Example sentences of "[vb -s] [conj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although often not practical , try to get dual experience at sorting out the landing after low final turns or upset approaches . |
| 2 | Below that the car risked bogging down in the mud or grounding on an obstacle , above it the tyres might lose adhesion on the continual twists and turns or cliff-like descents , or one of the vicious pot-holes or rock outcrops rupture the suspension or pierce the sump . |
| 3 | But ideas can move the world , and if a Peters or Handy seminar sends managers back to their desks with just one new insight into managing people or change processes , it is probably worth £700 of any company 's money . |
| 4 | He accepts as-if legal rights in that spirit and for reasons of strategy will make mostly the same decisions a conventionalist would make when statutes are plain or precedents crisp and decisive . |
| 5 | Her water-melon breasts rest heavily on her lap and her cleavage starts where other women have a navel . |
| 6 | Bohncke proposes from detailed pollen analyses of several pollen profiles that human clearance of these pockets began as early as 7600 , 5000 , and 4200 B.P .. |
| 7 | Bray adds that frozen pasta with good quality fillings is especially useful to caterers because it can be made up quickly into either single- or multi-portion dishes without waste . |
| 8 | Watson stresses the importance of the individual 's personality as a factor influencing the meaning and value of work on a personal level , but adds that additional factors such as age , upbringing , sex , education , nature of employing organisation and social class matter too . |
| 9 | The NAO says its estimates could be reduced by improvements in technology , but adds that higher costs may result from stricter health and safety regulations . |
| 10 | Like many others in the industry , Miles points to the number of fast food outlets opening every day as an indication of the continuing popularity of deep-fried foods and adds that unhealthy frying is caused principally by poor frying practices . |
| 11 | He adds that legal advice has indicated that there is a prima facie case against the auditors , but the decision on whether to take legal action will be made by a committee of two non-executive directors . |
| 12 | In the context , this ‘ very lax attitude ’ seems to be measured against circumstances ( such as late Old English or the present day ) in which there is a uniform standard of spelling : thus , what this really means is that in Early ME there was no uniform standard , and indeed Scragg adds that these scribes had ‘ no conception of a spelling standard ’ . |
| 13 | Crewe of American Express says ‘ the banks ca n't afford to do business at that level ’ , but adds that American Express is talking to retailers and other outlets about its charges , especially those made to small restaurants and hotels . |
| 14 | But she adds that past hazards to workers making contraceptives and detergents are a warning : ‘ In the past employers did not take the proper precautions . |
| 15 | He adds that any killing of animals should be painless , and their use in experiments restricted as far as possible to ‘ the less highly organised ’ creatures . |
| 16 | Giner adds that this phenomenon , common to the Southern European states , continues to be felt to the present day . |
| 17 | However , Article 130R(5) introduced by the Single European Act states that within their respective spheres of competence , the Community and the Member States shall co-operate with third countries and with the relevant international organizations , but then adds that this provision shall be without prejudice to Member States ' competence to negotiate in international bodies and to conclude international agreements . |
| 18 | Nobody now supposes that political processes begin and end with elections , or that elected governments have a monopoly of political power . |
| 19 | No one supposes that international relations can be fully understood just by assembling a patchwork of what the actors say was in their minds . |
| 20 | He supposes that some frogs are sitting on the coping stones of a circular lily pond . |
| 21 | The display territory must be at least as large as the floor area of your tank — and so yours undoubtedly supposes that any female who visits him is ready to spawn . |
| 22 | The political argument for conventionalism I set out a moment ago supposes that this kind of situation is inevitable , that no theory of adjudication can prevent it . |
| 23 | It supposes that this practice will serve the community better-bring it closer to what really is a fair and just and happy society — than any alternative program that demands consistency with decisions already made by other judges or by the legislature . |
| 24 | Now why I mean do you think it matters that these things are so that these things are so , that these things which we thought were in , you know private to you , and not available to other people so easily , why do you think it matters that they actually are apparently in return for mo payment , are available to anyone ? |
| 25 | Every police force emphasises that all officers carry warrent cards and should produce them when asked . |
| 26 | a ‘ cross-curricular ’ view focuses on the school : it emphasises that all teachers ( of English and of other subjects ) have a responsibility to help children with the language demands of different subjects on the school curriculum : otherwise areas of the curriculum may be closed to them . |
| 27 | I think this merely emphasises that each school is operating its own erm thing , as it were . |
| 28 | NEW lower-off and abseil points are now in place at the reopened upper Craig Pen Trwyn , but the BMC emphasises that continued access depends on the strictest observance of the agreement . |
| 29 | Recent support for Shipman 's view comes from Bolam who , on the basis of his review of innovation research , emphasises that educational change is a process , not an event , and that the individuals and social systems involved interact with each other over time and are changed by the change process itself . |
| 30 | Dignan points to increasing state intervention and changing forms of law , and emphasises that these developments can no longer be understood by reference to traditional theory . |