diverted to solve a politically sensitive problem , health care rationing priorities have been distorted so that in some cases cash rather than clinical need dictates who gets treated . |
| 2 | Each smaller work group attempts to perform better than their rival groups in both quality control and in the number of suggestions they offer to improve productivity . |
| 3 | It is obvious that you do n't need to change the oil , or check the brake pads on a PC , but there are many just as vital checks to carry out if you want your data survive every eventuality . |
| 4 | Using these criteria GIRA SIC found that chains produced more than 70% of the UK 's fast food meals in 1990 , with American groups dominating the market . |
| 5 | They have announced plans to invest more than £38 million in the area and to attract a further £23 million from the private sector . |
| 6 | The criminal law can respond to it as a tolerable and justifiable exception to basic criminal law rules developed long before ventilators ever existed . |
| 7 | It is skills oriented rather than information oriented ; it is group based ; trainees are encouraged to observe interviewing sessions as part of the process of training before actively conducting an interview themselves ; the pre-basic training can be of several weeks or even months duration ; the basic training course itself is not assessed formally ; and the overall time taken to become a useful member of a CAB team may be as long as a year . |
| 8 | As they are much more resistant to weathering than the enclosing chalk , the flints remain behind when the chalk is eroded away . |
| 9 | There are a number of reasons for expecting the prices of index futures to adjust faster than the spot price , i.e. the market index . |
| 10 | The fingers clenched jerkily as the arms flailed at the sides of the grave , tossing dirt aside in an attempt to gain a purchase on the soft earth . |
| 11 | And the cost of houses rose faster than purchasing power in most countries during the 1970s , so the gap between need and availability has grown even greater . |
| 12 | There have been a number of attempts to establish empirically whether any general conclusions can be drawn on the extent of welfare losses throughout the economy due to the presence of monopoly . |
| 13 | Peter Clark is appealing for his daughter 's clients , friends and associates to come forward if they have even the smallest amount of information . |
| 14 | It tears my heart out whenever I hear of a mining tragedy and because I am not there to help or even to sympathise , something inside me feels the need to shout to all people , southerners especially who have never had fathers , husbands , sons to worry about when each day they are swallowed into the apron of the earth . |
| 15 | She opened her eyes and saw a river , its surface shaking beneath the icy draught , the ducks bobbing slightly as they followed one another , seeking sanctuary . |
| 16 | Cyclists , like other road users , must obey the traffic signs erected generally as required along roads . |
| 17 | Cyclists , like other road users , must obey the traffic signs erected generally as required along roads . |
| 18 | Cyclists , like other road users , must obey the traffic signs erected generally as required along roads . |
| 19 | O D A funding of British N G O activities has more than doubled in the last three years . |
| 20 | The system was complicated by the introduction at a late stage of a further provision enabling federal states to designate more than one Central Authority ; this was done on the suggestion of the German Federal Republic ( which had previously resisted the British proposal as tending to multiply Central Authorities ) to enable expression to be given to the sovereignty of the German Länder in the field of justice , and does require the applicant to identify the Land in question . |
| 21 | In the past year the number of catalogued CD-ROM titles has more than doubled to more than 2,000 and looks likely to continue to grow just as fast . |
| 22 | Had ICI decided to hive off its less promising activities to struggle on as best they could , leaving the main field to more glamorous products ? |
| 23 | The expenses of the winding up must always be met first ; thereafter all preferred debts rank equally if sufficient funds are available to meet them , otherwise the following ‘ pecking order ’ is observed : |
| 24 | In Hereford and Worcester , the amount of land covered by roads offices and houses has more than doubled since the war.In Gloucestershire the figure is ninety-five per cent , with a similar impact on pasture-land . |
| 25 | WBC holder Hodkinson wants a £250,000 purse but Warren , who is McMillan 's promoter , said : ‘ I do n't want to see the big contests slip away because the fighters are too greedy . |
| 26 | Her face taut with anger , Gina 's fingers trembled uncontrollably as she fumbled with the unfamiliar fastening of the seatbelt . |
| 27 | OMARSKA was shut down this week and the starving prisoners moved out after an ITN report exposed the barbaric conditions . |
| 28 | As people can see throughout the country , the reality is that Labour authorities leave houses empty even when people are in need of them . |
| 29 | as some institutions reported more than one course/unit in response to some questions ) . |
| 30 | So , the legs are responsible for starting the forward swing , but not by forcing them to drive the hips forward , but by creating a solid foundation from which the left side can pull against , compelling the legs to drive forward as the coil spring unwinds . |