Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [vb base] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Traditional Ibicenco houses cluster around a fascinating 16th century church , marking the highest point of the village . |
| 2 | At the end of the taught portion of the course , MSc candidates carry out a substantial project . |
| 3 | An aid worker in Jordanian refugee camps ca n't get a TV crew from the West interested in tens of thousands of people from the ‘ Third World ’ who are about to die from starvation — all the crews are off watching Richard Branson pick up a couple of hundred westerners in one of his Virgin Jumbo Jets . |
| 4 | In August 1990 opposition parties set up a Democratic Antitotalitarian Forum , in February 1991 a National Convention of the Extra Parliamentary Opposition was set up , and in May 1991 a National Convention for the Establishment of Democracy was created . |
| 5 | But the capacitors on DRAM chips take up a large amount of space ; the ceramic of an FRAM chip is capable of storing data in a much smaller space . |
| 6 | In effect governments take on a commitment to support a part of the costs of several hundred projects at any one time , such ‘ counterpart funding ’ in countries like Kenya or Tanzania frequently amounts to a nominal commitment of about $200 million per year . |
| 7 | That night we slid into Tomb Bay , where Lycian rock tombs glare over a sheltered bight and cicadas yell from oleanders . |
| 8 | In people with sickle cell anaemia , the molecule that carries oxygen in the blood , haemoglobin , is abnormal , and the red blood cells take on a sickle shape . |
| 9 | Billingham firemen put out a car on fire in Cowpen Bewley Road , Cowpen Bewley , near Billingham . |
| 10 | With the New Year came the signing of a contract with Surrey Universityto carry out an extensive research project into management skills and knowledge in several EC member states . |
| 11 | In England , the guidelines issued by the Lord Chief Justice for sentencing in rape cases set out a starting point of eight years ’ imprisonment for two or more rapists acting together , for men who rape victims in the victim 's own home , for those who abuse positions of responsibility over their victims and for rape involving abduction . |
| 12 | Such data management operations take up a lot of the computer 's operating time ; in a computer based on FRAMs they would be reduced to a minimum . |
| 13 | Aside from employing field officers who go out on to the streets , intelligence agencies gobble up an incredible amount of technically skilled manpower , simply to run their huge banks of computers , and large numbers of foreign-speaking translators . |
| 14 | From their experiences children build up a set of explanations and beliefs which enable them to make sense of what happens around them . |
| 15 | Honda pilot all terrain vehicles hurtle along a half mile track around the field . |
| 16 | Project B remits larger cash inflows spread over a five-year period as opposed to the three years of cash inflows from Project A. Discounted cash flows would provide a rational basis for comparing these two projects on an equitable basis . |
| 17 | He did suggest that Sir Archibald send out a couple of scouts to as close as they could get to the enemy camp without being noticed , to send back word of any development there . |
| 18 | She was dressed in what must have been the formal evening style of 1915 : an indigo silk evening wrap over a slim ivory-coloured dress of some shot material that once more narrowed and ended just above her ankles . |
| 19 | Impatient of the slow progress made through the ‘ official channels ’ local lawyers and community workers set up a law centre in North Kensington in 1970 . |
| 20 | From the oriental gateways of Gerrard Street signposts mark out a short walk past the plethora of sex shops to Berwick Street where , on the corner , the Man Fu Kung fast food restaurant signals the last outpost of Chinese Soho . |
| 21 | Each year business managers draw up a budget and suggest a series of financial targets . |
| 22 | Teachers should be aware , particularly of that aspect , I think , because phonic method is very often used in schools , by which I mean that the teacher wil hold up a flash card , and on it would be a pair of letters , say , suppose for example sh the teacher will hold up a large card with sh on it and will say to the class ‘ this is shuss ’ and the children will all say shuss whenever this card is held up — that 's fine , but the dyslexic pupil may not be seeing sh in the same way that the other children are . |
| 23 | Group members keep up a complicated running commentary of grunts , squeaks and squeals , often huddle up together , and sometimes sleep in heaps . |
| 24 | The government would compensate the nobility immediately and the peasantry would repay the government with annual redemption dues spread over a period of forty-nine years . |
| 25 | The government provided compensation for the nobility , while the peasantry were to repay the government in annual redemption dues spread over a period of 49 years . |
| 26 | At Standard Grade pupils carry out an investigation in a topic which interests them and by the Sixth Year each will be capable of using the Heriot-Watt University computer model of the economy . |
| 27 | THE ups and downs of the business world take on a whole new meaning for successful selfstarter Jonny Sims . |
| 28 | In the middle of the nineteenth century it was discovered that the highs and lows of sunspot activity recur over a fairly regular cycle of 11 years . |
| 29 | Montage by Graham Rawle Button up a package deal THE SEASONED traveller can be identified at check-in by a conspicuous absence of specially designed leisure clothes festooned with pockets , zips and velcro . |
| 30 | He wore a plaid plus-fours suit over a more than ample frame . |