Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [prep] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Norms begin as our expectations ; these then merge or converge with others ' expectations to produce ‘ rules ’ about required behaviour . |
| 2 | Indulge in some designer name-dropping with the Emporio Armani tuxedo which has the initials EA carved in the back , or economise with Fenwicks ' best-seller — a bustier-topped all-in-one with matching jacket . |
| 3 | ‘ We could go and look at pictures , or walk to Florian 's for a drink , or just sit downstairs and talk . |
| 4 | Quiet country parsons , who had applied for twenty shares in the hope of being allotted one , now had to buy all twenty , at fifty pounds apiece , or go to debtor 's jail — all for a railway that the judge , barrister , company , and jailer knew would never exist . |
| 5 | It also emerged that the oil was a light crude , which meant it dispersed more easily and did not soak into sandy beaches or adhere to birds ' feathers in the way that the heavy crude of the Exxon Valdez had done . |
| 6 | Melanie felt a drop or two of moisture on her face — rain , maybe , or the coagulated damp of the wet night air , or spray from Finn 's regard . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , for information and bookings , please call Maria Machado on , or write to HCIMA 's head office . |
| 8 | The Home Office and the DoI are now trying to decide whether to overturn Hunt , offend the BBC and ITV and give Britain an unlimited menu of pop programming — or stick to Hunt 's ideals and risk stifling the British cable network at birth . |
| 9 | LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO GUESTS ' PROPERTY |
| 10 | The purpose of an audit mark or stamp on clients ' documents is twofold : it provides evidence that the document has been examined for a particular purpose ( which should be clear from the audit file ) ; and it helps to avoid the document 's being re-presented as support for a duplicate entry . |
| 11 | The hotel is one of a select band that qualify for Vorarlberg 's ‘ family specialist ’ status . |
| 12 | It could be the key to success because Coventry have free-running young players who can more than compensate for Quinn 's lack of mobility . |
| 13 | We hear Intel Corp has written up a bunch of Q&As for its people to use answering questions that touch on DEC 's competitive Alpha chip , while Microsoft Corp has written up a similar document on Unix compared with NT . |
| 14 | Thus Byrne ( 1981:70 — 84 ) creates five categories : ( 1 ) protective services , such as police and fire , that seek to Protect the citizen from various dangers , ( 2 ) environmental services to control and improve the physical environment such as highways , transport and planning ; ( 3 ) personal services , such as education , housing and social work , that seek to enhance personal welfare ; ( 4 ) amenity services , such as museums , theatres and sports facilities that provide for citizens ' leisure time ; and ( 5 ) trading services for which local authorities make commercial charges . |
| 15 | Compaq Computer Corp took the lead in the European portable personal computer market in the first quarter of 1993 according to Dataquest figures which give Compaq 22% by value and 17.5% by volume , and the manufacturer says that shipments in the period were up 89% on the first quarter of 1992 , growing four times the rate of the market , which expanded 21% — and those figures reveal the reason that Dell Computer Corp has stumbled badly in laptops and notebooks : buyers are going for the higher cost 80486-based machines that abound in Compaq 's line , while Dell 's product emphasises low-price 80386SX-based machines . |
| 16 | • Remove market distortions that act against consumers ' freedom of choice |
| 17 | Mr Hyde would have been proud of the shambles that let through Watford 's Paul Furlong . |
| 18 | It is therefore likely that support for Ælfheah 's cult in London had a political as well as a religious aspect , and so the removal of his relics may indeed have been expected to provoke opposition . |
| 19 | The lack of a determiner before these nouns makes them generic , and so makes us feel that the human forces that impinge on Titus 's life are vague and insubstantial . |
| 20 | Delaney remembered again that look in Connors ' eye ; and knew Nell was right . |
| 21 | Even if a new underground concourse is built — that is one of the proposals that is being advanced — nowhere in the Bill is it proposed that a single extra train should run on the Victoria , Piccadilly or Northern lines , or on any of the other lines that run through King 's Cross . |
| 22 | We 'll show you all the latest applications that run in Microsoft 's fastest selling Graphical User Interface ( GUI ) environment . |
| 23 | They expressed their fury with the godly in lewd ballads that echo through Underdown 's story . |
| 24 | Though their value is minimal compared with some of the treasures that pass through Tim 's hands , he has a particular affection for the old tins . |
| 25 | But with the government forced , this week , to remove all reference to the parts of the treaty that deal with workers ' rights , the exact form of what gets ratified remains in doubt . |
| 26 | Men seemed happier to think their sexual inadequacies were emotional rather than physical ; they 'd rather believe women want affection and tenderness than think about women 's nitty gritty physical needs . |
| 27 | Its latest report finds that car-exhaust fumes are the greatest single source of the pollutants that contribute to children 's chest infections , breathing problems and asthma . |
| 28 | However , the very historical focus poses the problem of agency and containment in a more immediate way that demonstrates some of the dilemmas that follow from Foucault 's genealogical history . |
| 29 | In the back streets that lead towards Victor 's place I carry the dead weight in my carrier bag , and I feel rootless . |
| 30 | When dealing with the paranormal or supernatural , it is easy to look for rational explanations , but logical reasoning can not always explain the strange events that occur in people 's lives . |