Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | New EEC rules change light dues |
| 2 | Prestigious scholarly and popular series are being continued , German Expressionists , Picasso and the art of the Middle Ages remain safe favourites . |
| 3 | ( Objects lose different fractions of their kinetic energy before catastrophic disruption ; for example , the 29-m stony asteroid entering at 45° has had its kinetic energy reduced by ablation and deceleration to 10Mton by the time it reaches 10km altitude . ) |
| 4 | In other words " hard cases make bad law " . |
| 5 | Wintering birds favour coastal farmland and marshes and a high proportion of recent records have been for the Selsey peninsular , the Beachy Head area , and from Rye to the Midrips . |
| 6 | If , as I have discovered from studying continental educational systems at first hand , fixed contracts bring fixed commitments , our children ( and their parents ) will be the poorer for it . |
| 7 | These are collocational ties which in many cases defy literal interpretation , and have to be understood metaphorically . |
| 8 | Ecologist editor Nicholas Hildyard commented : " We have long known that World Bank projects bring environmental catastrophe and suffering on a grand scale . |
| 9 | Thank God it 's 130 jobs for Glasgow or if that 's too flippant : Projects bring 130 jobs to Glasgow |
| 10 | Each nation is seen as a kind of family , clan or tribe , assuming these entities denote common descent . |
| 11 | Laetacaras make good community fish , general or dwarf cichlid community , but must have sufficient territory if other cichlids are present . |
| 12 | Bowed long notes make good additions to organ pedal parts or timpani rolls . |
| 13 | To accompany the auditory imagery of verbs , the adjectives bring visual imagery , particularly of colour ( 10 ) : red , scarlet , and pink contrast vividly with black , tarred , and ashy , bringing into relief small signs of light or life against the drab and blighted background . |
| 14 | These too may be unrepresentative , since very expensive ‘ big science ’ projects make disproportionate demands on funding , and scientists can not be defined simply as those people in receipt of research grants . |
| 15 | At Glendinning mine stratabound sulphide ( arsenopyrite ) horizons host minor gold while cross-cutting , quartz-antimony base metal sulphide veins are non-auriferous ( MRP 59 ) . |
| 16 | All foundations suffer some degree of settlement , since the sub-soil itself is elastic or compressible . |
| 17 | Second , higher prices for imported fuel and material inputs raise domestic costs and then get passed on in higher output prices . |
| 18 | However , once again the results of its application as observed by practising solicitors raise grave doubts about its effectiveness for anybody other than the practitioners themselves ( Thomas and Mungham 1977 ) . |
| 19 | ‘ Musicians make rotten husbands , ’ said Ken . |
| 20 | Of course , new technologies bring new problems and one cause for anxiety is the ease of retrieval of data . |
| 21 | Salaries in commerce and industry are good , but to get a better picture of the sort of pay that you could expect , look through the Law Society 's Gazette and the national press where prospective employers advertise available posts . |
| 22 | But our mealtime patterns develop social implications too ; special meals have particular significance for the family , and perhaps some , such as Christmas dinner , may have religious meaning . |
| 23 | Second , women of all socio-economic groups make greater use of general practitioners than men , again relative to need . |
| 24 | Various pressure groups make that point about both the London terminuses . |
| 25 | The reasons why the lower socio-economic groups make less use of the education and health services are complex and only a brief comment can be presented here . |
| 26 | In addition , it is claimed that people of different socioeconomic groups make different demands on the health service at similar levels of sickness or ‘ objective ’ need and that the cost of meeting these needs may also vary . |
| 27 | The position in relation to the use of medical services by the various socio-economic groups is as follows : the higher socio-economic groups make more use of most of the preventive local services ; the same , also , applies for the use of doctors ; the reverse , however , is the case in relation to the use of hospitals . |
| 28 | If at least some people and states obey some laws for other reasons , such as moral conviction or non-coerced self-interest , then it is possible that all persons and states might do so . |
| 29 | Indeed in some cases , where needs and resource assessments ( upon which GREAs are calculated ) are particularly severe , authorities lose all grant entitlement even before their expenditure reaches GREA . |
| 30 | However , many authorities lack separate provision for the younger disabled , who have to join old people in residential homes . |