Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can only break our of this vicious circle by understanding the factors that influence the dietary choices we make . |
| 2 | Do n't be too proud to have a designer come and help design the basic pages you need . |
| 3 | The Department of Trade and Industry was broken up still further into three separate departments : Trade , Prices and Consumer Protection , and Industry , to accommodate the ministerial dispositions he wished to make in the Cabinet . |
| 4 | She spent her time building the only defences she knew . |
| 5 | Cramming her worn , out-moded bonnet on her head , she stuffed the few belongings she had unpacked back into the portmanteau . |
| 6 | ‘ The prototypes will enable us to evaluate how the public receives multimedia systems and whether they bring the cultural advantages we 're seeking , ’ said LeCoz . |
| 7 | If there are some brute facts , perhaps social , but founded in biological difference , which separate the lives and experience of women from those of men , may these not continue ineluctably to affect the moral ideals they may hold ? |
| 8 | We talk , using the hushed tones you would reserve for a furtive conversation in church . |
| 9 | Using the simple controls you can adjust the length of time the light remains on ; the high level at which the device will come on ; and the distance over which it will operate ( up to 16 metres ) . |
| 10 | soc : By studying one district in detail using the ethnographic methods I described . |
| 11 | My dream is achievable because all we have to do is stop doing some of the things we are already doing : stop using the productive forces we have developed to create disabilities through warfare , environmental pollution and industrial accidents ; stop creating disabilities through poverty by using our vast wealth not in pursuit of capital accumulation and profit , but in ensuring that we all have the necessities to sustain material life ; and stop judging and treating people on the basis of the contribution they can or can not make to the development and operation of these productive forces . |
| 12 | If your senior executives have the information to help them answer the following questions they will be well equipped to make the right decisions . |
| 13 | His work in Peking has now been published in book form , and will hopefully be given the critical accolades it so undoubtedly deserves , but that will be small consolation for a man who may never seen his homeland again . |
| 14 | Given the above assumptions we find that : |
| 15 | Given the above circumstances it is hardly possible to dissent from Neustadt 's assertion that ‘ presidential power is the power to persuade ’ , what is more controversial , however , is his further statement , ‘ the power to persuade is the power to bargain . ’ |
| 16 | Given the right conditions they could flare up at any time . |
| 17 | Only afterwards is it plain that , for the most part , they 've given the same answers they 've supplied to the press for years . |
| 18 | American actors in England should be given the same rights we 're given here . |
| 19 | Given the high expenses you could suffer should disaster strike just before or while on holiday , and the relatively low cost of buying adequate cover , only a fool would book travel arrangements without taking insurance . |
| 20 | On the contrary , given the formidable powers he had shown to me , I rather suspected that even during his absence he was keeping me under observation . |
| 21 | As a result , more than 70 per cent of the population now have a Current Account and are enjoying the many advantages it gives them — cheques , instant cash , Standing Orders and Direct Debits . |
| 22 | The danger is it could damage the very relations we tend , we need to build . |
| 23 | For a long moment their glances clashed like swords , then there was a shout behind her , and she turned to see the two men he 'd been talking to and a short stout woman in a dark overall running towards them . |
| 24 | There would be no reason for the trunk to be disturbed , and if Carson decided that he wanted to see the other diaries it would be a simple matter to get hold of them . |
| 25 | 3.14 There is a head of damage which is sometimes called the loss of amenities ; the man made blind by the accident will no longer be able to see the familiar things he has seen all his life ; the man who has had both legs removed and will never again go upon his walking excursions — things of that kind — loss of amenities ( per Birkett LJ in Manley v Rugby Portland Cement Co Ltd , a decision of the Court of Appeal in 1951 ) . |
| 26 | Everywhere , Perdita seemed to see the emerald-green colours they had chosen to emphasize their Irish origins , which were worn by players , grooms and supporters alike . |
| 27 | It seems the industry is just not learning because we are continuing to see the same accidents we saw 30 years ago , ’ says John Summerscales , deputy chief inspector . |
| 28 | ‘ I do hope Mr Thayer appreciates the great sacrifices you 've made for him . |
| 29 | These practices range from the methods and resources used by the police in handling the various situations they encounter , to the interpretative processes or ‘ cognitive map ’ used in the practical reasoning which their work uniformly requires . |
| 30 | … an opportunity publickly to acknowledge the many obligations I lie under your person . |