Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [noun sg] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Description and/or interpretation includes some of the kinds of activity involved in an exercise called " Practical Criticism " , which entails commenting on prose passages and poems . |
| 2 | Any postage or revenue stamp that is not defaced valid for current use in the British postal area or elsewhere ( except a revenue stamp embossed or impressed on an instrument which has been executed ) . |
| 3 | In order to appreciate the factors which motivate a writer or speaker to make this kind of selection , one needs to think of the clause as a message rather than as a string of grammatical and lexical elements . |
| 4 | We therefore attempt to hold the current program " context " in the fast accumulators as the program is executed ; since it may be difficult for a programmer or compiler to establish such a current context at each point , it has been proposed that the accumulator array be replaced by an associative store , and this is discussed in 5.5 . |
| 5 | But do n't be tied by necessity or convention to furnish all in one style . |
| 6 | She now treats overweight clients with a combined programme of exercise and hypnotherapy or psychotherapy to overcome those psychological pitfalls that can cause slimmers to backslide . |
| 7 | His facial scars radiating ridges pigmented with tar or carbon pictured some many-legged mutant spider . |
| 8 | Yet nowhere in the existing research or literature does this need appear to be acknowledged , let alone addressed . |
| 9 | Booz , Allen & Hamilton and McKinsey & Co. dominated this business , which sought to find guidelines for company regeneration and solutions for management problems . |
| 10 | This is that area of physical life which is associated with sickness and health ; an area wherein the interplay between the subconscious healing operations of the bodily functions , on the one hand , and the power of the human mind or will to help those functions on the other , would offer immense possibilities for medical practice if the practitioner knew for sure that in the mind of the patient there was the certain knowledge that successful self-help generated from faith in a fully believed-in ‘ god ’ could be achieved . |
| 11 | For desk work the pupils should be in a place from which they can most clearly and easily see any demonstration or illustration work that is being shown . |
| 12 | ‘ language or conduct is not said to be insulting unless it is intended to show contempt or disesteem , or is understood by the hearer or observer to show this attitude . ’ |
| 13 | Initially , the women were doubtless drawn by the glamour of the nurse 's uniform and by a sense of adventure ; later , as the French women who had not lost a husband , lover or brother became fewer and fewer , the more frivolous motives became replaced by a formidable dedication . |
| 14 | But there needs to be a commitment on the part of the college or course to give more time and greater attention to music 's role in worship . |
| 15 | A person bereft by permanent loss or separation feels this range of emotion multiplied many times . |
| 16 | Freehold possession ( ownership ) describes the situation where the freeholder or owner has more control over the premises than any other person or organization . |
| 17 | Religion and fiction use more conjunctions than science and journalism . |
| 18 | Mr. Harrison submits that the discharge of one joint and several debtor by accord and satisfaction discharges all the others , unless there is an intention to the contrary which may require express reservation of rights against the others . |
| 19 | This means there will be time to get everything down but that your brain will have to work at full speed and concentration to analyse all the words . |
| 20 | Refreshment and dining halls and train-shed matched these lavish dimensions . |
| 21 | Casein became a recognized adhesive in aircraft and yacht work some time around 1930 . |
| 22 | 10.3 The Academic Parties shall , notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement , have a licence to use for the purpose of further internal research and teaching work all the foreground technical information that they themselves have generated together with such of the background and results as is communicated to them hereunder by the other Parties and is necessary for such use of their own result , but such use shall be in conformity with the confidentiality conditions of this Agreement . |
| 23 | Glaxo plans to increase research and development spending this year to £735 million , from £595 million . |
| 24 | A feeling of great weight and tiredness runs all through the remedy ; so weary and heavy that they must lie down and lie still . |
| 25 | Similarly , alienation , crime and upheaval had much less to do with individualistic action or even changes in community association . |
| 26 | There were lights at regular intervals in the ceiling , with patches of shadow in between , and stripes of light and dark followed each other overhead as they trundled her along . |
| 27 | Haiti and St Lucia — depend on clean coastal waters , because fishing and tourism provide much of their income . |
| 28 | His sanctimoniousness and hypocrisy make some people around here regard him with great distaste . |
| 29 | She will be demonstrating the training of horse and rider using several well-known guinea pigs . |
| 30 | Hahgwehdiyu was constantly trying to control his wicked brother who would use forces of darkness , thunder , wind and rain to destroy all the good work achieved . |