Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Comecon , he points out , was coercive in that a Member State was unable to secede ; this is not yet the case within the EEC , but protectionist trade policies make non-membership a very difficult option for largely agricultural countries . |
| 2 | The improvement in medical knowledge and other changes of recent times made marriage a more stable institution for a time than it was in the Middle Ages . |
| 3 | Hornets give youth a fling |
| 4 | Pension funds face shortfall An increase in employers ' contributions can not be discounted , says DEBBIE HARRISON |
| 5 | For Talulah Gosh were always portrayed as the epitome of anorak-wearing , twee ‘ C86 ’ pop , frivolous indie kids giving rock'n'roll an uncomfortably cute name . |
| 6 | He maintained he had never received replies to letters or acknowledgement of seeds but the dispatch of the eighth edition of the Dictionary ( April 1768 ) awaited direction and then , with an unusually personal note , he excuses himself , ‘ … having had the misfortune to dislocate the ankelbone of my leg above a year and a half since gone … confinement and want of usual exercise has brought many maladies upon me , but I am in hope of proper remedies to prolong life a little longer . ’ |
| 7 | In all cases it gives the teenagers taking part a chance to see if engineering and the motor industry are for them . |
| 8 | A group of publishers and journalists from 38 African countries has called on the United Nations to declare censorship a grave violation of human rights and has asked African governments to free journalists who have been jailed for their professional activities . |
| 9 | ‘ And how well content will men be from the highest degre to the lowest , to encrease ther howshold seruantes and laborers , whereby all idle people and vagaboundes shalbe sett a worke . ’ |
| 10 | This has led some authors to make Sivapithecus a human ancestor , and others to recognize the affinities of these fossil genera with the orang-utan but provide evidence linking the orang clade with humans . |
| 11 | Jim 's hobbies include philately an interest in most sporting events walking his dog in the countryside and do-it-yourself . |
| 12 | For modern reference it has included centre pages which give useful notes which enables 1992 readers to pin point the location of the original advertiser . |
| 13 | The difference between the situation of such characters and the readers and that of the remaining characters within the fabliaux makes irony a typical feature of the experience of reading a fabliau . |
| 14 | The bespectacled motormouth gets a cover splash on the New York Post for urging black kids to skip school the day his Malcolm X biopic opens , claiming that ‘ the teachers ca n't hold it against them if they write a report on what they see . ’ |
| 15 | The gospels commend faith the size of a grain of mustard seed . |
| 16 | ‘ The informal exchanges between the Chief Executive and Director Viktor Sapronov during the formal dinner held in honour of our visitors helped cement an alliance between Hunterston and Khmelnitski which could lead to further exchange visits to discuss these subjects further , ’ said Director of Production Peter Robson . |
| 17 | As some kidney cancers cause hypertension an increased frequency of kidney cancer is to be expected in a hypertension clinic . |
| 18 | Whitlock shouted at the two policemen on the motorcycles to get the photographers back a few feet to give Mobuto a chance to get out of the limousine . |
| 19 | Last year plastic fraud cost Barclays £36 million , with 274 illegal transactions taking place EVERY HOUR . |
| 20 | The gathering of about 90 delegates from most Highland denominations took place a year after the churches ' first AIDS conference . |
| 21 | The existence of externalities gives government a role in trying to correct for market failure . |
| 22 | His employers consider homosexuality a ‘ security threat ’ , and so he is interviewed here under a pseudonym . |
| 23 | Soccer : Feeble Spurs give Villa a field day |
| 24 | Coupled with this expertise , lower costs make arbitration a very attractive option . |
| 25 | The trouble is that small boats make headway a lot faster than big governments . |
| 26 | Milongo went into hiding , but emerged on Jan. 21 after the troops opened fire the previous day on about 2,000 people demonstrating in support of him , killing five . |
| 27 | Defence electronics for the doves give peace a chance |
| 28 | We 're turning the clock back nearly four years to give Town a boost for this one . |
| 29 | Just as the scathing desperation of a band 's early days helps fuel the sentiment and connect with an audience in a similar position , then a band 's later lifestyle has no connection with the audience who , quite naturally , do n't give a damn about the problems of being pop stars . |
| 30 | The first comparisons presented concern the overall differences in the types of environment included in the study . |