Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some heads of department involved other staff in producing their self-appraisal reports , either through discussing what was to be written at department meetings and/or asking members of the department to write parts of it . |
| 2 | State enterprises may be converted into limited-liability companies or joint-stock companies , but financial institutions or saving co-operatives may only be converted into joint-stock companies . |
| 3 | The lungs which blow air through their vocal chords are still simple and relatively feeble , but many frogs amplify the sound of their voices with huge swelling throats or resonating sacs bulging from the corner of the jaws . |
| 4 | When you want to fret notes or play chords , you have to duck back around the neck and you have n't got an index finger to use ! |
| 5 | a blockage a significant blockage on the A sixty one increase journey times or reduce journey times on the A sixty one as opposed to southern bypass and A one . |
| 6 | Those commercially available are made of noble metals , usually platinum or platinum alloys , supported on nichrome ribbons or honeycomb monoliths . |
| 7 | Reducing the volume of waste not only makes it more manageable and reduces the further risk of contravening the hygiene regulations , but since most local authorities or waste contractors charge for removal based on the volume , you will also make considerable savings on removal charges . |
| 8 | Therefore it is fitting to remember that such houses are no substitute for fair rent housing from local authorities or housing associations ( Clark 1981 ) . |
| 9 | Will the Minister use his powers to enable local authorities to provide houses for homeless people , whether through local authorities or housing associations , jobs for redundant construction workers , and new business contracts for the building companies which are going bankrupt ? |
| 10 | It is already clear that trusts to hand over objects or to free slaves could be enforced in specie under the auspices of the magistrate whose cognitio was involved . |
| 11 | But , as with any archaeological object , such interpretations can be made only when we have a secure idea of when and where a coin was made , and the methods of dating coins and attributing them to mints is therefore discussed first in Chapter 2 , where it will also be seen that the same techniques for dating and attributing coins can sometimes be turned round , using coins to date other objects or to identify places . |
| 12 | The business user decides how to describe the acquisition and puts it through the accounts or arranges finance through one of his existing sources of funding . |
| 13 | Nearly every organization requires accounts or finance clerks , so if mathematics is your strong point it is something to think about . |
| 14 | Mazmanian finds participation effective in such process goals as leading to public appreciation of the Engineers ' work , but not in what he calls ‘ product ’ goals , such as increasing public support for the projects or recommending courses of action . |
| 15 | In March 1990 a report from the Association of Directors of Social Services claimed that 36 per cent of local authority social services departments had had to cut services , stop new projects or impose charges as a result of pressure to keep the poll tax down . |
| 16 | These may be members of local community groups or unemployed centres and/or paid staff of particular projects or paid staff working in the community . |
| 17 | Any sign of tingling fingers or triggering motion in the thumb or fingers must be taken as a warning . |
| 18 | But work door previously by the National Consumer Council 's suggests that although many people are reluctant to face a personal interview , the great majority of people in lower socio-economic groups prefer face-to-face contact to filling in forms or writing letters . |
| 19 | This is best obtained by asking interviewees to complete standard forms or to take tests before or between interviews . |
| 20 | ( If you did not use application forms or receive c.v.s then refer also to the basic list of questions , p. 100 . ) |
| 21 | JAZZ DANCE has caught on slowly in this country , and most of what we see is attendant on musicals , cabaret acts or pop videos . |
| 22 | However , UI RoadMaps do not commit members to using the reference technologies or interface specifications they include . |
| 23 | The demanding processing requirements imply very fast , high performance computers , probably equipped with special chip sets either to compress and decompress the fast-changing , high volume information flows or to digitise sources of information drawn into the multimedia environment which are not initially in digital form . |
| 24 | As between 10% and 30% of consulting patients have mainly emotional problems the scope for increasing general practitioners ' counselling skills or referring patients to an in house counsellor is substantial . |
| 25 | The medical analogy is of a patient either not being treated because of the cost of investigations or undergoing treatment in the absence of data showing which treatment , if any , is indicated . |
| 26 | Options are many ; bomb on funboards or join races , play with dinghies or sweat in Turkish baths , struggle to water start or fluff a duck gybe . |
| 27 | But this also held the depressing implication that nothing much had changed since 1981 , and that the antiracist movement had largely failed to shift either popular attitudes or state policies . |
| 28 | Since 1986 the proportion will have fallen even further , as some Conservative local authorities have sold their old people 's homes to either private operators or housing associations . |
| 29 | Will the investment in new wagons be justified by private operators or leasing companies given the uncertainty of the market ? |
| 30 | The draft EC package-holiday directive could make tour operators or travel agents responsible for personal injury claims and losses as well as tour accommodation and facilities . |