Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [adj] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone has tiny feet and nice squashed-up bones . |
| 2 | Everyone , everyone has two parent and erm so a relationship exists , a mapping exists . |
| 3 | That has made their tours very long and everyone needs enormous stamina and commitment . |
| 4 | Listen to what it says in John chapter five Truly , truly I say unto you , this is Jesus speaking he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and does not come into judgement but has passed out of death into life . |
| 5 | I had been using my travelling battery shaver while house-sitting and despite what Victor Kiam says , nothing beats hot water and cold steel . |
| 6 | ‘ No , it were n't an interositor , them has triangular screens and positronic wave cross-band modulators which operate on the principle of ionized beta photons bombarding the nucleus of an alpha particle . |
| 7 | Basil Bunting the poet wrote a poem called Briggflatts which , although it is not an easy piece to read , has a cragged beauty which fits these dales and fells . |
| 8 | The research involves a close study of two working class communities in Belfast ( Catholic and Protestant ) using a participatory research approach which involves young people and youth workers in the process of investigation . |
| 9 | The GEP emphasises a practical approach to business development which involves comprehensive training and advice in those key areas that determine business success . |
| 10 | Certain things are still here : the curling stone ; the brush , or walking stick as it is now ; the old photograph a little ragged at the edges which displays three men and a little terrier called Coogan . |
| 11 | A good sommelier or restaurant manager can persuade the customer to choose a super bottle of wine which offers marvellous value and drinks perfectly , rather than just a grand name in a superlative vintage which , inevitably , will have a premium attached to it . |
| 12 | The Mission Project Service is a church-sponsored , non-profit organisation which offers free information and consultation to the leaders of small-scale , development initiatives . |
| 13 | After your return the ship will sail to Kom Ombo where you will visit the Ptolemic Temple of Kom Ombo , which offers beautiful murals and reliefs as well as fine views of the river . |
| 14 | Lotus Development Corp yesterday began shipments of Lotus Notes 3 , which offers cross-system support and is available in a Macintosh client and a server version for Windows and MS-DOS , and there are upgrades to the existing OS/2 server and Windows and OS/2 clients ; Notes Release 3 costs $500 for any client or server implementation . |
| 15 | The Chico Mendes Committee , which represents rubber tappers and human rights activists , alleged complicity by the authorities in the escape . |
| 16 | Viewing familiar issues in an unfamiliar setting was like fitting together pieces of a jig-saw puzzle which separates individual details and personalities from the root causes and effects of the problems . |
| 17 | It produces a mystique which obstructs total professionalism and separates British from American attitudes . |
| 18 | There is no mistaking the enthusiasm which drives these initiatives and the real commitment to providing a " user-centred " service . |
| 19 | One is the cutaneous form — caused by the protozoan Leishmania braziliensis — which produces nasty sores and , after a couple of years , secondary sores in the mucus membranes of the lips , nose and genital organs , eating them away . |
| 20 | The tetanus bacteria grow at the site of the injury and release a toxin which produces rigid muscles and muscle contractions . |
| 21 | The highlight grid which produces alternate light and dark background character cells does n't work with dark backgrounds and while the second grid is better it reduces all the colours to magenta or white making it almost useless for anything other than outlining . |
| 22 | We are increasingly questioning the wisdom of a car and road-led transport strategy which destroys important habitats and local landscapes both directly , in terms of the selected route , and indirectly through the quarrying and transport of aggregates , as well as by encouraging increased vehicular pollution . |
| 23 | But then we have to move with Ulysses to a huge spinning-top of words which defies such judgements and leaves us clutching at apparently familiar images which so sooner appear than they are gone . |
| 24 | But as mystics these medieval women , though " taking the route [ they ] would be likely to take " , join with their male counterparts to point to the same inner journey into the truth of the Incarnation — a wisdom which transcends human distinctions and where " there is neither male nor female . |
| 25 | Nitrates contribute to nutrient enrichment which encourages algal growth and blooms . |
| 26 | In a referendum held on May 19 throughout Croatia , final results showed that 83.6 per cent of the registered electorate of 3,652,225 went to the polls and 93.2 per cent of these voted in favour of the proposal that Croatia , " as a sovereign and independent country which guarantees cultural autonomy and all civic rights to the Serbs and members of other nationalities in Croatia , may with other republics join a confederation of sovereign states " . |
| 27 | Whizz-Kidz , the movement for non-mobile children , is looking for 300 sponsored runners to pledge either a minimum of £1,250 which guarantees free entry and flight , or £2,250 which includes accommodation as well . |
| 28 | Both sides have agreed on a new electoral law which guarantees secret balloting and an immediate count . |
| 29 | I should like to put the contrary view that an understanding of theory is of primary importance because this provides a general perspective on the nature of language which influences pedagogic principles and indicates how different descriptions might be adapted for classroom use . |
| 30 | Timber which has been properly kiln-seasoned ( which needs expensive kilns and close supervision ) is in no way worse than ‘ naturally ’ seasoned timber and indeed is rather less likely to have picked up the infections of rot during the seasoning process . |