Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , the I and Thou forms predominate over all other personal pronouns by a factor of more than 13 to 1 . |
| 2 | Property values suffer yet another reverse |
| 3 | Both these birds eat only that which can be picked off the surface or tweezered out of the crevices . |
| 4 | In a statement , he said : ‘ People in the force have to appreciate that equal opportunities policies mean just that . |
| 5 | I have my eye on the subject ; the hon. Lady 's point is well taken and , in so far as I have control over these matters , I shall make certain that local authorities concentrate as much of their resources on local sport and recreation provision as they should . |
| 6 | The abundant records and maps of post-medieval and modern times mean that much of the estate structure for these periods can be seen in great detail . |
| 7 | Do do the other authorities pick up that automatically ? |
| 8 | Southern clubs make up less than half of the 20 sides in the league . |
| 9 | A familiar sound in the Amazonian rainforest as the loggers bring down another mahogany tree . |
| 10 | Joseph Larson , chairman of the National Wetlands Technical Council , claimed that new rules mean that much of the Florida Everglades , Virginia 's Great Dismal Swamp and the prairie potholes in the Great Plains will no longer be officially recognized as wetlands . |
| 11 | This is why current affairs programmes concentrate so much on doom and gloom , even away from the big stories of the day . |
| 12 | Some of the worst affected cases lose almost all power of speech except for odd words such as ‘ Lineker ’ , ‘ Reid ’ , ‘ Bracewell ’ , ‘ Steven ’ and ‘ Gray ’ . |
| 13 | United Nations experts say as many as four million people are facing famine after a severe drought and crop failure . |
| 14 | United Nations experts say as many as four million people are facing famine after a severe drought and crop failure . |
| 15 | Lord Joseph , a former Conservative Secretary of State for Education and Science , has argued that the plans involve too much central control and that they will lead to a loss of flexibility and a stifling of initiative and innovation . |
| 16 | Stock Exchange surveillance computers pick up any unusual movement in share prices and the regulators follow up with visits to stockbrokers involved to discover who has been dealing . |
| 17 | Mr King said : ‘ While Mr Kinnock and his front-benchers make out that Labour is a party which believes in nuclear defence , behind them the back benches are packed with those who believe exactly the opposite . |
| 18 | Feed manufacturers make up this deficiency in their compound feeds for hard work and stud purposes , ie they ‘ balance ’ the mixture . |
| 19 | Perhaps it is not surprising , because those demands change so much and so often . |
| 20 | The family won a NISA/Today Dedicated Family Supporters award earlier this season for their devotion to the Boro . |
| 21 | In the east of the country , the square and rectangular panelled designs suggest rather more movement — if not naturalism — " than those of the west , ( and , even in the mosaic with sixteen medallions — mosaic 10 , Verulamium : pI . |
| 22 | The songs fit better that way with the other items on the disc , with the American spirituals done in relatively simple arrangements , mainly by Melanie Marshall and Hall Johnson but with one , In the Mornin' , by Ives . |
| 23 | Sad songs say so much ? |
| 24 | → I 'm afraid that you are quite likely to find that many guitar manufacturers provide very little in terms of manuals with their instruments , Richard . |
| 25 | So many miles south the heat wraps around you , eases into your bones ; your shoulders shrug away that jacket , your toes itch to be free of socks and shoes . |
| 26 | The images say so much , not just about the extraordinary grace of ferns , but about their place in the environment . |
| 27 | Mr Marchant said nationally arts cost very little but was one of the first things to be cut . |
| 28 | Because in today 's financial climate , it 's more important than ever that your savings earn as much as possible for your family 's future . |
| 29 | How does the Prime Minister justify sending his son to a private school where nearly £4,000 a year is spent on each child when at present half the children in Tory-run Cambridgeshire 's secondary schools receive only half that amount and when that authority is currently reducing its budget by almost £2 million ? |
| 30 | Isolated ApT steps show very little cleavage while blocks of three or more contiguous ATs are cut as efficiently as GpT . |