Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adj] [noun] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the story goes that money speaks , and some people , some parents , if they get hit in the pocket , will probably take more notice of their child , |
| 2 | Chancellor insists low inflation remains top priority |
| 3 | Michael Rosen understands that rhythm makes language memorable for children , and what 's remembered can be possessed and loved . |
| 4 | If anybody thinks that foxhunting plays any real part in controlling the fox problem , they are mistaken . |
| 5 | There are a lot of people saying that Mike Martin Pipe is not the force he was etcetera but there 's been a change of policy down at and if anyone thinks that Pipe has lost his touch they 're talking twaddle . |
| 6 | Demaine thinks that LOGO holds the promise of giving children access to advanced concepts at a far earlier stage than Piaget would have thought possible . |
| 7 | Analysis of their expression in pheochromocytoma PC 12 cells which mimicks neuronal development has shown that the NF-L and NF-M genes are at least in part controlled at the level of transcription , whereas the induction of NF-H by nerve growth factor is controlled post-transcriptionally ( 4,5 ) . |
| 8 | EURO DISNEYLAND 's most exciting theme park offers high seas jaunts , mystic Oriental sagas and the exotic bazaar and treasures of ‘ 1001 Nights ’ . |
| 9 | In addition , coaching sessions are arranged : there is a scheme organised by Prudential Insurance which runs weekly sessions for six weeks after Easter , and in the summer holidays further coaching has been arranged on a regular basis . |
| 10 | A firm which produces smoked fish has been hit by fire . |
| 11 | Mr Myers receives weekly management reports from each restaurant . |
| 12 | She has striking Italian looks , a model height of five feet ten inches and long slim legs — all attributes which she had n't been taking advantage of . |
| 13 | As she was telling the shuffling Grimauds that light thickens , and the crow makes wing to the rooky wood , a voice cried above her from the high scaffolding . |
| 14 | Oh : car of menace , car of blight Cars the atmosphere ignite Greenhouse warming , Havoc forming Parkinson must see us right We 're au fait with entropy Gaia , Ecosphere , synergy Words for greening But their meaning 's A linguistic mystery Oh : politicians must invent Worship of environment Genuflecting by reflecting Words of verdant bafflement Now our water 's unfit to drink Too much aluminium and zinc No solution To pollution No-one can stand the stink Oh : public filth and pestilence Highlights private opulence Does the glitter , clear the litter All it needs is pounds and pence GOD REST YE MERRY God rest ye merry , gentle Greens Let nothing you dismay The much foretold apocalypse Is now well under way Not even Mr Gorbachev Can stop the world 's decay Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh , tidings of comfort and joy We ca n't eat meat or hens or fish The farming is too cruel The only food we now permit Is foul organic gruel Irradiated food and veg Now double up as fuel Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now everybody wants a car Though noise and fumes are vile The Iron Curtain fractures and The jams stretch back for miles Mobility and liberty Can not be reconciled Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy We think that greenhouse warming will Bring on the world 's demise If forests burn it 's not just trees but mankind too that fries But all this may be garbage Because scientists tell lies Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Consumers must buy less to reach Sustainability For galloping consumption is More lethal than TB So much for Third World dreams of fleeing Grinding poverty Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Unless we stop producing kids The planet will not cope No hope for birth controllers short of Kidnapping the Pope But since the Greens recycle people they May turn us into soap Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy In searching for clean energy The choice is pretty stark The floods that come when coal is burnt will keep us in the Ark But had Lord Marshall got his way We 'd all glow in the dark Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Dumb animals are much preferrred To flawed humanity Ill-treatment of old people may Provoke insanity But culling seals and whales is judged The worst profanity Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now Mrs Thatcher goes bright green A highly suspect hue Her policies have after all Kept filth and squalor blue It 's just another way she 's found To tell us what to do Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy With greenhouse gases , PCBs Sulphuric acid rain This fragile globe 's environment Is going down the drain It is a cosmic punishment That we ca n't start again Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Melanie Phillips OVERNIGHT FILE |
| 15 | This was not at all a foolish answer , if one supposes that geometry describes the properties of space and that occupancy of space is the basic property of matter . |
| 16 | The contrast illustrates that music moves on , the NME moves on , grudges do n't last forever , and I hope this may be so for at least another 40 years . |
| 17 | There is a significant difference between the pattern of the cash flows system of the various projects ( e.g. one project has high cash flow in early years and low cash flows in latter years : while another project has low cash flows in early years and high cash flows in latter years ) . |
| 18 | A friend of Butcher 's , who has strong football links with Japan , said last night : ‘ He is very popular over there and they are keen to strengthen the coaching side of their game . |
| 19 | The department has strong research links with the Centre for Speech Technology Research and the Human Communication Research Centre . |
| 20 | The daily drive to her surgery in south Bristol and then three or four home visits each day means the best part of 400 miles between pump visits . |
| 21 | The horse that develops stable vices suffers the anxiety of enforced boredom : the riding horse 's anxieties are usually due to the fear of pain caused by hurtful equipment , faulty training , or poor riding . |
| 22 | It adds that evidence has come to light of two possible explosions involving similar waste . |
| 23 | Both companies feel that their architectures are complementary ; he adds that Cascade has been very successful in the US and that the product has ‘ a number of innovative features ’ . |
| 24 | This accepts that integration provides benefits identified by Coase , Williamson , and others , but is critical of their analysis of the costs . |
| 25 | ‘ It might be okay for some people , like thae toffs that mammy cleans for , but it 's nae use for the likes of us . |
| 26 | Another view holds that evolution depends heavily on environmental change , so the struggle is often more with the wider world than with other species . |
| 27 | This view holds that arousal improves the rate of information transfer from input to output but potentially impairs the use of information in short term memory . |
| 28 | The integrationist view , in parallel with views on the care of other disabled groups , holds that segregation brings the dangers of stigma and neglect , while integration respects the wishes of the dementing to be as normal as possible , brings the stimulus of " normal " company with consequent raising of standards , and enhances the status of sufferers . |
| 29 | The range has eight firing points on two levels . |
| 30 | She sa , she needs some money does n't she ? |