Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he irritates me by repeating things over and over again . ’ |
| 2 | He then transports them to earthly space for human use . |
| 3 | If he plays games to while away the tedious time , thought Cadfael , he plays them by noble rules , even those he makes up as he goes . |
| 4 | Such cynical behaviour and insincerity is a waste of parliamentary time and contributes nothing to democratic government . |
| 5 | The draft orders are again the subject of consultation , following which parliamentary approval turns them into legal binding requirements . |
| 6 | As John Cook pointed out in the preceding chapter , it mistakenly assimilates the concepts of capacities like understanding , thinking , remembering , and the other psychological verbs to those of sensations like pain , and thus turns them into specific yet insubstantial and wholly mysterious inner states , available only to private introspection , which correlate in some way with their behavioural signs . |
| 7 | Turbobat is a very powerful multiple pass batch file compiler that takes DOS batch files and turns them into binary code that can execute up to four times faster than the original . |
| 8 | When the time is right Shamans pick the special fungus and make the vile brew which sends the Fanatics crazy and turns them into uncontrolled whirling maniacs . |
| 9 | It soileth my soul , It leadeth me into deep waters , |
| 10 | Older people , on the basis of chronological age , are progressively removed from economic life , which provides them not only with income , but structures their daily routines and integrates them into regular social relationships . |
| 11 | As a result the public interest is increasingly defined by expert professional administrators , and administrative decisions designed to promote the public interest are articulated in a language that screens them from effective parliamentary criticisms and public debate . |
| 12 | Just because unsubstantiated rumours abound that Terry 's brother Ted occasionally supplies me with specialist literature from the Continent , it does not mean I am taking backhanders or looking favourably towards Terry when including him in the first team . |
| 13 | For the one who encourages nothing but genuine feelings of peace , love and goodwill to all his fellow creatures , generally finds that peace and harmony follow him wherever he goes . |
| 14 | Their narrow perspective alienates them from broad-minded people who value the business in broader terms , who value certain immeasurable bit critical factors such as morale , expertise and goodwill . |
| 15 | They need to be educated properly , and society desperately needs them as educated members . |
| 16 | It is evident that the expertise and contacts Grampian companies have developed through supplying the North Sea oil industry stands them in good stead to take advantage of oil related opportunities in the Middle East . |
| 17 | They have to compete for telescope time , to make sure that no one beats them to crucial measurements . |
| 18 | Thus ministers no longer feel that the doctrine exposes them to special risks in the House but , by confining all the advice of the departments to ministers , it does ensure that they are so much better informed and briefed than their critics . |
| 19 | Aquatic birds that spend much of their time in water , well insulated by fat and waterproof plumage ( Figure 6.1 ) , are pre-adapted for life in cold lands ; the insulation of marine mammals in temperate seas pre-adapts them for polar seas . |
| 20 | Whereas America has visitors with little bodies and big heads , Russia has them with big bodies and little heads . |
| 21 | It contains nothing of real interest , and I have included it in the chart with Vela . |
| 22 | Goldring says : ‘ It is not a response to PMA and contains nothing about civil defence ’ . |
| 23 | Nature cares nothing for human definitions , after all , as Sprague de Camp points out . |
| 24 | He has a weasel face and subjects me to piercing scrutiny . |
| 25 | As for the case made against the versions in the Classic Anthology — that by using rhyme they align themselves with the closed poetry of print and not with the open poetry of the speaking breath — the obvious retort is that , although in these poems Pound often rhymes , he writes them in free verse , and in a free verse where the syllables are weighed , and the varying pace controlled , as scrupulously as in anything else he has written . |
| 26 | [ This is why ] … the examination of the social and , moreover , irrational and blind system from the viewpoint of its equilibrium , has nothing in common … with harmonia praestabilitata . |
| 27 | It does not matter if some or even all of the beetles have died before you receive the culture , as the culture contains plenty of live larvae and they will soon produce the pupae you need . |
| 28 | Make sure it contains plenty of different fabrics and textiles as well as props and items of clothing . |
| 29 | Graham emphasised the fact that the breed needs plenty of mental exercise , too , even if it 's only basic obedience training . |
| 30 | The bland , slightly earthy flavour of lentils needs plenty of fresh spices , herbs and seasoning to transform them into tasty soups or spicy Indian dhals . |