Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb base] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in their hurry to get off the mountain , exhausted climbers have discarded tons of rubbish . |
| 2 | Moreover , each of these characteristics tends to change rather rapidly over time , as the monetary authorities try to establish controls that are more or less effective . |
| 3 | Economic projects tend to support companies and infrastructural provision ; social and community projects usually involve funding for community and leisure centres or educational and advice projects ; housing schemes are directed towards improvement and the needs of special groups ; and environmental expenditure is allocated to improving older buildings and vacant sites . |
| 4 | Similarly , the prevention of further episodes of self-poisoning or self-injury continues to be a problem , and while retrospective investigations have given support to the policy of psychiatric intervention , prospective studies have failed to demonstrate any effect on repetition rates . |
| 5 | If these European institutions wish to conduct investment business in the UK outside the scope of their passport under the Directive , they will have to obtain authorisation . |
| 6 | A CLUTCH of Cabinet Ministers rallied behind the Prime Minister yesterday , hoping to calm the atmosphere as Tory economic policies start to take effect . |
| 7 | Many of the remaining patients with an intact pouch have repeated episodes of pouchitis , diarrhoea is generally troublesome , and most patients require medication for symptoms . |
| 8 | In the recent past agricultural policies have generated pressure to extend and intensify production , particularly of arable crops , leading to undesirable changes in the countryside such as removal of trees and hedges , soil erosion , nitrate pollution of groundwater etc . |
| 9 | Professional builders have mixed feelings about efforts like the PDQ . |
| 10 | Members of the European Parliament have endorsed EC Commission plans for an ‘ immense ’ programme for testing chemicals for their environmental risks — but they fear that this will lead to a proliferation of tests involving animals . |
| 11 | Further , representatives of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board have had access to a large quantity of files in [ that state ] and copies of certain of them which have been returned to London , and among these files is documentation concerning the affairs of your clients . |
| 12 | Those with high ROI tend to experience falls in ROI and those with low ROI tend to have increases , taken across the whole population . |
| 13 | Tons of food have been sent to Somalia but armed gangs have hijacked lorries , plundered stores and intercepted convoys before they can reach starving villagers . |
| 14 | Illegal counterfeit manufacturers have taken advantage of a burgeoning circular trade between E C countries in pharmaceuticals . |
| 15 | The expectant eyes have seen things , and expect to see more . |
| 16 | Naturally , Labour supporters have shrouded MacDonald 's name in treachery . |
| 17 | Short-term political considerations have led governments ( or parts of the central state organization ) to put pressure on supposedly autonomous managements to grant concessions to the unions . |
| 18 | If the pond-building books fail to acknowledge Murphy 's Law , it is nowhere more evident than at the point where neat diagrams demonstrate the laying of slabs over flap of liner . |
| 19 | The Al Fayed brothers have owned Harrods , London 's top shop , for just four years . |
| 20 | For the eye to work the following minimum perfectly coordinated steps have to take place ( there are many others happening simultaneously , but even a grossly simplified description is enough to point up the problems for Darwinian theory ) . |
| 21 | British-born speakers tend to use London English most of the time anyway , and there appears to be no requirement to use Creole to respond to Creole utterances , at least from adults : |
| 22 | Ollier and Pain ( 1988 ) draw attention to the neglected problem of how displaced terranes relate to landscape development in the context of Papua New Guinea . |
| 23 | Political parties compete to win elections by submitting distinct programmes from which the electorate can choose . |
| 24 | The message went to the largest meeting yet held to discuss what the political parties have to offer research . |
| 25 | All the remaining public houses do bar meals and meals . |
| 26 | German experts have estimated costs at five times this amount . |
| 27 | In addition , high rankers tend to have access to scarce resources so that in competitive encounters the possession of a powerful ally will increase the subject 's chance of obtaining some . |
| 28 | Those with high ROI tend to experience falls in ROI and those with low ROI tend to have increases , taken across the whole population . |
| 29 | And wet roads have made driving conditions treacherous in many parts of the region . |
| 30 | Last night Derrick Fullick , leader of ASLEF rail union , said : ‘ The more British Rail continue to cut staff at stations the more we will get incidents like this . ’ |