Example sentences of "[adv] [noun pl] [vb base] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But permission was turned down by councillors so officers have demanded any future breaches of conditions could result in officers taking action . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , so far only chimpanzees have displayed any ability to make visual — auditory associations . |
| 3 | Only humans have devised complicated rituals which convey mystery and respect , along with mourning and tears . |
| 4 | So women have to challenge owner-occupation and , in particular , council-house sales and cuts in public expenditure in housing , since it is they as housewives , mothers and single parents who inevitably bear the brunt of reduced decent public housing , and the increased push towards owner-occupation . |
| 5 | So hotels have to avoid unreliable entertainers , and we are having to think about standard contracts , not flexible agreements . |
| 6 | The old , the poor , the sick , the homeless and the animals certainly do n't deserve another five years of Tory rule , but the I 'm all right Jacks have made sure they are getting it . |
| 7 | Recipes for plant dyes tested and tried over generations have produced distinctive colours for wool , tweed and tartan . |
| 8 | The sooner governments begin to answer these questions , the better . |
| 9 | Already councils have demolished 5000 Bison homes . |
| 10 | It 's like expecting the class system to change once the workers have explained to the ruling class why they do n't like poverty ; or racism to go away once blacks have made clear why they find it oppressive . |
| 11 | According to a recent report from the market research company Mintel , customer perceptions of quality in products and service have more to do with their expectation that companies should get it right first time than with the belief that they should provide a safety net to protect consumers once things have gone wrong . |
| 12 | Moreover pupils need to learn appropriate modes of behaviour for a range of off-site learning activities , e.g. a visit to a cathedral , a climb up to a hill fort , following a town heritage trail or exploring a castle . |
| 13 | Once women have reached senior management , for instance , where they are the only woman among 20 or 50 men , some companies tend to see them as the token woman singlehandedly proving that the company is encouraging and supporting women to reach the top . |
| 14 | Once students have completed this part of the course , they will have attained a standard of English which well prepared them to undertake Cambridge First Certificate work . |
| 15 | Once students have achieved Compact goals they have gained an entitlement to an offer of employment from a Compact employer . |
| 16 | Make sure you are motivated : Many women who want home births have had unsatisfactory births in hospitals and now want to give birth in the dignity of their own home . |
| 17 | In marital therapy it is often noticeable that although a couple are asking for help to sort out their problem , so that they may have the closeness and intimacy for which they yearn , fear overcomes hope , and whenever things start to improve one of them can be relied upon to start up the next quarrel . |
| 18 | I think both principles remain given this system . |
| 19 | But now biologists have charted some of their movements by persuading them to swallow tiny radio transmitters or inserting such devices beneath their skin . |
| 20 | The central theme of the Unit 's philosophy is that there is only one science , no matter how finely disciplines have become subdivided ( largely for administrative purposes ) over the years , and so we look for those research proposals which are naturally and freely expressed . |
| 21 | So far governments have adopted two measures in relation to education and health personnel : incentives , i.e. , paying higher salaries , and sanctions , i.e. restricting employment in the desirable areas . |
| 22 | Now chemists have discovered several compounds of transition metals such as tungsten and iridium that can split an alkane carbon-hydrogen bond to form a carbon-metal bond instead . |
| 23 | All too often teachers intend to teach one thing , actually teach another , and test for something quite different . |
| 24 | So far historians have made little use of AI and expert systems . |
| 25 | Now police have seized 3,000 forged lapel tickets in a raid on this Birmingham pub and a number of houses . |
| 26 | You know , often horses do stand close together and they , sometimes you get them overlapping and that is not the best thing to do , it 's nice to have them separated if you possibly can . |
| 27 | Whereas writers and even journalists aim to construct individual works , works that stand on their own , the only novelty allowed the scientist is to be first . |
| 28 | However , even buyers tend to adopt some form of force majeure clause ( often a mutual one benefiting both parties ) and this has been included in cl 10.1 of Precedent 2 . |
| 29 | While increasingly businesses claim to fulfil social purposes as well , they will not survive unless they satisfy their customers profitably in the market place . |
| 30 | Thus : ( 1 ) There will be a " whole time and attention " clause in the service agreement whereby managers agree to spend all their time on the business and , subject to one or two exceptions , not to have any outside business interests during the course of their employment . |