Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb -s] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roundabouts and swings all the while . |
| 2 | A Guide is kind to animals and respects all living things . |
| 3 | Our ability is mainly due to the brain which receives information about the brightness and wavelengths of light hitting the eyes and converts these into a multi-coloured , three-dimensional image . |
| 4 | But what else do you expect from a system which rewards usurpers and conmen and punishes those who simply get on with the job ? |
| 5 | According to an NFU spokesman , the legislation reflects local bye-laws and incorporates much of the unions ' own code of practice , which until now have together governed straw and stubble burning . |
| 6 | She made all sorts of things in there and Endill would hear bangs and thumps all day long when she was working on something special . |
| 7 | The taxing officer hears the parties and decides any issues in dispute , either allowing the item in the bill to stand or disallowing or reducing it . |
| 8 | The choices ranged from central SF authors and works such as Ray Bradbury , Arthur C. Clarke and The time machine , to less central or non-SF writers and books such as Enid Blyton , Salman Rushdie and Dracula . |
| 9 | It is short of funds and needs more support to spread awareness . |
| 10 | This is nothing like a synchronized , long-distance , man-and-dog walk and should not be confused with it , but it is a minor walk of sorts and demands some interpretation . |
| 11 | Once LIFESPAN knows about its media types , available units and has some media items available for use ( ie. in State 2 ) , it is ready for the first Offline run . |
| 12 | One of the most striking features of IBM 's lamentable personal computer business is that there is not a single reason embedded in the hardware why IBM mainframe and AS/400 users should buy their personal computers from IBM rather than from its army of tormentors led by Compaq Computer Corp : presumably few customers have actually asked IBM for 3270 and 5250 emulation in ROM on the motherboard at no extra charge in its PS/2s — or perhaps IBM thought that would kill off its dumb tube business and resisted until it was too late — now it makes no money on personal computers and sells few dumb tubes . |
| 13 | The Forestry Commission owns the bulk of its 28,500 acres and manages several nature reserves jointly with bodies such as the Nature Conservancy Council , Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the Gloucestershire Trust for Nature Conservation . |
| 14 | The wave function contains all the information about the possible values of the dynamical variables and allows these variables to be calculated in a statistical way ; it gives only probabilities that the variables will have certain values . |
| 15 | It eats into savings and hurts those who live on fixed incomes . |
| 16 | Rearranging ( 9–6 ) yields and confirms this . |
| 17 | However , influenced by the fact that the deterrence policy is firmly adhered to by the governments of the superpowers and has some political acceptability , and that the traditional doctrine of the laws of war did not apply to preparation for war , his eventual conclusion is that it would be difficult to state that any measures short of use are illegal . |
| 18 | In the UK alone , Mcdonald 's has over 430 restaurants and employs some 26,000 staff . |
| 19 | Some sections are exemplary : the argument against a ‘ hierarchy of arts ’ , for example , but in favour of a definition of ‘ quality ’ that ignores labels and fits each form and each place . |
| 20 | Plus the young Catriona who designs and makes all her own clothes ( you 're kidding ! ) and informs us that leather trousers have been around for ‘ two or three years now ’ . |
| 21 | To make up for losses by retirals , resignations and transfers some more recruits joined in the 1950s including M. Armstrong , A. Davies , A. L. Harris , M. F. Howells , F. May and D. I. Smith . |
| 22 | Fussy stripes and piping , shoulder flashes and chest panels , buttons , drawstrings and cuffs all came under the manufacturers ' scrutiny and were tampered with . |
| 23 | This causes the anterior pituitary gland to release Luteinizing Hormone , which brings about complete growth of the ovarian follicles and causes some of them to rupture ( ovulation ) , releasing their egg-cells from the ovaries to become available for fertilisation within the oviducts . |
| 24 | In fact , this phenomenon is common to the majority of advanced Western countries and poses some major challenges which need to be addressed alongside the issues raised by the North-South divide . |
| 25 | He knows the Greshorns and has some pretty tales to tell of them — ’ |
| 26 | A conception of a ‘ system ’ unifies these experiences and symbolizes this teacher 's sense of frustration and powerlessness . |
| 27 | Wright 's criticism of Lenin 's solution to the problem of post-revolutionary bureaucratization in socialist societies is Weberian in its perception of bureaucratic power as a problem of non-bureaucratic institutions : ‘ bureaucratic power feeds on the political incapacity ’ of non-bureaucrats and reinforces that incapacity ( 1978 , p. 225 ) . |
| 28 | Her nipples are in her armpits , so she keeps her wings close to her sides as far as she can and lashes out with her feet and bites those that pester her . |
| 29 | Goibniu remembered that Gnomes were reportedly extremely greedy , but said they would take a look at the designs now , if the Gnomes were quite ready , thus galvanising the Gnomes into anxious industry , resulting in much unpacking of knapsacks and unrolling of parchments and remarks such as , ‘ Who 's got the plan of the turquoise bracelet ? ’ and ‘ Why did we bring along four sketches for the everyday silver tiara ? ’ and ‘ Flaherty 's sitting on the Coronation sceptre ! ’ |
| 30 | The Bibliographic Index is a good source for all sorts of bibliographies and includes many contained in books themselves . |