Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [adj] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing illustrates this point so clearly as the fate of a paper published in 1874 by C. Nägeli entitled Verdrängung der Pflanzenformen durch ihre Mitbewerber . |
| 2 | Traditional building materials such as mud will have a role to play only when the national objective is to ensure that everyone has better housing now . |
| 3 | None of them has any connections here , not really ; they 're all bachelors ; at least , in a way . |
| 4 | The effect of Dr McNab 's arguments was by no means as overwhelming as might be supposed ; with the best will in the world and in ideal circumstances it is next to impossible to escape cerebral indigestion as someone quotes comparative figures as fluently as Dr McNab had just been doing . |
| 5 | ‘ Doping makes people so distrustful that if someone jumps two cms longer in a long jump , a cm higher in the pole-vault or lifts 2.5 kgs more than I do , the accusation is there . ’ |
| 6 | Road pricing , which involves charging drivers directly for their use of the road network , has been advocated for several years as a means of reducing congestion and environmental impact . |
| 7 | There is a shortage of suitable recruits in the diplomatic service , which offers varied experience abroad and a good career structure . |
| 8 | The SCFW also discloses the change in financial wealth for the period , which represents comprehensive income less the amount of distributions to owners . |
| 9 | With reference to the mentally unfit patient , I would respond that there is no authority which forbids such treatment apart from the general principle which , as has been seen , presupposes a ‘ sound mind ’ and is , therefore , a weak basis on which to rely . |
| 10 | This is a low-growing , submerged plant , which produces floating leaves very rarely . |
| 11 | Ignition involves fusion which produces enough energy both to heat the fuel and to maintain the temperature of the plasma as new fuel is added . |
| 12 | It was clear that Hannah would not consider moving far from her native heath and after lengthy deliberations , settled on a cottage in Cotherstone which stands five miles away from Low Birk Hatt at one of the entrances to Baldersdale . |
| 13 | But dealing with those in the foam ( which contains four times as much ) is more difficult — attempts to develop disposal methods have run into high costs . |
| 14 | The union leader told Sunday Life that Mr Bradley had passed his letter on to the appropriate department of the Northern Ireland Office which drafts electoral law here . |
| 15 | In the Ardennes and northern France it is conventionally identified with the Grande Faille du Midi , which has other names further east , but is conveniently referred to collectively as the Midi Overthrust ( Bless el al . |
| 16 | Now try the next figure , which has one line less in it . |
| 17 | Talks have also been held with the Darlington Society of Friends and the Churches Housing Association which has small developments nearby . |
| 18 | Funding is coming from Northern Arts , Durham County Council and Wear Valley District Council which has six schools also trying the artist in residence scheme . |
| 19 | Models include the Blow'n'Curl Plus by Carmen , £16.95 , which has retractable bristles so the wand can be slipped out without unravelling it , however — about 250W is average . |
| 20 | There are hotels and residences along this coastal road which has beautiful views across to the islands of Rum and Eigg , but the popular attraction hereabouts is the lovely strand of silver sand on the beach . |
| 21 | This popular competition , which has local matchmen inevitably chasing tickets , turned into a farce following months of up to 50 cormorants a day feasting on the venue 's fish stocks and depleting numbers . |
| 22 | GLCABS , however , which has several staff formally trained in recruitment , does not always include a member of the management committee . |
| 23 | Passed Bonhomme which has stunning views then on to Chapieux . |
| 24 | This project , which has considerable assistance both from WWF , the Zoological Society of London and others , is in its early stages . |
| 25 | Today it is hard to realise that the canal was the late eighteenth-century equivalent to the M1 , which lies five miles away to the east . |
| 26 | Somebody wants a single bed moving , somebody might want a chest of drawers moving , somebody wants some packages so there were there 's quite a lot of of work of that nature wanted . |
| 27 | This is presumably a result of the flexibility of the chain which allows extensive convolution thereby impeding stabilization of the required long range alignment . |
| 28 | So far they 've managed to isolate an ingredient which kills human sperm extremely quickly and efficiently . |
| 29 | The companies successfully argued that many elements of the Macintosh screen , which uses movable symbols rather than typed commands , were not original or that they had been invented by Xerox Corporation or International Business Machines . |
| 30 | The Wray Education Trust is a fund which benefits young people under 25 years of age who attend further education establishments , also apprentices , and other education activities within the village . |