Example sentences of "[adj] [vb base] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rich tend to work 18-hour days , and some of them burn themselves out at bond desks and on trading floors before they are 30 . |
| 2 | Those in the higher socio-economic groups and consumers over 45 years old tend to have higher net savings relative to their outstanding debt . |
| 3 | The duke and his close associates saw this small office as ‘ some mean to treat those folks who Club together and are disposed to believe that I 'm incompatible wt them ’ . |
| 4 | The French want to stop British imports and argue that subjecting Russian catches to a minimum import price would cut the cross-Channel trade as more British fish would sell in the UK . |
| 5 | Some involve tapping one key , and the rest require one key to be held down while another is tapped . |
| 6 | Kerlin et al were the first to use the rice flour breath H 2 test to study complex carbohydrate malabsorption in deases of the pencreas and small intestine . |
| 7 | Some hope to provide one kind of course with the intention of killing the two proverbial birds with one stone . |
| 8 | Simple answers like this seem to delight younger kids , who demand a reason for everything . |
| 9 | Men could equally well try this career route but few seem to take secretarial courses . |
| 10 | The phase-out has been brought forward , some believe to curb potential unrest prior to the 1992 elections . |
| 11 | 2 Continue to monitor vital signs . |
| 12 | 12 Try to involve potential troublemakers as much as possible in the classroom activities and never threaten what you know you can not do . |
| 13 | Generally , companies can not do much to help , although some try to employ relocated employees ' spouses or inform them of job vacancies in other firms in the area . |
| 14 | Some try to keep some manna overnight early in the week . |
| 15 | He assured Benn that the French were not going to let themselves be tied by COCOM : ‘ Frankly , the French do promise integrated circuits and the dates and deliveries are laid down . ’ |
| 16 | No single world currency exists ( or is ever likely to exist ) to facilitate trade and financial flows although some do perform monetary functions outside their national boundaries . |
| 17 | Some come to study other societies . |
| 18 | Once an infection takes hold it is difficult for antibiotics to destroy all the bacteria , so some survive to start more trouble later . |
| 19 | I have made twelve tapes for the CBC and they want me back … why could n't some of this have happened ten years ago ? |
| 20 | Another English spring has damply arrived , and the English have begun another cricket season , reminding themselves yet again that it was they who created the world 's most civilised form of sport . |
| 21 | Up until recently the English have had certain virtues assigned : honesty , loyalty , fair dealing , kindness to animals ( and women ) . |
| 22 | Not surprisingly , 68% of owner-directors said that their financial or material rewards had not increased over the past 12 months ; 65% now work over 50 hours a week , 38% have considered disposal over the past year , and over half have injected extra funds . |
| 23 | In fact , this need to turn contemporary life into drama had been the defining characteristic of his work since " Portrait of a Lady " . |
| 24 | Not surprisingly , it has often been said that foreign learners of English need to learn English intonation ; some have gone further than this and claimed that , unless the foreign learner learns the appropriate way to use intonation in a given situation , there is a risk that he or she may unintentionally give offence ; for example , the learner might use an intonation suitable for expressing boredom or discontent when what was needed was an expression of gratitude or affection . |
| 25 | Sandstones in the Carboniferous have given modest gas flows in Co . |
| 26 | The French have distinguished 3 zones of handicap within their Article 3(3) areas and financial incentives are linked accordingly ; the 3(4) areas and 3(5) areas consist of one further zone each . |
| 27 | The French have brought many advantages to our country as you no doubt have already seen . " |
| 28 | Instead of lengthening their bodies , like the caecilians , they have shortened it , their vertebrae having become fused together , and far from losing their legs , they have developed them enormously , and some have become prodigious leapers . |
| 29 | ‘ After a longer period , donors and patients sometimes meet and some have become great friends . ’ |
| 30 | Some have become true friends , and I have spent several weekends away because of their thoughtfulness . |