Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [noun] [conj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and then you also pick that room and things like that just to demonstrate how that can be used |
| 2 | Usually we think of sects in totally negative terms ; they divide Christendom and introduce strange beliefs and practices , we often think . |
| 3 | Adrian Jones , who studied for a number of years at Parnham House , has made a similar cabinet , and in the September issue he displays that piece and talks bout his work as a successful furniture-maker . |
| 4 | For as well as maintaining stately homes and castes , the National Trust is in the holiday home business . |
| 5 | Work by Kettler ( 1967 ; 1975 ) , Frisby ( 1983 ) , Kettler , Meja and Stehr ( 1984 ) and Loader ( 1985 ) has explored original German writings , studied and translated unpublished notes and lectures ( e.g. Mannheim 1982 ; 1985 ) and criticism to build up a fuller and more subtle context in which to understand Mannheim 's sociology of knowledge . |
| 6 | The closing declaration welcomed the " Enterprise for the Americas Initiative " to promote regional trade and investments , launched by United States President Bush in June 1990 [ see p. 37526 ] , but considered the terms initially offered to be " insufficient " . |
| 7 | He made that noise that men who drink beer make , and wiped his mouth on the back of his wrist . |
| 8 | Managers were having to cope with plural and often competing professional expectations and priorities , in pursuit of which professions were prepared to use their power and resist management initiatives . |
| 9 | The lack of substantial commitments to action is widely seen as reflecting conflicting interests and clashes within the government , particularly among the Departments of Transport , Energy , Agriculture and Trade and Industry where the environment is a contentious issue . |
| 10 | The rule applies in all preconsonantal environments including those that would have a long vowel in monosyllables ( fricative and voiced obstruent environments and liquids ) , except apparently before [ s ] clusters ( as in hospital ) . |
| 11 | The costs associated with collaboration include : i Where national bureaucracies are involved there are delays in procedures and high transaction costs ; ii Generally inefficiencies arise through the work share arrangements , duplicated administrative costs and delays caused by the need to harmonise requirements and delivery schedules . |
| 12 | The alternative approach to treating an infectious disease , by means of chemotherapy , made little progress until viruses could be grown and studied in cultures outside living organisms . |
| 13 | Long-term observations of leaves in Australian forests , using labelled leaves and shoots , contrasted with the usual technique of measuring leaf damage on one occasion , gave much higher herbivory levels , particularly in temperate forests , since such measuring does not account for leaves totally eaten ; ‘ long-term ’ ( 3 months ) study showed similar trends in tropical forests , where up to 21% losses were recorded . |
| 14 | Before inserting the l.e.d. clip , clean the front panel with meths and take some time to create an impressive design using rub-down lettering and symbols . |
| 15 | There are times when we want to target specific individual or groups of parents because of minor problems which the school is encountering such as persistent lateness , regular late arrival of dinner money , unreturned reading books or even irregular attendance . |
| 16 | The current story was about the innocent yet ignorant mistake the Scottish Chamber Orchestra had made in promoting their presentation of Stravinsky 's ‘ The Soldier 's Tale ’ which was to include professional dancers and actors and local schoolchildren who had been invited to participate . |
| 17 | Three people have been charged with handling stolen goods after police seized more than a quarter of million pounds worth of luxury cars hidden in farm buildings . |
| 18 | Nothing in the Bill guarantees that management and employees bids will be successful . |
| 19 | to promote specific items or lines |
| 20 | The Ministry of Social Affairs announced that compensation and pensions would be paid to victims ' dependents . |
| 21 | Using staining techniques and toxins that specifically destroy individual nerve cells , neuroscientists have been able to trace the pathway of nerves that send acetylcholine signals in the higher cortex back to their origin , a small region of the forebrain known as the nucleus basalis of Meynert . |
| 22 | It was thought by some that too great a burden might be placed on principals in smaller firms or on sole practitioners if such a proposal were made mandatory , and that either the ‘ net ’ of suitable signatories should be widened to include assistant solicitors or Fellows of ILEX , or that the category of undertaking to which the ‘ rule ’ might apply should exclude those of a routine or non-financial nature . |
| 23 | The extreme snobbery of this abstruse observation would have been rude had it been clear , for Lydia knew perfectly well that the Molesworths were the sort of people who picnicked in lay-bys , bringing little chairs and tables and using the car boot as a sort of sideboard . |
| 24 | is pleased to report that mother and cygnets are doing well and thanks to tasty titbits of Omega petfood are growing stronger every day . |
| 25 | Without even realizing it , we are constantly passing and using historic buildings and areas , visiting the local library or town hall , high street shops , the cinema or pub , the public park or the hospital . |
| 26 | In 1978 she moved into editing and after editing professional magazines and papers in the mining and mineral field she set up in 1989 her own business Editorial Services and now works freelance from home . |
| 27 | But they were undoubtedly a constructive way of bringing labour and capital together to resolve their problems peacefully in an atmosphere of mutual recognition and compromise.For this reason , given that employers and governments were willing to accept that trade unions had a function and that they had come to stay , they appeared to the Labour Department of the Board of Trade as its functions developed in the early years of the twentieth century , to be especially useful in dealing with some of the conflicts between labour and capital in which it increasingly became involved . |
| 28 | Their main function is to channel funds from those willing to lend to those willing to borrow , given that lenders and borrowers often have very different needs . |
| 29 | This glaciation has given the Outer Hebrides a complex relief of rock knobs , and small , peat- or water-filled hollows , and intersecting linear grooves or valleys often occupied by lochs and lochans . |
| 30 | She had to pay her own air fare , but was given free board and lodgings at the school where she worked , and was paid a grand total of £5 a month expenses ! |