Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adj] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The corporate approach favours ‘ those less committed to service departments … groups interested more in policy analysis than in professional standards , and … those who tend to emphasise local circumstances rather than national standards . |
| 2 | They are certainly effective , and make using high-power binoculars much easier . |
| 3 | Sheepdogs are also particularly alert to stray sheep and can easily be taught to drive stray sheep back to the shepherd . |
| 4 | He 'd prefer to see low profits today and high quality tomorrow rather than high profits today and low quality tomorrow . |
| 5 | ‘ As a retailer , naturally I would prefer to see added value rather than price cutting , ’ she adds . |
| 6 | ‘ I know it 's difficult , ’ interrupted Mrs Little , ‘ but we do n't want to treat real casualties just yet so keep the noise down , will you ? ’ |
| 7 | In fact , it could be argued that the only significant finding on association cortex , made using non-human animals up to 1950 , was the memory impairment in monkeys lacking frontal cortex described by Jacobson ( in Gross and Weiskrantz 1964 ) . |
| 8 | Such a tax would not encourage illegal disposal , and might be adjusted to hit toxic materials harder than those whose disposal is harmless . |
| 9 | It would have been sensible to consult my book of British butterflies before I started for I soon realised using authentic colours greatly improves the overall impression ; if you can , I would suggest you refer to a book also . |
| 10 | I would n't want to wear high heels anyway . |
| 11 | Orlov and others engineered factional strife in the Ministry of State Properties which in April 1857 led to the appointment as minister of M. N. Murav'ev , a man who believed that " the question [ of emancipation ] had been dreamed up by … academics , theoreticians , [ and ] sons of priests ' and who planned to treat state-owned peasants as harshly as serfs . |
| 12 | When this failed to contain local spending sufficiently , volume targets were introduced together with penalties in the form of loss of central government grant if local authorities exceeded their targets . |
| 13 | Just aim at giving as much variety as you can manage and sooner or later she 'll want to try other foods again . |
| 14 | Smith looked to the discipline which he encountered in the Volunteer Force to be put to good use , while the programme of uniform , bands , drill , camps , recreation rooms , and religious instruction was intended to attract young adolescents so that their leisure time might be ‘ organized ’ . |
| 15 | Thousands of commuters using Victoria and Waterloo stations — which serve the south of England -had to find alternative routes home after a coded message claiming to be from the IRA warned of two devices in the capital . |
| 16 | This was the aircraft intended to meet American competition head-on . |
| 17 | The magazine has received good support recently with a number of members submitting articles for inclusion . |
| 18 | A group which has received particular attention recently are the unskilled labourers moving from small-scale , mainly agricultural , work on the peripheries of the industrial economies to the economically successful regions . |
| 19 | This approach has received considerable reinforcement recently in what is often referred to as " the experiential approach to RE " ( see Chapter 6 for detailed discussion of this ) which focuses on helping pupils to relate to their own experiences and develop the skills they need to reflect on this in a meaningful way . |
| 20 | The Japanese freighter Akatsuki Maru has arrived in France to load 1.7 tons of processed plutonium to be transported back to Japan to supply the country 's nuclear-power industry The shipment , the first of a series , has aroused great controversy worldwide because of the dangers inherent in transporting highly radioactive material across the seas . |
| 21 | If the state acts in a manner not designed to promote social solidarity then , Duguit argued , this must be resisted . |
| 22 | The Cadbury Report has placed corporate governance firmly on the profession 's agenda , but it scarcely provides any answers . |
| 23 | So unfortunately Geoff wo n't be able to repeat the service he has given other friends when he eventually retires . |
| 24 | But there is a second powerful strategic argument which has propelled nuclear power forward in Britain , as in other countries . |
| 25 | One red herring that has been produced by increased language awareness among teachers has been to try to rewrite academic texts so that pupils can cope with them . |
| 26 | Home Emergency Service is designed to provide essential help rather than regular household maintenance , but it also covers many emergencies arising from normal wear and tear unlike some household insurance policies . |
| 27 | This special facility , initially set up effective 1962 and enabling the 11 to lend reserves to the IMF , was designed to meet balance-of-payment problems so serious that they could threaten the stability of the entire international monetary system . |
| 28 | In addition , students must be warned not to try to write complete harmony simultaneously with the melody . |
| 29 | Social perspectives on cognition have come to accept cultural differences not as deficits but as important variation . |
| 30 | So that 's why they tried to fade plain bread out the market altogether . |