Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Employers tend to use a range of recruitment strategies employing a number of devices . |
| 2 | Today beaches are not quite so safe , for hordes of gulls and small wading birds congregate to share the prodigal feast . |
| 3 | The Roman authorities intend to refurbish the Casina delle Civette at Villa Torlonia , which already has splendid Art Nouveau furnishings and stained glass , to house twentieth-century decorative arts , whilst the Ministry has decided to allocate the Villino Boncompagni , near Via Veneto , to the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna for a similar museum . |
| 4 | Despite their differences , both views tend to support a tightening of the law on pornography . |
| 5 | It is the consonant sounds which make speech intelligible ; therefore it is not surprising that people who lose the high frequencies tend to hear the voice but not to be able to distinguish words . |
| 6 | Although these classifications and their spatial patterns tend to confirm the generally accepted view of rural population already discussed here and in Chapter 4 , Webber and Craig admit that multivariate classification is a subject on which virtually no two practitioners agree either in the UK or in other countries like France ( Chapius , 1973 ) and therefore argue that the crucial test should not be the methodology but whether the classifications are useful . |
| 7 | Gill and Jackson had the ideal opportunity to demonstrate how the phenomenon of identity confusion could be understood through the process of racial discrimination in society , a path whereby children of minority groups tend to internalise the values of the dominant society , and internalise derogatory values about themselves . |
| 8 | Many of the most powerful of the British pressure groups tend to have an established relationship with one or other political party . |
| 9 | Thus polar groups tend to encourage a higher T g than non-polar groups of similar size , as seen when comparing polypropylene , poly ( vinyl chloride ) and polyacrylonitrile . |
| 10 | There are a number of reasons why meetings tend to have a poor reputation . |
| 11 | The heterogeneity of labour and the job-specificity of skills tend to create a strong linkage between workers and their employers and , in some cases , cause firms to fill as many of their vacancies as possible by means of internal promotions . |
| 12 | However , if farms remain profitable , yield-increasing technologies tend to mask the effect of soil degradation and erosion and make up for declines in fertility that would have occurred if land had been cultivated with a constant level of technology . |
| 13 | In proportion as its acts tend to promote the same end , its conduct may be termed organised and its several actions correlated . |
| 14 | Animals that are too aggressive , too daring , or too timid for their own good in terms of reproduction are gradually eliminated so that in a stable environment the median values tend to become the population norms . |
| 15 | In the end , only the action is viable , so that all these essays tend to match the inside ethnography and are nullified by neglect or have any contentious matter treated as ‘ privileged information ’ , for as Templeton ( 1980 : 904 ) argues ‘ the police fear that if you have a better understanding of society , you are in a better position to change it — the very exercise [ they ] are reluctant to engage in ’ . |
| 16 | In one field , the East Germans tend to sweep the West Germans out of sight . |
| 17 | Moreover , the constitutional authorities tend to adopt a " legalistic " approach to constitutional change and are pessimistic as to the prospects for democratic politics . |
| 18 | Anemones tend to dribble a little water from their centres if you press them . |
| 19 | Functionalists tend to see the relationship between social groups in society as one of cooperation and interdependence . |
| 20 | Broadly , the declines in the concentration ratio have tended to occur during periods of market growth , while the rises have corresponded to recessions , suggesting that high levels of bond issues lead to a more even spread of issues between firms as well as new entry , while in slack periods the dominant houses tend to take a larger proportion of issues , smaller houses being squeezed out . |
| 21 | In Rome , central areas such as the Piazza di Spagna , Via Condotti and Via Veneto are particularly well decorated , while in Piazza San Pietro [ St. Peter 's Square ] crowds flock to see a big Christmas tree — a gift from Austria — together with a Nativity scene . |
| 22 | The researchers intend to monitor the progress of cases through the various legal stages . |
| 23 | So many groups want to visit the plant , which was stricken by a now notorious accident to its reactor in 1979 that its owner , General Public Utilities , has a waiting list . |
| 24 | In my work with church groups on the subject of bereavement , I have repeatedly found that such groups Want to discuss the subject of suicide . |
| 25 | The first category includes those small towns where the defences appear to rationalize an extensive urban scatter and to enclose a suitable urban core . |
| 26 | If these so-called rugby experts want to relive the monotonous and tedious forward battles that culminated in England 's Grand Slam then they can keep their memories . |
| 27 | The sessions involve boys that Spurs want to have a look at and among the 16 taking part tomorrow will be two already signed — Paul McVeigh and Jason Carlisle . |
| 28 | Finally , Marxist accounts appear to offer an impressively coherent and plausible explanation of the role of the capitalist state in health care , and the function of medicine in capitalist societies at the level of grand theory . |
| 29 | Too many coaches want to impose a technical straightjacket on their pupils , which can destroy them more than it improves and helps them . |
| 30 | 7.2.3 For elderly people , the proposals appear to overlook the difficulties which they may face if , for instance , the contract for cataracts or hip replacements is placed at a hospital some distance away . |