Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What renders science distinctive , then , is not so much the instruments that are played , for crude variants of these can be found wherever we look ; nor even the particular tune , for everyone plays brief snatches of this from time to time ; it is rather the sustained and collaborative elaboration of this particular melody in preference to all the others one might play . |
| 2 | But everyone has high hopes for him . |
| 3 | Not all worlds are the same , and life upon them has strange effects upon the body . ’ |
| 4 | Each of them has many adherents in the discipline , and at first sight it looks as if the approaches are in direct competition . |
| 5 | ‘ When you look at our results , the deflected goals we have had against CSKA and Brugge , and the way we fought back after being two goals down to Marseille , nothing holds any fears for us . ’ |
| 6 | And unless someone possesses unique powers of extrasensory perception which enables him to influence the balls in the caller 's cabinet , character references are strictly irrelevant to the outcome of the jolly game of life in which eyes look down rather than upward for support . |
| 7 | It has to be rehearsed all together , it ca n't be done best if someone arrives two days before the performance . ’ |
| 8 | Let's hope someone buys some batteries for the bandsmen before the Five Nations match next March . |
| 9 | All the walls I gives three coats of brilliant white stone paint , easier to say than to do . |
| 10 | Afterwards , in the changing room , everyone shoots sidelong glances at Lil . |
| 11 | They lived in 264 houses which averages 5.36 persons to a household . |
| 12 | He had hoped to see the opening of the ‘ Ballymurphy Seven ’ trial , which involves alleged attacks on security forces , but said the trial date had been postponed . |
| 13 | Paasi then investigates what he terms the ‘ institutionalization of regions ’ , the process by which they are created , which involves four stages in the formation of ‘ structures of expectations ’ that embrace both the physical and the cultural characteristics of a region . |
| 14 | A full-length performance , which premiered at The Place Threatre 's Indian Summer Festival in London , which involves young dancers from London and Oxford in some pieces . |
| 15 | This is mainly due to the complexity of the AP response , which involves several tissues with possible feed-back loops . |
| 16 | Cawson defines corporatism as a process ‘ in which organizations representing monopolistic functional interests engage in political exchange with state agencies over public policy outputs which involves those organizations in a role that combines interest representation and policy implementation through delegated self-enforcement ’ ( 1985a , p. 8 ) . |
| 17 | He maintains that capitalist enterprises and the modern nation state require a ‘ rational ’ bureaucratic administration which involves large numbers of administrators and clerical staff . |
| 18 | Of course , it will remain open to the court to list any appeal which involves important points before a court of three or more judges . |
| 19 | However the facts are that the courts have not for the last 300 years recognised , nor have they acted upon , a logic which renders all questions of law jurisdictional . |
| 20 | In the clearest indication possible that it regards the MVS mainframe as doomed , it has produced a colourful flyer that explains that Osiris was an ancient Egyptian king who after painful adventures became a god , and chose to act as an intermediary between the living and the dead , looking after the souls of the departed and giving the living the hope of eternal happiness in the other world ; ‘ In providing a quality solution which integrates open systems with existing System 370 and 390 environments , ’ the company says , ‘ HDS provides the best of both worlds ’ ( the living and the dead , that is ) . |
| 21 | Yes but why did Hitachi Data Systems Ltd choose the name Osiris for its new mainframe Unix combination ( see front ) : in the clearest indication possible that it regards the MVS mainframe as doomed , it has produced a colourful flyer that explains that Osiris was an ancient Egyptian king who after painful adventures became a god , and chose to act as an intermediary between the living and the dead , looking after the souls of the departed and giving the living the hope of eternal happiness in the other world ; ‘ In providing a quality solution which integrates open systems with existing System 370 and 390 environments , ’ the company says , ‘ HDS provides the best of both worlds ’ ( the living and the dead , that is ) . |
| 22 | The variation in day length decreases with distance from the poles and vanishes at the Equator , which receives 12 hours of light each day throughout the year . |
| 23 | Under the terms of the 1947 Constitution legislative authority is vested in a National Assembly which receives legislative proposals from the Legislative Yuan . |
| 24 | Under the terms of the 1947 Constitution legislative authority is vested in the Assembly which receives legislative proposals from the Legislative Yuan ( Li-Fa Yuan ) . |
| 25 | The growing importance of lager , which offers similar advantages to the nationals as bottled beer and keg beers in the past ( i.e. a standardized product offering considerable manufacturing economies of scale and well suited to national advertising and distribution ) . |
| 26 | However , the Normal College is geographically adjacent to the University College of North Wales , Bangor , which offers similar courses of teacher training and , in some respects , competes with it for students . |
| 27 | There is a new conventional integrated amplifier in the range , the AX-V401 ( £199.5 ) , which offers 55 watts per channel into 8 ohms and has six audio , two video ( sound channels ) and facilities for two tape machines , multi-function remote control handset , a ‘ direct ’ signal switch ( by-passes the tone controls ) and a continuously-variable loudness control . |
| 28 | In perpetuating a financial structure which offers tremendous advantages to large firms , it is as important to consider the role of the state in maintaining the idiosyncrasies of the financial system as it is to debate the extent of state control over commercial banks . |
| 29 | Another excellent restaurant is THE LOCHNAGAR , which offers unparalleled views of the spectacular Lochnagar Mountain and River Dee . |
| 30 | A short boat ride away from Cancun lies the island of Cozumel , a one-street paradise which offers beautiful views as you sip your Tequila Sunrise at sunset . |