Example sentences of "[vb base] [art] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if these animals eat the same restricted amount every day , they still grow more rapidly in the summer than in the winter . |
| 2 | Scientists believe human laughter has an evolutionary origin and is linked with monkeys who grin and display the same shoulder-shaking signs . |
| 3 | The constancy of the aggregate parameters rests either on the assumption that individual wealth shares are constant or on the assumption that all investors perceive the same expected returns and variance covariance matrix of returns and exhibit the same degree of absolute risk aversion . |
| 4 | The boredom was broken only by bayoneting rats , bailing more water out of the trench or having to listen to Tommy repeat the same old melodies on a now rusty mouth-organ . |
| 5 | By comparison , impersonal descriptive references lack the same individuating force and are frequently ambiguous and misleading . |
| 6 | In additions to classifying specific weaving centres or tribes , the term may also be used in a broader sense to encompass any collection of tribes or villages which combine the same ethnic origins , or general location , with an underlying uniformity in their rugs . |
| 7 | Make the latter aware of your intention to concentrate on these tasks , if necessary , at the expense of other intrusions . |
| 8 | After all , you make the same unrealistic demands on me sometimes , and I 'm not perfect either — only I 've never confronted you with the unreasonableness of it all . ’ |
| 9 | Why should the people of Liverpool have to pay for the self-inflicted deficits of their local council , and why should the people of Lothian suffer the same dismal experience ? |
| 10 | They involve the same exfoliating , cleansing , toning and moisturising routines as facials . |
| 11 | This was considered revolutionary at the time it was written ( 1955 ) , but case study after case study elsewhere in the country now suggest the same basic pattern of large estates . |
| 12 | AMERICAN funds provide the few bright features in The Daily Telegraph/Micropal Personal Equity Plan Guide which otherwise shows continued underperformance by share-based investments this month . |
| 13 | As members of one of the world 's elite fighting forces , they have to gain the coveted green beret and undergo the same rigorous selection and training exercises as all other Royal Marines . |
| 14 | Yet the two presidents occupy the same hierarchical layer , have similar authority , and take home comparable salaries . |
| 15 | On this issue , the ‘ traditionalists ’ , the multiculturalists and antiracists occupy the same epistemological terrain . |
| 16 | Thus the 1927 study by Wentworth & Apfel 237 , and the 1931 study by Gross & Woodford 86 , both of which listed the journals most frequently used by American geologists , contain relatively small numbers of journals which still occupy the same high standing in the profession today . |
| 17 | Thus the 1927 study by Wentworth & Apfel , and the 1931 study by Gross & Woodford , both of which listed the journals most frequently used by American geologists , contain relatively small numbers of journals which still occupy the same high standing in the profession today . |
| 18 | Not all dichotic listening experiments tap the same psychological operations which may well differ in the extent of their underlying cerebral lateralisation . |
| 19 | Is it a recent alliance , or does it stretch back a few years and involve a few other deals ? |
| 20 | Spelling correction algorithms usually suggest a few alternative words which are in some sense similar to the detected misspelled word . |
| 21 | Expect a few small roach and skimmers on pole and squatts when after the thaw . |
| 22 | On his way home from college , he had managed to slip into the bookshop and grab a few quick words with Joe on the pretext of asking for a book , but the small , stout man could only tell him more or less what he already knew . |
| 23 | ‘ We want a few good skirmishers . ’ |
| 24 | Cook a few tart apples along with a sprig or two of mint and strain through a fine sieve . |
| 25 | Pennyroyal , a type of mint , is effective against fleas so attach a few dried pennyroyal leaves to your pet 's collar . |
| 26 | Of the total NHS budget , as we can see from Figure 10.2 , a small part — less than 3 per cent — is taken by the central department to provide central administration , supply a few specialist services and give a few specific grants . |
| 27 | When everyone was in bed he would go round to every window , double-check if it was locked and then , before he came upstairs , place a few key obstacles in the path of any potential intruder . |
| 28 | Fill the frame to within 50 mm of the top , then place a few dead leaves on the surface . |
| 29 | Accommodation in the camps — on an ascending scale of comfort — ranges from small tents for the backpacking brigade to large tents-under-thatch , reed huts and timber-framed lodges which provide an all inclusive package for the well-heeled . |
| 30 | Whilst this situation has changed in recent years , it will only be when local female populations attain the same educational standard as their male counter-parts and take a key role in management decisions that substantial progress will be made . |