Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] [adj] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the issue has brought the council its biggest postbag , with more than 2,000 letters or forms 920 against development , 1,333 in support . |
| 2 | 125ml/5fl oz/& cup mayonnaise 1 × 5ml/tsp freshly chopped tarragon or chives 1 × 15ml/tbsp chopped capers 2 × 5ml/tsp chopped gherkins 1 × 15ml/tbsp freshly chopped parsley 1 × 15ml/tbsp lemon juice or tarragon vinegar |
| 3 | If the passage of the deposit is not prohibited , then it could be lost by being passed to an individual or a company that goes bankrupt or becomes insolvent before completion . |
| 4 | Second , if the worst comes to the worst and your supplier goes into liquidation or becomes subject to bankruptcy proceedings you may get compensation through the Mail Order Protection Scheme ( MOPS ) . |
| 5 | Second , if the worst comes to the worst and your supplier goes into liquidation or becomes subject to bankruptcy proceedings you may get compensation through the Mail Order Protection Scheme ( MOPS ) . |
| 6 | I used Hardraw as a starting and finishing point of a walk that goes first to Cotter Force , then passes along Cotterdale up on to Shunner Fell , crosses the Butter Tubs to Lovely Seat and returns by the upper falls above Hardraw Falls to the village itself . |
| 7 | The most common thing that goes wrong with taps is that they leak either because the gland or packing has failed ( a leak from the top when the tap is open ) or because the washer has worn ( a leak from the spout when the tap is closed ) . |
| 8 | Despite an awful muddy sound that renders much of Chuck 's vocal incoherent , ‘ Rebel ’ still sounds uniquely pugilistic — a crucial call to arms that never fails to move . |
| 9 | Despite an awful muddy sound that renders much of Chuck 's vocal incoherent , ‘ Rebel ’ still sounds uniquely pugilistic — a crucial call to arms that never fails to move . |
| 10 | Typically , Sulawesi , the island that defies many of Wallace 's rules of animal distribution , has two hornbill species of its own . |
| 11 | The largest drops in ozone in the northern hemisphere were in the region stretching from latitude 10° North , the area that covers most of Europe , Asia and the US . |
| 12 | And , that chap that lives two below Mrs , they have n't been in very long with |
| 13 | Artists ' impressions show a tram that has more in common with the flat-faced , characterless light trains of the toy-like Docklands Light Railway . |
| 14 | They are Chinese Muslims whose ancestors came to China from Arabia as long ago as 651 and who still live scattered throughout the People 's Republic , preserving a way of life , a language and a religion that has more in common with Mecca than with the Orient . |
| 15 | There are ways in which mutation and natural selection together can lead , over the long span of geological time , to a building up of complexity that has more in common with addition than with subtraction . |
| 16 | Despite this reserve , the figure of Oedipus has made much more impact upon the theory of male development than has that of Electra upon female development . |
| 17 | Ruth Finnegan , in a recent article that challenges many of Goody 's contentions regarding literacy , expands the area of the world to which this comment can be applied : |
| 18 | Leinster have named a team that looks strong on paper , including eight internationals , yet they recently lost to both Munster and Ulster in the Inter-Provincial Championship . |
| 19 | But if I speak of a stone that turneth all to gold , or a treasure hidden in the menstruum of whores , then the imagination is set to work . |
| 20 | Journalists reported that forces loyal to General Noriega were holding the northern border regions of Panama . |
| 21 | The US military 's Radio Rajo reported that forces loyal to Mr Jess appeared to be moving nearer to Kismayu , dominated by supporters of Mohamed Said Hersi , known as Gen Morgan . |
| 22 | Quite often that happens late at night , does n't it , you know |
| 23 | The company operates its own radio network in the UK with a system that allows thousands of users to operate on a single UHF or VHF channel . |
| 24 | It will replace a temporary unit set up by the RSPCA at Docking , Norfolk , in 1988 to deal with victims of the virus that plagues thousands of North Sea seals . |
| 25 | It merely conceals the true reality of power that resides untouched by democracy in the rest of the state apparatus and above all in the market economy itself . |
| 26 | Experimental support for the thrifty genotype comes from work in rodents showing that strains susceptible to obesity and diabetes have lower metabolic rates , defective thermoregulatory mechanisms , and an enhanced ability to store food as fat and to survive prolonged fasting . |
| 27 | A scientist in the Chicago office testified that changes favourable to Dow ‘ had been dictated by Dr. Hernandez' ’ . |
| 28 | What will we do when someone misses out on asylum but clearly has a case , albeit one that falls short of asylum , which is not bogus ? |
| 29 | Because I think tha i I do n't like anything that lasts long on kids . |
| 30 | I believe that students with disabilities need to be valued as people , and any establishment that implies this on paper needs to put policy into practice . |