Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Try flavouring any salads , vegetables , or cooked main dishes with pepper or herbs instead of salt .
2 Point one ; er , for access the field element is pre-booked , it 's only necessary to book additional days or shifts verbally in excess of that already reserved .
3 To sum up , when the problem is possibly distinguishable from the authority or authorities nearest in point , a careful analysis of the possible distinction or distinctions should always be given .
4 For an RFL who has practised mainly from an office or offices overseas as principal of an MNP which has held or received client 's money in the period to , the fee is £150 .
5 In the United Kingdom diploma-level courses are normally associated with either school-leavers or individuals already at work who are seeking career advancement whose academic qualifications are weak but who would benefit from an extensive course but one whose approach is related to skills acquisition rather than in-depth analytical studies .
6 In 1910 they issued two manifestos : ‘ We wish to represent machines or figures actually in motion … movement or light destroy the substance of objects . ’
7 A debt need not be unsecured if the petitioner , in his petition , states that he is willing to give up his security or petitions only in respect of the shortfall after valuing his security ( s 269 ) .
8 Professor George Stigler , a recent Nobel Prize winner in economics , has argued that ‘ Economists might serve a more useful purpose if they fought fires or termites instead of monopoly .
9 The microcomputer now presents the school librarian with the opportunity to produce new types of publicity materials and information displays by using the microcomputer to produce electronic notice boards , interactive library guides on screen and school magazines or newspapers either on screen or in hard copy .
10 Mr Overbye does not accept that theories currently in vogue are necessarily true .
11 It 's a tragic fact that children most in need of sensitive care , those living in institutions , are sometimes the least likely to get it .
12 That children early in language acquisition produce isolated acts of reference , seems to support the view of reference as a speech act ( see Chapter 5 ) that is prototypically " demonstrative " ( Lyons , 1975 ; Atkinson , 1979 ) .
13 His romantic idea that gangsters closer to reality than the rest of us .
14 First , because we wish to find out about children as such ; second , because we believe that events early in life play an important part in shaping adult personality .
15 Sometimes they presuppose background knowledge which teachers do not possess ; very often they demand approaches and attitudes quite at variance with those held by an average teacher .
16 Rub your hands and fingers lightly with icing sugar then roll small balls of truffle mixture into neat rounds , about 2.5cm ( 1in ) diameter .
17 wash all fruit and vegetables thoroughly before use , peel where appropriate
18 Often cited in this context is the fact that young boys , far more often than girls , play with Lego and other constructional toys , thus building up their spatial concepts and skills gradually over time .
19 Others blamed religion for wars and conflicts closer to home .
20 ‘ Apricots and plums sadly below average .
21 The incentive for the NPA to participate in the negotiations was thought to be the possibility of gaining the release of some of the many hundreds of its members and supporters currently in prison .
22 Extra-sensitive radars are continually detecting not only tensions among countries and peoples anywhere on Earth , but also the smallest disputes among friends , or even among parents and children .
23 Although the operational environment of CD-I ensures that , unlike CDROM , it is ideally suited to processing high quality sound and pictures together with computer graphics , text and numerics , it can not deliver full screen , full motion video .
24 She said they were quite untrustworthy and cut off peoples ' arms and legs unnecessarily in order to keep their hand in , demonstrate their skills and prove that they were earning their money .
25 ‘ Oh , dear , ’ says Freddie , knotting his arms and legs together in embarrassment .
26 Distributor of Tate Gallery range of cards , postcards , diaries and calendars together with Escher Cards and other inexpensive , quality fine art cards and posters
27 I had not conducted business in Latin America or in Africa at all , and visits to both countries soon after I was appointed revealed how extraordinarily difficult it was to get an accurate view of both their problems and opportunities merely from reading , no matter how assiduously .
28 Richmond and Hounslow , who with great ingenuity produced tea and cakes right on time with the aid of one small electric kettle and several ‘ commandeered ’ thermos flasks !
29 After the 22nd , however , the accent turns to your career and matters closer to home , and there 's no doubt that changes are afoot .
30 It cuts , screws and nails just like wood .
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