Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [noun sg] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 I have travelled the region many times and always with enjoyment , but never with the eager anticipation of journeys in the north .
2 ‘ Beineix dares much , pushing farce as far as it will go while simultaneously building the momentum that catapults the film into its tragic destination .
3 This involves the way these firms perceive their marketing effort .
4 Feminists active in the disability rights movement have criticized the way many women have used the fear of disability to argue for abortion rights , and ask us to reassess our relationship to genetic screening .
5 The left margin only : tap Enter ; then tap a cursor ( direction ) key to cancel the highlight Both margins : tap the Right key twice to select right indent :
6 Repeat the exercise several times on each leg .
7 Repeat the process several times until the green becomes marbled with white .
8 Mistakes of this sort made the movement many enemies and hastened its demise to the fairground , and having one 's bumps read for sixpence .
9 The basic philosophy involves farming as far as possible within a closed system : in a nutshell , growing crops to feed the animals and using the manure those animals produce to fertilize the soil in order to grow more crops .
10 Humour epitomizes the designer 's dilemma — used effectively it can prolong the attention span of the students and enhance the whole atmosphere of the class , but it needs to be used with a very light touch if , particularly after using the program many times , disenchantment is to be avoided .
11 I am attracted by Sher ‘ s classification in an article in Forum ( 5 ) of inherent and of circumstantial problems ; given the will both types can be eased .
12 The playing of the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Peter Eötrös , who had given the work several times before this 1991 Prom performance , seems immensely confident and assured , all the complexities mastered ; and the recording quality is so good ( and the audience so quiet ) I would have taken it for a ‘ state-of-theart ’ studio job .
13 And Broadman had given the foreigner some coins .
14 Ironically , fate intervened and he never did make that his career , which is probably just as well , since when he was given the task many years later of steering British Aerospace into the private sector he crossed swords with more than a few civil servants and did n't have a lot of time for them .
15 ‘ The wind was fresh at the time but should not have given the trawler any problems , ’ Mr Ellis said .
16 It has happened throughout the UK , but given the role these organisations played in keeping the Union workable , it is particularly significant north of the border .
17 On his television programme last week , Barry Norman advised viewers not to take their wives to see The Hand that Rocks the Cradle .
18 Yes , I wanted to emphasise the way some men feel constrain before , not because I want to suggest it 's now becoming a problem for men and we should be worrying about them , but because you asked what prospects there were for doing something about it and I think if something 's to be done about it , and it 's a problem of everyone devising new standards of behaviour , it 's very important that quite large numbers of men should be prepared to play a part in trying to work out what these standards should be , and there is quite substantial interest in trying to do that , both at the level of the teaching staff at the university and at the level of the undergraduates .
19 Once the school has formed the relationship many companies will be prepared to take on sponsorship or allocate funds .
20 Joint working is particularly marked in relation to FHSAs , perhaps reflecting the importance many regions have given to this .
21 First , no other type of historical evidence offers the historian such depths of insight into human conduct .
22 There are two basic principles to inform the way such taxes should be levied .
23 Now lies the earth all Danäe to the stars
24 ‘ Now lies the earth all Danae to the stars
25 However , justifying the decision several days later , Markovic said : " Slovenia had refused all appeals from the federal government and I could no longer take responsibility for the further development of events in the republic . "
26 Virginia fixed him with a patient , expectant gaze across the desk , marvelling at her ability to stay calm and poised whenever the name of Guy Sterne entered the conversation these days .
27 My wife has the opportunity these days of pursuing , with great enthusiasm , her hobby as a singer .
28 Has the Minister any plans to lower the total burden of taxation on the people of this country , which reached its highest levels in the 1980s after the very much lower levels that we experienced under Labour in the 1970s ?
29 Has the Minister any plans to assist the West Yorkshire police authority to enable it to bring its police forces up to the required standard ?
30 It was worth a looksee anyway and there was bound to be somebody around to ask ; a poacher or an itinerant hop-picker or whatever sort of person wandered the countryside these days .
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