Example sentences of "[adj] [vb base] [verb] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the people I know regard Hackney as the sticks and half expect to see herds of grazing wildebeest when they come to visit me . |
| 2 | Few appear to express problems in the system of changing GPs . |
| 3 | Some manage to catch hold of their raft while others are swept uncontrollably downstream . |
| 4 | Non-sexist correct-speak turns brotherhood into siblinghood and ballboy into ballchild . |
| 5 | Some get standing ovations for being promoted to manager — to be a manager you need to recruit three demonstrators for your unit . |
| 6 | In the main these convert the signals provided on the expansion connector into the industry standard Centronics parallel interface although some do offer serial as an alternative . |
| 7 | The majority of women are single parents and about half have needed assistance with social security benefits . |
| 8 | All teachers of history at Key Stage 2 need to develop links with their local archives service , which offers a storehouse of local material . |
| 9 | Since the release of ‘ Somewhere Soon ’ , The High have shared stages with the likes of BB King and Robert Cray . |
| 10 | The French have made use of Directive 72/160 which encourages farmer retirement and the transfer of land to enlarge units . |
| 11 | Possible ways of doing this include providing end-users with real-time information up-dates and valuations by means of digital data feeds and networked trading desks . |
| 12 | The old form of the testimonium was usually as follows : IN WITNESS whereof the parties hereto have caused their common seals ( for corporations ) to be hereunto affixed the day and year first before written or IN WITNESS whereof the parties hereto have hereunto placed their hands and seals ( for individuals ) the day and year first before written Section 1 of the Law of Property ( Miscellaneous Provisions ) Act 1989 coupled with s 36A of the Companies Act 1985 have introduced changes to the execution of deeds by providing that a document shall not be a deed unless it is clear on its face that it is intended to be a deed . |
| 13 | Some have enhanced populations of bacteria ( Boyd and Boyd , 1963 ; Vincent , 1988 ) . |
| 14 | While companies with factories in China show few signs of pulling out in a hurry , some have lost enthusiasm for further expansion . |
| 15 | The positions of data management systems on the machine-user spectrum vary : some have complicated procedures for defining and modifying data structures and use programming languages for performing most processing . |
| 16 | Thanks to what the Chinese call ‘ connectology ’ , however , some have found ways round this and other restrictions . |
| 17 | Recent vacancies have also tended to be for rather more senior personnel , quite often specifically seeking out prospective partners , and some have offered salaries of over £70,000 for the right person . |
| 18 | Most of these programmes are funded through DES , though some have attracted funding from industry . |
| 19 | A further 300 have taken refuge with the West German embassy in Warsaw and , although the East German-Czechoslovak border is virtually sealed off and the West German embassy in Prague is surrounded by police who turn would-be refugees away , 30 more have managed to get inside the building . |
| 20 | The old have to accept changes in patterns of living and cultural standards that they can not understand , and cope with rejection by the younger generations , as well as a good deal of sentimentality and shallow stereotyping in private and public references to themselves . |
| 21 | Sometimes taxpayers who have discretionary trusts created before 18 March 1986 seek to create interests in possession perhaps in favour of the settlor in order to have an advantageous income tax position if , for instance , the trust holds shares in a UK company and dividends are paid . |
| 22 | The procedure is very like that operating in the county courts despite the provisions of the rules of procedure which state that tribunals ‘ shall so far as appears … appropriate seek to avoid formality in its proceedings ’ and the absence of formal rules relating to the admissibility of evidence . |
| 23 | If approval is denied , the DCs which are active through the package are returned to state ACTIVE in order to allow the appropriate rework to take place on the modules . |
| 24 | It is understood that while the insurers of Townsend Car Ferries Limited have admitted liability in negligence no concession has been made as to recklessness . |
| 25 | Government policies from 1979 have focused attention on the private sector . |
| 26 | However , within the Cambridge Board 's committee there was some initial resistance to the extension of its activity into Chapter III work to pioneer courses in rural areas of a lower academic standard than under its Chapter II powers . |
| 27 | The more resourceful tend to escape charges through influence over the police , to escape custodial remand through bail , and to escape conviction through employing good lawyers . |
| 28 | When the Left want to take control of a particular constituency , they look at its controlling group and note that over a six-month period the maximum number of people attending the decision-making meetings is never more than ( say ) twenty-seven . |
| 29 | These involve creating conditions in which individuals may be better able to interact cooperatively with each other : they are wide- ranging , time-consuming , and unpredictable , because of the sheer range of human differences . |
| 30 | These provide nesting cover for the larger birds such as the painted storks , spotted-billed pelicans , spoonbills , white ibises , open-bill storks , four species of heron , three egret species , the chestnut bittern , the Indian darter , little cormorants and Indian shags . |