Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To minimise borrowing rates and maximise investing rates you should always get more than one quote , a simple rule but one often overlooked in the pressure of events . |
| 2 | Woollett ( 1981 ) has shown not only how rural people can provide their own alternative services but can also further extend them , and Clark ( 1980 ) has argued that if we want to sustain rural services it will have to be by self-help . |
| 3 | The Secretary of State threatened the recalcitrant authorities that unless they met specific targets he would use his power under the Act to appoint an agent to take over the sale of a council 's houses . |
| 4 | I mean some evenings it would be quite quiet and maybe just the next-door neighbour |
| 5 | So if I made some guesses you might be able to answer . ’ |
| 6 | As a dive computer it logs depth , temperature and cylinder pressure as functions of time , but by using different sensors it can also log up to eight other parameters simultaneously , and control 12 external devices like switches and relays . |
| 7 | Every house has weak areas you can probably identify them yourselves , and so can burglars . |
| 8 | No you ca not toffees darling , you want some Smarties you can have some Smarties . |
| 9 | Oh , I do need some trousers I ca n't bloody , these are all coming apart anyway |
| 10 | But the company believes that it has some products it can sell new , notably software for diagnosing faults in computers . |
| 11 | Its sense of smell must function for it to assess horses it has not met before , and also to fully recognise old companions it may meet in a different environment . |
| 12 | If , having considered the document , you would like to obtain further details it may be necessary for me to disclose your identity to the vendor 's agent before I am able to obtain further information . |
| 13 | ( Remember that the kind of cooking you do is very much to the point , for if you only cook simple meals you will need far less preparation area than a more ambitious cook — though here again your aspirations may change with experience . ) |
| 14 | It may seem expensive for a drink of water , but with the cost of the mains supply these days it could be a bargain . |
| 15 | To meet these aspirations we must make the best use of our human , technological , material and financial resources and this must be done within the framework of a well planned and a well managed system . |
| 16 | If we do n't discuss these problems we wo n't get anywhere and nothing will be done . |
| 17 | To find these words you must join together consecutive letters in following words . |
| 18 | If one 's opponent has anti-tank weapons I should have thought the last thing to send in would be tanks . |
| 19 | Suppose I say : ( 24 ) Nigel has fourteen children I shall implicate that Nigel has only fourteen children , although it would be compatible with the truth of ( 24 ) that Nigel in fact has twenty children . |
| 20 | These funerary items were nearly always painted by heraldic amateurs — signwriters , coachbuilders and so on — so although they provide useful clues they should not be regarded as authoritative , but of course the fact that they are not can also form part of the story the local historian has to tell . |
| 21 | So come anyway and enjoy the quiz ; even if you do n't know many answers it will be an opportunity to learn something . |
| 22 | So she ca n't , so she has five dogs she ca n't train . |
| 23 | This means that when we designed general SVQs we could give them all a similar number of module credits — whereas different occupational SVQs often have widely varying numbers of modules . |
| 24 | After a bit , when I had said it twice , he said , ‘ Naomi , if you want any women you will have to find them yourself . ’ |
| 25 | W/Cpl Burns informs the Volkspoliqei that their request is outside the terms of the Agreement , and that if they want any details they must call for a Soviet officer , to whom the information will be given . |
| 26 | But where standards appear to a discharger to impose excessive demands he may exercise a right of appeal to the Secretary of State . |
| 27 | if he has any queries he can give me a ring but |
| 28 | ‘ We have applied for the use of a pitch at the Welsh College of Horticulture in Northop but , meanwhile , if anyone else has any ideas I would be grateful if they would contact me . ’ |
| 29 | Well if you go back in time if you go back if you go forward in time say twenty years you wo n't have anybody left from the last world war will you ? |
| 30 | His failings were many , he knew ; though she would not hear of them , ‘ You 're the father here , and the father must have respect ’ — she would say , sternly , to forestall any apologies he might begin in front of the children . |