Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [verb] [noun] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where parts have names such as these , they should of course be used . |
| 2 | But both sides tend to assume that men keep things this way because they benefit so much . |
| 3 | If magpies had names all would be well . |
| 4 | The initial shell of the model was erected in his Delhi office at Apple Tree Yard in London , and Royal Academicians involved in the painting of the various walls and ceilings crossed Piccadilly many times to be presented to Queen Mary or to exchange views and opinions with each other . |
| 5 | It prompts planners and engineers to ask questions such as , ‘ Are there water taps in the houses to be served ? |
| 6 | They copy each other 's institutions ; and , to strengthen their common interests , they have built up a series of common institutions — international unions to govern postal , railway and tele-graphic communication , conferences and conventions to regulate affairs both of property ( such as copyright ) and labour ; international law courts ( at the Hague and elsewhere ) supported by a network of Arbitration and other treaties ; a sort of World-Duma , in the periodical Peace Conferences at the Hague ; and last but not least , the growing international organisation of the Labour and Socialist movements . |
| 7 | An English Heritage spokeswoman said : ‘ This is one of the many English Heritage entertainments and displays taking place this summer . |
| 8 | Under a system without work-in-progress and finished-goods stock accounts all costs become period costs — thereby overcoming the age-old incentive , under absorption costing , to produce for stock to increase current profit without full regard for the impact on future reported profits . |
| 9 | In another technique , noise from power supplies can be filtered out by installing networks of inductors and capacitors to reduce trouble some frequencies . |
| 10 | It is primarily a training organisation providing courses and seminars to develop skills such as management and communications . |
| 11 | Girls are given names like " Slippery Eel " or " Downy Bird 's Nest " , and boys get names such as " Tall Bamboo " or " Twelve Times " . |
| 12 | The sense of touch is also a very fundamental one in that it is easier to get beyond the barrier of words and thoughts to direct experience this way . |
| 13 | Given that private conversations between journalists and politicians take place all the time as the former seek their exclusives and the latter seek to further their policies or careers ( or to wreck other people 's ) , it is strangely perverse to ignore perhaps the most authoritative off-the-record source of all , Mr Bernard Ingham . |
| 14 | But men wanted women all the time . |
| 15 | Because men feel cold more . |
| 16 | because men feel cold more , I mean they can wear , if you think about it they were suits in the middle of summer where were into sleeveless |
| 17 | As Dolphineers pay £1 each Sunday night such prices would be prohibitive . |
| 18 | When hospitals increase throughput all that happens is that the purchaser runs out of money before the end of the year . |
| 19 | When ministers uttered phrases such as the need for ‘ public accountability ’ — a suitably imprecise but popular slogan — they usually meant accountability to themselves , rather than to Parliament or the public . |