Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [conj] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At another they study how cell functions are integrated in tissues , organs or complete animals and how information , vital for co-ordination , is sent from one cell or group of cells to another by chemical and electrical signals . |
| 2 | Rigid plans that only work if they are adhered to at every step rarely provide the means for getting back on target once a significant deviation has occurred . |
| 3 | For some species of spider will blatantly mimic the ‘ come-hither ’ sound signals and even sex pheromones of female moths , luring lusting males to a dinner party they had not expected . |
| 4 | This perspective is unduly restrictive of the role of law in its socially instrumental aspects and unduly kind to those who have power over the legislative and judicial functions of states in that to define law in terms of the pursuit of order seems unwarrantably to exclude the use of law to foment disorder when this seems desirable to the politically strong . |
| 5 | But if you do believe it then you must also believe the rest of it and realise that our relationship is destined to move along quite different channels than purely business ones . ’ |
| 6 | Sexual offences and particularly rape may fall into this category . |
| 7 | Until recently they were thought to be primitive primates but now science has put them firmly among the insectivores . |
| 8 | Piece by piece , a picture emerged of wrong-doing in high places and eventually congress and law enforcement agencies were obliged to take action . |
| 9 | There were some granulomatous area on the lower edges of the lungs , possibly caused by migrating worms , but these seemed to be old lesions and not evidence of a newly acquired disease . |
| 10 | You 're looking for high fliers and even car firms can go bust the second year . |
| 11 | The wastes include lindane , DDT , out-of-date drugs , carcinogenic chemicals , old cigars and even pornography ( a different kind of pollution ) . |
| 12 | It has offered bonuses in British Telecom , British Gas , British Airways and lately water privatisation Concessionary Discounts , available from January 1990 for £2.50 from Seymour Pierce Butterfield , 10 Old Jewry , London , EC2R 8EA . |
| 13 | Later on , however , the names of those who had graduated in the social sciences and especially sociology were greeted with hissing disparagement and barely concealed denigration . |
| 14 | Unless the externality can be priced ( charging suburban users but not city dwellers for entry to subsidized galleries and opera houses ) , the most efficient solution is to widen the geographical area of each local government until it includes most of the people who will use the public services it provides . |
| 15 | If there are too many Orcs and Goblins jostling around him , all excitedly generating raw unconscious power , then the shaman can suffer dizzying sickness , horrendous injuries or even death . |
| 16 | Between 1313 and 1322 , with the help of Archbishop Reynolds , Edward II tried to extract grants from the clergy by means of their parliamentary proctors , but so obstinate were their objections and so counter-productive , politically as well as financially , were these attempts that by 1322 the king was content to seek subsidies through clerical assemblies and not parliament . |
| 17 | The paint is a bit more fluid than standard tube watercolour but , as I have pointed out , colour can be poured into palettes , empty pans or even ice cube trays and reconstituted . |
| 18 | Not only future proposals but also information about the present financial position of schools must be made available for reference both to parents and to others , in education offices and public libraries . |
| 19 | I mean , I 'm a fan of oily rags and maybe mildew . |
| 20 | Sometimes they are joined by Elves who have lost their homes and families to the Dark Elves and now lust for vengeance with the cold fury that only Elves can feel . |
| 21 | Or he could even be faced with the prospect of calling about individual applications or even heaven forbid , the structure plan itself . |
| 22 | Giap behaved ruthlessly towards the French-led levies and even village chiefs who were condemned as French collaborators . |
| 23 | Consequently , specialist workshops sprung up , supplying not only off-the-peg shrouds but also coffin linings and other associated items of soft goods . |
| 24 | Madame Grimaud , short and trim with a well-managed waist , solid hips and strictly upswept smooth black hair , stood on the doorstep with two cross-looking and awkward teenage daughters , to whom Frederica was to be required to converse . |
| 25 | Trainees should be given basic skills and then choice could be made later on as something forced on the individual by the structure of the labour market . |
| 26 | ‘ Great Expectations ’ is a novel about growth and personal development , contentment , human relationships and how money corrupts . |
| 27 | These classes use a variety of apparatus , from sponge balls and plastic hoops to bean bags , large cushions and even paper bags . |
| 28 | We were soon to see dragons , fish , giant insects and even trouser legs suspended in mid-air . |
| 29 | Taxes on share dealings , gold trading , large fortunes and even farm income spell the end of an era for Brazil 's rich — unless they find the loopholes . |
| 30 | The grim harvest of these cuts was an increase in preventable diseases and hence child deaths — especially in Ghana . |