Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may be enough to make him lose interest but , if he persists , discourage him briefly and matter-of-factly , explaining that such words show bad manners and offend some people , who will like him less if he insists on using them . |
| 2 | A mother had instituted her sons heirs and added : ‘ Let them not for any reason alienate the lands which will come to them from my estate , but let them conserve them for their successors and give each other reciprocal guarantees to that effect . ’ |
| 3 | The object of the present discussion has been to point out some of those characteristics and examine some of the questions arising in relation to interpretation . |
| 4 | That way chaos lies , but the Window are aware that the best tension is created from a structure being stretched and shattered , so they rein themselves into songs and mess that way . |
| 5 | Now the rhythm section 's so strong and permanent , we can almost deconstruct the songs and create more space in what we 're doing . ’ |
| 6 | Roundabouts and swings all the while . |
| 7 | by vigorous and confident campaigning Carter first succeeded in the Iowa caucuses and followed this by winning the New Hampshire primary of his party . |
| 8 | A pair of young fighters who come into the ring and fight a contest of this kind would have had the referee boxing their ears and offering such terse words as ‘ get in there and fight ’ . |
| 9 | A few simple heuristic rules are used to identify ‘ suspect ’ clones and probes and to find each probe 's neighbours simultaneously . |
| 10 | More exercises and more repetitions are not the answer to correcting poor arm development — it is better to do fewer exercises and repetitions and to take more rest . |
| 11 | It always strikes me when you see meths drinkers and imagine those people as children — they were all beautiful then , and it is simply an inexplicable phenomenon which makes me sit here and that other person is out there on the street . |
| 12 | It is a good idea of Lewis Carroll to think of the March hare because in March hares tend to go a bit potty and they stand on their back legs and box each other . |
| 13 | ‘ We can stretch our legs and have some coffee and something to eat , but we 'd better keep going , ’ he said . |
| 14 | The recruiting sergeant told them all to disembark , stretch their legs and grab another cup of char , and added that if they were lucky they might even get something to eat . |
| 15 | The inhabitants of Cairo often remove manhole covers and dump all sorts of rubbish , from old car tyres to building rubble , into the sewers . |
| 16 | In your name we spoke God 's message , by your name we drove out many demons and performed many miracles ! ’ |
| 17 | 1991 was a fascinating year for tennis fans and produced many moments that will live in the memory for many years to come . |
| 18 | That will disappoint David Gower fans and baffle those critics who believe any lefthander would be worth his weight in gold against leg-spinner Shane Warne . |
| 19 | ‘ The task was not easy because along with the rise in numbers of factory committees each one had a tendency to multiply its prerogatives and to treat each factory as an independent unit of production , the collective property of its own workers , determining by itself production , sales and pricing , while the social domination of the working class over the means of production required that the atomised and contradictory powers of the factory committees be subordinated to a common political end ’ ( my translation A.C. ) . |
| 20 | Dr David Kessler , commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration said that his agency , the Environmental Protection Agency , and the Department of Agriculture will for the first time make a concerted effort to ‘ create incentives for the development of safe pesticides and to remove those pesticides that pose the greatest risk ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's remarkable that , in addition to playing 11 cities around the country , the educational programme played to over 5,000 kids and brought many of them to the main theatre in their local cities for the first time in their lives , on subsidised tickets . |
| 22 | The animal was thought to have many tentacles and to spend most of its time sleeping . |
| 23 | Apparently erm , they often do this and of course , they sort of went into their home and got this girl with her friend and they sort of put the pegs on their noses and have these sort of rubber hats with those |
| 24 | The only drawback is the expense if you fish for long sessions and take enough meat to feed continuously . |
| 25 | Who the rise was due to I do n't know except that I think David probably would n't have had the idea to have opened such wonderful offices and created such a great mystique about it which MainMan had . |
| 26 | On demob Bishop returned to the Community , holding a series of offices and attracting many fresh novices . |
| 27 | ( This rate will be applied when difficulty is experienced in agreeing measured rates , for example time spent unloading materials , adjusting scaffolding for use by other trades and reinstating any work damaged by others . ) |
| 28 | Craig had fielded twice as many candidates and won fewer seats ; a result which was probably a combination of public reaction to Vanguard 's lack of clear policy and a lack of enthusiasm for some of the Vanguard candidates . |
| 29 | In 1762 he was involved in the clash between moderate and evangelical factions over appointments of clergy to Edinburgh charges , and his well-meaning attempts to secure the best qualified candidates and to appease all sides provoked further animosity over civil and judicial promotions . |
| 30 | The most obvious of these was that mergers occurred in waves and affected all industries . |