Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These schemes are regarded as models that should be extended to those whose disability is congenital or arises out of non-industrial disease or accident , for whom cover , though recently improved , is still only partial . |
| 2 | The most important , perhaps , is freedom from the restrictive grasp of the ‘ all together now ’ class teaching system that goes back to Victorian times . |
| 3 | The Penhill site may be the source of a story that goes back to Celtic mythology , " The Legend of the Giant of Penhill " . |
| 4 | He also dismissed the allegation — popular with some Christian mason-watchers — that freemasonry was founded in an x ‘ antiquity that goes back into pagan religions well before the birth of Christ ’ . |
| 5 | Do you think that there is even a sort of ‘ them and us ’ attitude , a feeling that the arts world is an ever open maw that cries out for endless sums of money and that the proper business of government is to resist ? |
| 6 | Pandarus ' prose not only proves that he does n't take Troilus seriously , so turning our reaction towards a scepticism that stands off from full involvement , but in time it establishes the speaker as a matter-of-fact fixer , who is not only alien to romance but coarsens whatever he touches . |
| 7 | Although it is the mood disturbance that stands out in affective psychosis , individuals who meet the criteria for either the ‘ unipolar ’ or the ‘ bipolar ’ form ( as they are sometimes called ) sometimes also show features reminiscent of schizophrenia , as we shall see for several of the subjects evaluated in this book . |
| 8 | This is perhaps believed by practitioners rather than being a view that holds up to epistemological scrutiny . |
| 9 | The only form of giving that shows up in formal accounts is cash . |
| 10 | They tell a story that reaches back to neolithic man some 5,000 years ago , to the Roman occupation , to the many religious and military influences and the continuing threat of invasion over the years . |
| 11 | The vision is to see a ministry established that reaches out to working girls . |
| 12 | Garlic is one of the most widely used aphrodisiacs around the world , with a pedigree that stretches back to ancient times . |
| 13 | A shade or blind that draws up into neat horizontal folds by means of cords threaded through rings attached at regular intervals to the back of the fabric . |
| 14 | It is the intention of the Secretary of State that a school that opts out of local authority control will not be allowed to change its character , similarly , a CTC must provide education for pupils of different abilities drawn mainly from the area in which the school is situated ( clause 105 subsection 2 ) . |
| 15 | The red light that shines out from high up in the nave roofing indicates the position of a True Nail held in a glass reliquary at the centre of a crucifix . |
| 16 | There are a number of reasons for thinking that such information transmission may be easier to manage if it occurs within firms than if it is subject to market transactions , and this means that there is a case for thinking that R&D activities ( particularly the D ) may have to be part of a vertically related structure that extends back into important input markets , and forward into downstream consumer markets ( see Teece , 1986 , Geroski , 1992 , and Jorde and Teece , 1990 , who apply these arguments to the antitrust treatment of co-operative R&D ventures ) . |
| 17 | Technology is , however , not a neutral ‘ thing ’ that arises out of disinterested scientific inquiry and which must then be accommodated , responded to , decided about in the society . |
| 18 | Right it is a hundred miles from King 's Lynn to London , the train takes two hours to do the journey the train does not go at a constant speed , it speeds up sometimes and slows down at other times it also stops at stations on the way and on once of course as it , as it 's stopping it 's going more and more slowly and as it 's er moving off again it starts slowly and starts to go quickly but because it takes two hours in all the train goes a hundred miles in two hours we say its average speed for the journey is fifty miles per hour . |
| 19 | He arrives spot on time , is introduced in 15 words and goes off at high speed . |
| 20 | The light-weight rock froth itself is quite familiar , and turns up in British bathrooms ; it is , of course , pumice . |
| 21 | He follows a hill-track on his journey home , and looks out with startled pleasure when the coastal plain emerges below him . |
| 22 | Surely the way of transgressors is hard , and stands out in striking contrast to the ways of the Lord , which are experienced by those who walk therein to be pleasant and peaceful . |
| 23 | A few seconds later , all is done — the screen changes to show you the status of the transfer , and drops back into split screen mode as soon as it is finished . |
| 24 | It is often apparent in sophisticated users of the language , and shows up as recurrent mistakes , usually of syntax , one school of thought , however , to be discussed later , considers this another strategy and not interference ) . |
| 25 | From the bridge there is a rack curving right ; deep flow starts on the right and ends up on left then there is steady flow curving round a long left bend for ½ mile to S bend left , right , left , all grade I/II rock gardens with plenty of water and routes . |
| 26 | ITALIAN-owned RCS Video has bought a majority stake in London-based Majestic Films International , which has been involved in the financing and marketing of a series of successful films including Dances with Wolves and Henry V. Guy East , who founded the company in 1988 , will retain a significant shareholding and takes over as chief executive . |
| 27 | At this point the short version abandons the formal prayer frames and opens out into uninterrupted prose in which meditation on the enormity of what is happening to him " schop the sonne & al is , of al gode in " [ schop : created ; : anything ] ( p.85 ) carries the narrative to the point where Christ leaves Jerusalem ; then the meditation on the sorrow of Mary modulates into the account of the death of Christ , the major stages of which are marked by cries of remembrance but unpunctuated by any suggestions for Latin prayer . |
| 28 | And hobbles round in distant labour camps |
| 29 | By doing this its vitality is not completely stopped , it somehow goes on flowing , and the plant , as it were , simply gulps a little , and gets on with expanding . |
| 30 | Chairman , could I just mention to the Committee , on Shropshire child care links , erm , the County Council of course , is also the registration body that erm , registers childminders and day care , and erm , while obviously this is very much to be supported and ties in with Social Services ' own requirements to promote child care , it should not be seen , and we should perhaps , Bruce make a , we can have discussions with , we should be careful to endorse , the giving of this money does n't necessarily imply or endorse the standards of the people on their books , who may be people that the County Council in another arm , are investigating and in some cases , taking action to close down . |