Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adj] [det] " in BNC.

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1 Only very rarely will the conditions be met so as to enable the new firm to act for one of the litigating clients let alone all of them .
2 There is , therefore , little tradition yet of using even the growing numbers of full text CD-ROM databases let alone those embodying the first elements of multimedia .
3 The losses look likely more than to wipe out the projected profits on the ECR90 project .
4 We plan to replace this machine when funds become available some time in 1993/94 with an upgraded machine .
5 ‘ Those little cars go wrong all the time .
6 The assemblymen have precious few functions to perform for their $4,000-a-month salaries and free board and lodging ; they merely meet every six years to elect a new president and vice-president .
7 These are completely beyond our control and we work closely with airlines and our overseas offices to make sure any delay is as short as possible and your overseas transfer and accommodation arrangements are changed if necessary .
8 She explored the place where his manhood lay and he , in turn , used experienced fingers to set alight that part of her where carnal longings had been damped down until that moment .
9 Better known since cheap domestic models became available these are valuable and indispensable tools that should be part of every food operation .
10 This fear was based on the apparent disparity between the number graduating from medical schools and the number of career posts becoming available each year .
11 Other phrases sound archaic such as his ‘ mazy windings ’ , ‘ sylvan softness ’ and ‘ aerial atmosphere .
12 In those days many housewives still made their doorsteps shining white each morning .
13 Even the parents looked worried this time — probably thinking of legal liabilities , Hoomey thought .
14 This implies that Pausanias had other such xeniai .
15 ‘ Naw , dogs get poisoned all the time .
16 So to make sure all those extra guests stay healthy this Christmas , it makes sense to add a hygienic cleaner like Domestos Multi Surface Cleaner to your seasonal shopping list .
17 Certainly Hearts created precious few chances , and the fact their goal , which came in the 20th minute , stemmed from a blunder must have proved hard for United to swallow at a ground where they last won in 1985 .
18 The most beneficial projects should then be selected until the aggregate resources estimated equal those allocated to new projects in Figure 2.6 .
19 The most beneficial projects should then be selected until the aggregate resources estimated equal those allocated to new projects in Figure 2.6 .
20 Astute readers will note that our pages look different this week ; and those who know about journal redesign might expect to see a trickle of editorial blood emerging from The Lancet 's front door .
21 Unemployment traditionally lags other economic indicators in a recovery and it will take some time before firms feel sure enough of the trend to consider expanding workforces again .
22 They 'll also sign a ‘ Plea of People 's ’ petition calling for world governments to cooperate with the United Nations ( UN ) to eradicate basic poverty by the year 2020 ; secure the environment against global warming , ozone depletion ‘ and other grave threats to its health ’ ; to provide enough human , financial and other resources to make sure these aims are met .
23 AUDREY Do n't make me have an affair YOU AND YOUR LOOKS SPECIAL 50 ways to look GREAT this summer
24 With UK and continental centres coming on-stream all the time , the awards of Commercial Language Assistant Certificate , European Executive Assistant Certificate and the Diploma in European Business Administration seem set for a bright future .
25 In non-comedies , such as those melodramas where a top female star plays twins , one good , one evil ( Olivia de Havilland in The Dark Mirror , 1946 ; Bette Davis in A Stolen Life , 1946 , and again in Dead Ringer , 1964 ) , the director will tend to reduce , if possible , not so much the scenes the two characters play opposite each other as the shots in which they appear on-screen simultaneously .
26 check batch numbers on rolls to make sure each roll comes from the same batch , and that colours will match .
27 Her fellow class members made sure this would n't happen again , by giving her , on qualifying , a congratulatory card decorated with a map of that elusive isle .
28 When your family members went mad these days you had to keep them at home , and whatever the sound policies , on the part of the government , which lay behind this decision , it was undoubtedly inconvenient for those upon whom would fall the burden of caring for the deranged .
29 They employ two rangers to look after the district 's 1,200 footpaths , and work with farmers and landowners to make sure these well-used rights of way are kept in good condition .
30 Although the concentrations of tissue type plasminogen activator and urokinase type plasminogen activator in normal squamous epithelium of the oesophagus were low compared with those in columnar epithelium from the stomach , the urokinase type plasminogen activator/tissue type plasminogen activator antigen ratio of the different locations showed hardy any difference .
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