Example sentences of "[vb base] [noun pl] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reforming governor 's efforts to place the hated exile system ‘ on a more orderly and business-like foundation ’ foundered on the twin reefs of under provision of infrastructural resources , and the over-supply of vastly more compulsory settlers and convict labourers than the restructured system was designed or intended to cope with . |
| 2 | Each party has to serve within 14 weeks ( 10 weeks in a county court ) written statements of all such oral evidence which they intend to adduce. ( 4 ) Photographs , sketch plans and the contents of any police accident report shall be receivable in evidence and must be agreed if possible . |
| 3 | As well as the six LED-lit patch selection pedals are the programming push switches and a graphic display showing the effects available and the parameters governing each effect . |
| 4 | A search is made for a number of special tag patterns and parse fragments and the parse structure suitably modified . |
| 5 | This will greatly assist our efforts to win work in this important market during the current tough times and ensure that we maximise opportunities as the country comes out of recession . |
| 6 | In taking up on green and environmental issues , it will give the G M B a much higher profile , and make non-members and the general public alike more aware of the good things that we are striving for on their behalf . |
| 7 | They still lack goals but the signs were they will come . |
| 8 | Mr Dudgeon added : ‘ We have invested heavily in automation and process improvements and the business has been re-focused to supply the best levels of service and quality to customers in the personal care market . ’ |
| 9 | To attempt to ignore these events or portray them as something other than what they are can only diminish confidence in the media and increase the effectiveness of those who monger rumors and the fears of those who listen . |
| 10 | It automatically remembers folders and files which have been opened or saved and allows easy access to them , either via pop-up menus , command keys or a wildcard file search . |
| 11 | The dungeon tower houses craft workshops and the resident falconer gives regular displays . |
| 12 | The kinetic approach relies on the establishment of a relation between the density of the crystalline and melt phases and the time . |
| 13 | Both seats have sit up and snooze positions and the pushchair can be folded to make a cot . |
| 14 | Previously Samsung 's £9m UK ad spend had been split between separate campaigns for stereos , videos and fax machines and a small corporate campaign , which was boosted to £3.5m last year . |
| 15 | For visitors and they want things that the locals do n't want , I said . |
| 16 | I 'll get Matron to handle them ’ — he looked up at her , and she nodded — ‘ and tell all press callers that a press conference will be held here in the board room at ten A.M. tomorrow . ’ |
| 17 | The Transport Department planted more broadleaf trees than the Forestry Commission , he claimed . |
| 18 | There is certainly no room for complacency when we debate pensions and the other provisions in the orders . |
| 19 | Frank Bruno 's proposed showdown with Lennox Lewis has been postponed because TV companies have spent their summer budgets on the European football championships , Wimbledon , Test Matches and the Olympics . |
| 20 | Do n't forget to include a window , entrance and exit points and a door to the rear storage area . |
| 21 | The retaining nipple at the pedal end fell off , but whether that was due to our amateur build standards or a faulty cable remains in the unsolved file . |
| 22 | Alternatively , the public may simply have become more sensitised to crime , through media and press reports or the Government 's crime prevention publicity , and so believing crime to be on the increase they are more likely to report offences leading to a rise in recorded crime which will lead to further media attention and so on in a ‘ deviancy amplification spiral ’ . |
| 23 | It would have appeared a politically harmless work , if it had not contained a violent attack in the Preface on ‘ the impertinent and ignorant preachers ’ appointed by the Government , ‘ who think all religion is a sermon and all sermons ought to be libels against truth and old Governors , and expound chapters that the meaning may never be understood ’ . |
| 24 | Increased maximum weights for ‘ juggernaut ’ lorries , competition from deregulated bus and coach services and the opening of new motorways , especially the London orbital M25 , have posed major threats to BR 's freight and long distance passenger traffic . |
| 25 | The window looked out on to a wide wooden verandah with a few deadbeat chairs and a metal table that took one leg off the ground when you leaned on it . |
| 26 | The Glasgow High Court heard in January 1986 of the couple who were obsessed by the ouija board , tarot cards and the occult . |
| 27 | Many are reluctant to do so ; they harbour hopes that the government will raise the 10% ceiling . |
| 28 | The faction was said to be demanding that government forces disarm and demobilize in stages , in parallel with the guerrillas , and that UNTAC provide assurances that no Vietnamese forces remained in the country . |
| 29 | The 10 junctions were chosen to represent a range of different junction and manoeuvre types and a corresponding range of mean risk ratings and accident estimates . |
| 30 | The relocations were to begin on July 21 with the return of Maronite Christians to more than 80 villages in the predominantly Druze Chouf mountains and the area east of Sidon . |