Example sentences of "[vb base] of [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is interesting that although idioms consist of more than one word , they display to some extent the sort of internal cohesion that we expect of single words . |
| 2 | We ordinarily say of causal circumstances and causes that they make their effects happen , but we do not say , and will deny , that effects make either of the two causal items happen . |
| 3 | We also say of causal circumstances and causes that they explain their effects , in a sense in which effects do not explain the causal items . |
| 4 | another mistake in the film was to suggest that in a a short franchise , say of seven years they would need a great deal of working capital , but they wo n't need a great deal of working capital or or share capital , they will actually be running a business where they get subsidy , because if er they 're involving socially necessary lines , like commuter lines , or or rural lines , then we 've made it very clear er that the taxpayers subsidy will continue , because these are loss making businesses , they will be bid they will bid for subsidy , and they will continue to get that subsidy , so they will have the flow of whatever income they can increase , in the passenger franchise , plus the subsidy , plus , and this is a very important point in what we 're doing in the restructuring of British Rail , you see , nobody up till now has said that British Rail is perfect , everyone acknowledges that there are big improvements to be made , the way we 're structuring it will get those improvements because the smaller franchises , not the great big monolithic nationalized industry , the smaller units , ha will be able to identify much more clearly where they can make the savings and where they can increase the revenue . |
| 5 | The detailed analyses they make of unconscious significations can stop them from considering any other kind of explanation . |
| 6 | At one level , policemen and women claim that they pursue all crime with equal vigour , which on the whole is true , but this formal discourse conceals the evaluations they make of different crimes . |
| 7 | The health of individuals is affected not only by the use they make of medical services but by their working conditions , housing , diet , leisure-time activities , and so on . |
| 8 | None of them is , nor can be , structured as to require that those in charge of enterprises in which people invest their working lives and expectations should account primarily and principally to them for the uses they make of those lives . |
| 9 | The researchers will meet with current historians to find out what use they make of past records with the aim of anticipating the requirements of future historians . |
| 10 | External anal sphincter function was investigated by : ( 1 ) the threshold of external anal sphincter contraction ( smallest volume of rectal distension causing a phasic sphincter contraction of at least 3 mm Hg ) , ( 2 ) maximum voluntary contraction ( mean of three trials of maximum voluntary squeezing lasting for five seconds ) , and ( 3 ) squeeze duration ( length of time during which each subject could voluntarily keep a pressure rise of 10 mm Hg in the lower anal canal balloon , mean of three trials ) . |
| 11 | Half of all EC citizens over 55 die of circulatory diseases . |
| 12 | More people die of respiratory infections than any other cause in Mexico City , which is said to have the dirtiest air in the world . |
| 13 | Each year some 14 million young children die of preventable diseases . |
| 14 | In some areas in the southern North Sea , Germany and the Netherlands , the lagoonal sediments consist of bioclastic grainstones instead of carbonate mudstones ( Füchtbauer 1972 ; Taylor and Colter 1975 ; van Adrichem-Boogaert and Burgers 1983 ) . |
| 15 | We are not suggesting , of course , that it is not legitimate to study the comprehension of sentences , or of passages which consist of discrete sentences . |
| 16 | Special shaped tiles are available for finishing off the edges of the worktop , and consist of straight strips with an L cross-section , plus mitred lengths for internal corners , and square ‘ caps ’ for external ones . |
| 17 | All general SVQs at levels I to III consist of appropriate groupings of National Certificate Modules . |
| 18 | The Benjamite forces ( verse 15 ) consist of 26 soldiers armed with swords , together with 700 men armed only with slings . |
| 19 | Storms generally consist of violent winds usually accompanied by rain , hail or snow . |
| 20 | The proposed qualifications at both level II and level III consist of compulsory modules in languages , literature , and communications , plus a range of social science module options from which candidates can choose . |
| 21 | Most Soviet imports from the area consist of essential foodstuffs and the Soviet Union would in any case have to buy many of them , notably grain , meat and wool , in hard currency markets . |
| 22 | Transverse dunes seem to accompany areas of increased sand cover : basically they consist of wave-like forms normal to the dominant wind and are considerably smaller than the longitudinal dunes , normal dimensions quoted by Mabbutt being wave length 50–200 m ( 160–650 ft ) and height up to 10 m ( 33 ft ) . |
| 23 | Judgments frequently consist of long paragraphs and convoluted sentences replete with subordinate clauses . |
| 24 | The reproductive systems consist of filamentous tubes . |
| 25 | However , sponges consist of simple aggregations of cells with no defined organs and tissues and are also able to reproduce by using their amazing powers of cell regeneration . |
| 26 | Parts I-IV consist of double-choral pieces for eight , but sometimes twelve , voices ; with Part V he began a systematization according to category , with motet-settings of Festlieder , and went on to produce three volumes — 746 pieces to 458 different texts — of straightforward four-part settings for congregational use plus a few organ ‘ variations ’ in VII ; in IX he again set the hymns of I-IV but for two or three voices and even contemplated doing them yet again ‘ motet-wise in the style of Lassus ’ , ‘ madrigal-wise in the style of Marenzio ’ , and per choros in the style of Victoria . |
| 27 | The parallel money markets consist of various markets in short-term finance between various financial institutions . |
| 28 | The bindings consist of various combinations ; there may be 3 or 4 horizontal bands and 2 or 4 vertical stays , normally held together by rivets . |
| 29 | The exemption covers advertisements which consist of verbatim extracts from any announcement or any extract from such an announcement , made in accordance with the rules of the exchange . |
| 30 | The former , which are open to full-time lecturers in further education establishments in Wales , lead either to the Post Graduate Certificate in Education ( Further Education ) or to the Certificate of Education ( Further Education ) and consist of two periods of eight weeks ' attendance at the Faculty of Education of the University College , interspersed with one year 's supervised teaching and tutorial sessions in the student 's own institutions . |