Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [adj] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An area of great diversity , grandeur and fun , the USA 's West Coast has enough to keep most people enthralled for a lifetime . |
| 2 | But the editorial method which is applied to the data has much to display that is well-spoken . |
| 3 | In effect the insider who questions the gross systems of classification which define police practice seems set to join those deviants or criminals who contest the system of law and order by breaking its rules and regulations . |
| 4 | You 've had your share of ups and downs this year and December does little to change this pattern . |
| 5 | Blake 's own description of his work matches that given many years later by Peter Wright in his book Spycatcher ) . |
| 6 | Neither Wall Street ( with all its labour-saving gadgetry ) nor the foreseeable regional recovery seems likely to do much for jobs in New York . |
| 7 | Their needs are largely ignored and the introduction of community care reforms seems unlikely to make any difference , according to Counsel and Care . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , what in God 's name does that make that creep Callum , eh ? ’ |
| 9 | The judgment of the Supreme Court does little to resolve this evident difference of opinion as to the nature and likely outcome of comity analysis . |
| 10 | The creation of artificial waters does much to replace this loss , and five of the 12 sites in the table are gravel pits or reservoirs and support about 30 per cent . |
| 11 | Such a response seems understandable given that it allows McFaul to explain why he is at odds with the Party while still maintaining that he is loyal to its principles and to its founder , but it can not stand as a general proposition . |
| 12 | Again , a theory of ideology seems necessary to explain this seeming disjuncture between base and superstructure ( Garland and Young , 1993b : 25 ) . |
| 13 | John and Liz Soars each have many years of experience as teachers and teacher-trainers in the UK and abroad . |
| 14 | I find it hard to understand it does not seem feasible to explain I can not see how neo-Darwinism seems inadequate to explain many of the complexities of animal behaviour it is not easy to comprehend how such behaviour could have evolved solely through natural selection It is impossible How could an organ so complex evolve ? |
| 15 | For many personal investors the direct purchase of European government bonds will be too daunting a task because of the complexities of the individual markets , the costs of dealing and settlement and the high minimum sums necessary to make such investment worthwhile . |
| 16 | The traditional ‘ A ’ level route ( maths , further maths and physics ) into engineering does little to attract many of the most able , imaginative and enterprising young minds towards the profession . |
| 17 | In the case of a limited number of Old English or Anglo-Saxon bynames these took such forms as at Dentune , on Lundye , of Wommerstone , in Mapeldre , but after the Conquest the prefix became , almost without exception , the preposition de ( of or from ) , it mattering not whether the place was in France or England . |
| 18 | As a captain recruited from central casting , Will Carling feels obliged to disown such presumption . |
| 19 | The legislation renders liable to forfeiture any benefit derived from the publication of material concerning the circumstances of the offence , from the publication of material concerning the defendant 's opinions , exploits or life history ( provided that the benefit was attributable in whole or in part to notoriety achieved through commission of the offence ) or any benefit obtained by commercial exploitation in any other way of notoriety achieved through commission of the offence . ) |
| 20 | This strategy has been recommended in a number of structure plans for areas ranging from accessible Hertfordshire and Surrey to remote Cumbria and the Peak Park , although the Secretary of State has later modified some of these policies ( D. Clark 1981 ; G. Clark 1982a ) . |
| 21 | The growing interest in German and Japanese in some parts of the world and the fact that the US looks likely to have more Spanish speakers than Anglophones some time in the next century may have an impact eventually . |
| 22 | Bull looks set to join former boss Barry Fry at Southend , while current Underhill supremo Edwin Stein puts the total value of his squad at £2.16 million . |
| 23 | As Attridge shows this means that poetry claiming to be perfecting the natural ( acting according to decorum ) establishes its claim to do so by using a rhetoric which is employed only by a learned few whose language is distanced from the natural language of the majority . |
| 24 | Stepping motors operated with full-step drives arc prone to mechanical resonance ( see Section 4.3 ) , but the mini-step drive does much to alleviate this problem by providing a smoother transition between full-step positions ( Pritchard , 1976 ) . |
| 25 | Koreans remain cautious of the Japanese , and the situation of Koreans in Japan does little to remove this suspicion . |
| 26 | The series of Horta heads all have more or less the same basic subdivision into several clearly defined areas . |
| 27 | The staffed housing projects each served many fewer people and had much higher staffing ratios than the other kinds of service . |
| 28 | The minority still have a right to object to the court but that opposition is usually known and dealt with before the bidder becomes committed to acquire any shares in the target . |
| 29 | Its petition refers to the ‘ inherent cruelty ’ of dog eating ( the use of ‘ inherent ’ seeming to imply that abuse is inevitable ) but the supporting literature does little to substantiate this . |
| 30 | The time seems ripe to change these guiding beliefs . |