Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Groups tend to move through four different stages on their way to becoming effective in the sense described . |
| 2 | Dolphin groups tend to travel in specific formations , exhibiting refined and developed skills in working and cc-operating as a group . |
| 3 | Some anorexics combine fasting with occasional binges , followed by self-induced purging or vomiting . |
| 4 | A substantial number of miscible blends have now been discovered using this principle and it is possible to identify certain groups or repeat units , which when incorporated in polymer chains tend to enter into these intermolecular interactions and enhance the miscibility . |
| 5 | Guerilla campaigns and non-established religions tend to operate in this way . |
| 6 | He was however er reasonably clear as to the speed at which local authorities tend to deal with these matters , he said that it always takes a long time and getting any answer out of the local authority might well take somewhere between six months and up to two years , he thought that perhaps eighteen months was a reasonable guess before he would actually manage to get somebody if Paul were to move as er , it maybe well occur to here or a different local authority then of course the application would just go back to square one and that would lead to more delay . |
| 7 | All amphibians shed their skin from time to time , but because the burrowing frog remains immobile once it is inside its burrow and cocoon formation has begun , the successive layers of shed skin remain attached to each other . |
| 8 | Because these three associated religions appear to have in common the belief in one transcendent personal creator , it is often assumed that they all believe in the same God . |
| 9 | He was a typical projector of the period , and he also had gifts as a writer , though some of his projects appear wrapped in airy rhetoric : only his colonizing plans are of enduring interest . |
| 10 | Some stock , such as technical reports and back issues of periodicals , will be housed away from Aviation House , and the CAA suggest telephoning on 0293 573725 to check for availability before making a journey to Gatwick . |
| 11 | The guidelines envisage that over the period to 2011 the proportion of aggregates supply met from primary land-based sources in the region will decline from 85% to just over 20% . |
| 12 | The guidelines envisage that over the 20 year period to 2011 the proportion of aggregates supply met from primary land-based sources in the region will decline from 65% to around 45% , despite a net increase in output . |
| 13 | If my sons want to train as chartered accountants , I shall do everything in my power to persuade them otherwise . |
| 14 | Less able older readers tend to perseverate with grapho-phonemic approximations , whereas the younger , better readers use more mature strategies . |
| 15 | Fancy designer labels tend to come with fancy price tags to match . |
| 16 | Most referees will tell you that when a new directive comes out on a particular law , referees tend to concentrate on that law , sometimes at the expense of refereeing other laws . |
| 17 | It might be fair to say that the paintings Picasso executed during the following eighteen or so months tend to look like all tribal art , an indication that he was ultimately interested and immersed in its spirit and its formal principles rather than in any of its individual manifestations . |
| 18 | We notice that the words tend to fall into natural sets : |
| 19 | In the crystal these rods tend to roll over each other and change position when thermally agitated . |
| 20 | Simply nervous trainers tend to stand in one spot , feeted feet rooted like a tree to the ground . |
| 21 | But , of course , the Irish and the Icelanders tend to live in smaller , cleaner towns . |
| 22 | And those voltage gated channels predominate predominate in excitable tissues . |
| 23 | But the glint of mockery in his dark eyes put paid to that fantasy . |
| 24 | Best of Breed The Winners Dog and the Winners Bitch compete with any champions entered for Best of Breed and winners of non-regular classes such as Veteran . |
| 25 | It is as if strict legal considerations seem to pull in one direction , while supposedly practical policy considerations point in another . |
| 26 | As data begin to accumulate on daily food requirements of different species , we can test more fine-grained hypotheses . |
| 27 | New chairman Robert Corbett says most of the losses seem to stem from incompetent grain trading . |
| 28 | Again the data seem reassuring in that in 1979 , 27% of residents in public sector beds were defined as high dependency patients compared with 22% in the private sector ; in 1990 the proportions were 26% and 29% respectively . |
| 29 | So metropolitan councils , and here 's where the confusions begin to creep in metropolitan councils and some non-metropolitan councils , I E district councils so they 're in a separate ca separate category with this electoral sequence . |
| 30 | More successful education about birth control measures and more approachable advisory services may be part of the answer , but many unwanted pregnancies seem to occur among experienced contraceptors who give up without specifically wishing to become pregnant ( Wells , 1983 ) . |