Example sentences of "[n mass] [vb base] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A MORI poll of members of the big six published on May 17th showed that 65% want to keep the union/Labour link . |
| 2 | Previous work has used this characteristic to suggest a sub-lithospheric component that is more akin to MORB than to OIB , whereas the Os isotope data seem to favour an OIB-like component . |
| 3 | Maughan and Rutter ( 1987 ) report on an extension of Fifteen Thousand Hours where the opportunity was taken of the existence of the original 1970 data set to follow the progress of some of the pupils throughout their secondary education in either comprehensive or grammar schools . |
| 4 | The arrival of a rigorously constructed Italian data set to match the ones covering the United Kingdom and Germany already in the hands of Cable and Wilson , and France in the hands of Estrin and Jones will facilitate a proper comparative study of the relationship between performance and participation in Western Europe . |
| 5 | I RECENTLY used a £20 note to pay a £12.12 bill at my bank . |
| 6 | Instead , I directed Posi to pinpoint my position with her ceptors , then to access — discreetly , for it was probably illegal — Vadinamia 's central data store to find the nearest opening to the interior . |
| 7 | The aircraft serve to show the incredible adaptability of the design to take on new roles and new shapes . |
| 8 | Extra sail stretchers either in the form of rigid stand-offs made of carbon fibre rod , or flexible glass fibre rods forced by compression into a curve which push the sail upwards and backwards , have become regular features.These serve to dampen the flutter , and to hold the sail form during the critical launch stage in low wind speeds.Trailing edge stiffening with mylar film or mesh overlay is used on some designs . |
| 9 | The government has been forced to release 100,000 bales of wool from its 4.7m stockpile to cover a shortfall in supplies at auction following a recent surge in consumer demand . |
| 10 | We have already mentioned that kin continue to play an important part in family life and that families vary considerably in the density and complexity of their kinship networks . |
| 11 | Long-term debts of around £150,000 continue to finger the back of the club 's neck as unpleasantly as a north-eastern sea fret . |
| 12 | If the fish prefer to lay the eggs on a vertical surface , like the side of the tank , you can provide a large upright surface . |
| 13 | Designers , developers and publishers of multimedia need to make a careful and accurate analysis of the human needs their products are meant to address . |
| 14 | Moreover , while they do show that official statistics tend to underestimate the amount of crime , it is likely that victim studies also under-record the amount — mostly because people can only report having been victims of crime if they know that they have been victimised . |
| 15 | It should be pointed out that official statistics tend to underestimate the actual volume of economic activity that occurs . |
| 16 | For example , if the pH falls below 4.5 , trout cease to produce the enzyme responsible for breaking down the outer coating of their eggs , trapping the larvae and so preventing reproduction . |
| 17 | Duke wrestled with the torrential whitewater , spinning his Papa nui — a sixteen-foot , hundred-and-fourteen-pound semi-hollow Tom Blake board — upside down in an Eskimo roll to let the broken waves pass over him . |
| 18 | On another occasion I had set out alone across Peterhead Outer Harbour with our 17ft Searider to fetch the rummage crew off a ship when careless stowage of the bow rope resulted in the trailing end catching the propeller . |
| 19 | The Devil 's spawn , black hearts with rhythm in their souls who jeer at the weaknesses of little people unfit to lick the dirt from their boots . |
| 20 | The Devil 's spawn , black hearts with rhythm in their souls who jeer at the weaknesses of little people unfit to lick the dirt from their boots . |
| 21 | Discourses gain status from the relative power of the group with which they are associated — and as a general rule the media tend to favour the discourses of the elite . |
| 22 | But people tend to confuse the fact that one may be able to guess what an individual is likely to choose with the notion that the choice is not free . |
| 23 | that people tend to see a meeting as having to be really , oh it 's got ta be at ten to five , it 's got ta |
| 24 | Also higher property transfer taxes and commision rates make selling a house a much less attractive option in Europe so people tend to treat a house as a long term home rather than as an investment . |
| 25 | Having their receptors overstimulated is something people tend to like a lot . |
| 26 | Because I think there has been a trend , has there not , in recent years where people tend to take a main holiday perhaps on the continent and then have a second holiday in this country . |
| 27 | Some people tend to use the arrowed direction keys too much and neglect the more powerful methods available , especially if they have not been trained to use a word processor . |
| 28 | Yet older people tend to occupy the oldest , poorest housing and are more likely to be private tenants than other groups . |
| 29 | Active people tend to eat a lower-fat diet than non-exercisers . |
| 30 | Furthermore , many people tend to collapse the distinction between the two natures . |