Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb mod] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is the right way forward for this country , the European Community and the wider Europe which I hope in due course will join the Community . |
| 2 | It is best to classify this as a prefix-suffix error : any corrective teaching should focus the children 's attention on the effect of -ing on words that end in -e . |
| 3 | Carl Wood , the chairman of the obstetrics and gynaecology department at Monash University , predicts that the freeze-thaw technique will reduce the number of surgical procedures needed to produce a pregnancy . |
| 4 | A lump-sum specific grant would change the budget line to 145 . |
| 5 | Like Beccaria he said that punishment should be primarily justified because of its deterrent effects , but he also proclaimed that punishment of the right kind could serve a further reductivist aim : that of reform . |
| 6 | A strong wind blowing in the right direction can put a metre on a high tide in exceptional circumstances , and the wind can also prevent the tide from receding as much as it should . |
| 7 | With the hood down my summer sun bleached hair might give the wrong message ? |
| 8 | All Assisted Place Holders have their books paid for and those on a low income may receive an assistance with uniform , meals and travel . |
| 9 | Claimants in receipt of income support , students and others on a low income may claim a rebate ( up to 80 per cent of the community charge ) , but must pay at least 20 per cent themselves . |
| 10 | He was unfailingly modest in behaviour and appearance , though his luxuriant hair used to excite the cupidity of the two hairdressers in the little barber-shop opposite the entrance to the Hospidaje Lisboa . |
| 11 | I have resigned myself wholly to the will of God — and trust that you and my dear sister will do the same … for He does nothing without a cause . |
| 12 | Those interested in the services offered by the LX network at regional level should contact the LX in their locality . |
| 13 | Our findings suggest that this ‘ inappropriate ’ adrenergic response may facilitate the development of tachycardiomyopathy and could be a target for therapy . |
| 14 | By 1994 the principal is confident that every student on a full-time course will have the chance to visit a foreign country as part of their studies . |
| 15 | But games companies seem convinced that only the odd tomboy would enjoy the shoot outs and punch-ups of the average game . |
| 16 | For example , if Figure 14 is to be described by an active sentence in the present tense ( e.g. ‘ The boy is hitting the girl with a flower ’ ) the main verb will require an — ing affix , whereas if the planning frame is that of a passive sentence ( e.g. ‘ The girl is being hit by the boy with a flower ’ ) the auxiliary verb will require an — ing affix ( but the main verb will not ) and the preposition by will be needed . |
| 17 | Students who wish to enter a combined course must complete the first year satisfactorily , with passes in two units in each of the two subjects which they wish to combine . |
| 18 | Ian McGeechan , while agreeing that the five-point try would provide an incentive for attacking rugby , feels strongly that the conversion should be reduced to one point ( as do the NZRFU ) . |
| 19 | People with very dry skin may need a little more . |
| 20 | A professional photographer will capture the chain of events , from the bride leaving her home to the cutting of the cake . |
| 21 | Whatever the exact shape of the industry after 1994 , all the big players appear certain that liquid milk will remain a lucrative commodity to be involved in . |
| 22 | Roughly speaking , too , this tripartite division would reflect a division between capital-exporting and capital-importing countries . |
| 23 | The associated user will receive a mail message when the DC state changes to Agreed ( if all interested users accept the proposal ) or when the DC state changes to Rejected ( if one or more interested users reject the proposal ) . |
| 24 | So no piece of information is too trivial for consideration : monster otaku may collect the names of the various actors who wore the rubber suits in an episode of Ultraman ( a trashy humanoid vs monster Japanese TV show , still watched on endless reruns ) and who were conspicuously shorter than in other shows ; ‘ idol ’ otaku may discover what university the father of Seventies teenybop star Hikaru Nishida attended . |
| 25 | While you relax in Rover comfort , the merest touch of your right foot will release a surge of power from the 140 PS engine . |
| 26 | Readers consulting a specific category will find a complete list of periodicals dealing with that subject . |
| 27 | A possible pickoff might use a small moving coil speaker clamped to the engine with the diaphragm loaded with a small metal weight . |
| 28 | Whether classed as amateur or professional , full-time sportspeople must have a good head for business and develop basic marketing and PR skills . |
| 29 | Although political ideology can play a significant part in re-shaping the penal system , as it did in 1964 through the influence of Crime — a challenge to us all , and to a lesser extent as it would have done had the Conservatives regained office in 1966 , incoming governments customarily do not pack in their baggage detailed blue prints on criminal policy . |
| 30 | Here is the Government 's big lie : the claim that an increase in the power of the European Parliament would mean a decrease in the power of the Westminster Parliament . |