Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That the lover knows this and understands that love is a solitary thing , the value and quality of any love is determined solely by the lover himself or herself . ’ |
| 2 | However the European Commission and most E C governments refute this and contend that legislation is needed to ensure that workers are not kept in the dark about decisions taken elsewhere in the community that could affect their livelihoods . |
| 3 | My region welcomes this and hopes this motion will be given due consideration . |
| 4 | . But what I wan na do is trough this and bury these pipes . |
| 5 | The scanner checks this and reports any errors . |
| 6 | Feel this and feel those beds in there . |
| 7 | If market interaction takes place repeatedly , however , why is it that firms are assumed to ignore this and treat each decision as if it were a move in a ‘ one-shot ’ game ? |
| 8 | There is nothing to stop them doing better than this and backdating this improvement . |
| 9 | Jennie told Katharine to be aware of this and to correct any fault as necessary . |
| 10 | The mechanism for this is not clear and leads some researchers to accept the physiological view that delayed maturation or physical differences ( such as reduced functional bladder capacity ) may be the cause of the problem ( Zaleski et al . |
| 11 | But at another level , if we could show love , respect and acceptance for each other in the magnificent diversity that that we show as women , instead of patronising and attacking each other on the basis of our body shapes , that would be a great step forward ! |
| 12 | Town jobs are easier and make more money , so it is off to the north and let the country go hang . |
| 13 | She says that the shop can be a little bit difficult to find so , to make things easier and encourage more trade , Sue has produced a Newsletter which she has circulated amongst knitting clubs . |
| 14 | Whatever I did I was convinced that people did n't like me , and that if only I could be slim and keep that way with sensible eating habits , they would . |
| 15 | Therefore the plant should be grown in a mixture of coarse sand and some peat or bulb fibre to keep it dwarf , low-growing and encourage many plant clumps , which form an excellent carpet of bright green flora . |
| 16 | They rate themselves as very understanding and believe that women also value shyness . |
| 17 | So I thought I should try to stop smoking and lose some weight . ’ |
| 18 | Time spent in careful planning at the beginning of a test can make the test more efficient and economical and save much time in its execution . |
| 19 | The homework was interesting and demanded more investigation and some discussion with parents : she - the teacher — provided some useful clues for those who could not find names in an encyclopaedia . |
| 20 | The aim is to make something people can instantly get excited about but which also stands up to close analysis in terms of being musically interesting and having some kind of content and meaning … ’ |
| 21 | Of these two , sentence ( i ) was favoured : The justifications offered by the groups who chose ( i ) as the crucial opening sentence were interesting and merit some consideration . |
| 22 | The all-important top soil quickly disappears , and leaches into the rivers , making the water muddy brown and scuppering any chance of a new forest growing up . |
| 23 | When dealing with a pair , divide the track length in half and use this measurement when referring to track length . |
| 24 | Yet , despite increasing their number by almost half and achieving this reclassification in one speedy stroke , the CIVC was curiously quiet about it . |
| 25 | The powerboat world has been left high and dry this summer by a big red boat named Flippin Shytalk … its call sign is P69 … the only number that reads the same upside down … but the Oxfordshire crew that run and race her are on the very top of their sport at the moment … |
| 26 | He 's very funny , terribly generous and heightens any occasion . |
| 27 | From what we have said so far , it should be clear that socialisation is a crucial concept for sociology , since it directs attention to a key element in the process by which the individual becomes social and acquires those qualities usually referred to as ‘ human ’ . |
| 28 | Fontana 's treatment relies heavily on the use of Fourier transforms , is very theoretical and mentions few applications . |
| 29 | Throughout the colonial period they made little use of the judicial system set up by the British and made few requests of their administrators . |
| 30 | He was paid an annual sum by the British and tried any cases where there was a problem between them and the Portuguese . |