Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] and [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Abandoned air-raid shelters became improvised and treacherous playgrounds for the children of the blitz . |
| 2 | They are killing things due to the fact that mankind is sinful and man 's want to kill and corrupt things . |
| 3 | Now the price has fallen and future purchases by discount houses will be at the new , lower rate . |
| 4 | There are obvious limits to the extra work that families can be expected to absorb and these limits may already have been reached . |
| 5 | Brazil , in its Proalcohol programme , extracts ethanol from crops and has designed and manufactured cars to run on the fuel ( see the beginning of this chapter ) . |
| 6 | The mosque of the sixteenth-century Al-Ghouri , the last of the great Mameluk sultans , is in very poor condition : the minaret has moved and many areas of marble facing are loose . |
| 7 | Without doubt one of the loveliest towns on the romantic eastern shore of Lake Garda , Malcesine has enchanted and inspired writers and artists ever since the days of the Romans . |
| 8 | Three times in twenty-four hours MacDonald tried to resign and three times the King dissuaded him . |
| 9 | In situations of moral dilemma a man must do what he thinks he has to do and moral decisions are involved in his action . |
| 10 | The original plan to restore the house as a hotel has lapsed and new proposals have been lodged with the city council for dividing the house into flats with new front doors set randomly into many of the original window frames , and with no use for the spectacular hall and staircase . |
| 11 | In the Mamprusi region , literacy has increased and new forms of agriculture have been developed . |
| 12 | As unemployment has increased and high rates have become more widespread geographically , so more rural zones ( particularly upland areas ) have benefited from regional policy measures . |
| 13 | Fitted wardrobes with sliding doors can offer a further advantage as unlike standard fitting which has hinged and bifold doors , the sliding doors do n't encroach at all , into any of the bedroom space . |
| 14 | The same law and the same rules of construction apply both to clauses in agreements entered into before a dispute has arisen and subsequent agreements to refer entered into after a dispute has arisen . |
| 15 | This is a scene which has puzzled and irritated critics . |
| 16 | Also , as the world has changed and other pressures and influences have appeared , the British influence has lessened . |
| 17 | As extra corporeal shock wave dissolution was introduced in 1985 , however , the consensus has changed and most investigators now recommend active treatment only if patients have specific symptoms attributable to their gall stone disease . |
| 18 | Total federally collected revenue was projected at 101,201 million naira , of which the central government would retain 54,037 million naira , with the balance disbursed to state and local governments . |
| 19 | Until 1960 it was , like Ngurumo , rather crudely produced , with a poor typeface , frequent errors , smudged printing and few pictures . |
| 20 | The social structure arising from the interactions between the birds was thus an expression of individual adaptedness and formed an important societal component of the environment in which individuals were seeking to survive and procreate descendants . |
| 21 | We are seeking to develop and Advanced Courses structure which is more flexible and responsive and which contributes to major objectives of wider access , credit transfer and articulation . |
| 22 | The basic objective of the I.D.P. as set out in that Regulation was to ‘ improve working and living conditions in the Western Isles ’ through a series of measures designed ’ .... to improve agriculture ; to improve the marketing of agricultural ( and fisheries ) products — including the afforestation of marginal land , operations to improve the marketing and processing of agricultural products and measures to develop fisheries , but also measures relating to tourist amenities , crafts , industrial and other complementary activities essential to the improvement of the general socio-economic situation of those isles ’ . |
| 23 | Clearly , time , energy and commitment is needed to tackle condoned and other kinds of truancy . |
| 24 | Past introductions of new species into a strange environment have sometimes had unforseen and undesirable consequences . |
| 25 | But they must also provide powerful facilities to reduce the proportion of total failures and to aid demanding and persistent users . |
| 26 | In the mathematical corridor with its shown brickworking and angled spotlights , a young woman was waiting to go in . |
| 27 | As D. S. Landes has pointed out , whereas the public clock could be used to open and close markets , to signal the start and end of work and to move people around , it signalled only moments rather than the continual passage of time . |
| 28 | ‘ Its purpose is to help middle and secondary schools plan their overall curriculum to include an adequate coverage of pupils ’ study needs : the ability to formulate and focus a question , find possible sources , judge their appropriateness , extract the relevant information , reorganize it and prepare it for future use , or reorganize it and prepare it for future presentation to others . |
| 29 | If only a single character is suggested then word knowledge is used to detect and correct errors in the hypothesis . |
| 30 | In some it may approximate to the full panoply of procedural safeguards including notice , oral hearing , representation , discovery , right to cross examine and reasoned decisions , etc. ; in others it may connote considerably less . |