Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Stafford 's Sutherland estates produced an annual income of £16,000 , but this was not enough .
2 When the researchers re-imaged the same area , they found they had created small groups of three atoms , arranged in a triangle , which appeared higher than their neighbours .
3 Kirov took only a few more minutes to search the small studio from top to bottom .
4 Isolated nuclei display an ATP-dependent uptake of calcium , of which 20% was subsequently released by InsP 3 ( ref. 138 ) .
5 They drove along the empty country roads , then passed through a couple of small , sleepy villages , the soft golden stone of the houses reflecting the warm sunlight .
6 The attempt Grumman made in the 1970s to reduce its dependence on Pentagon and NASA contracts produced an excellent delivery truck for the post office .
7 Although Kanemaru had been personally grooming Ichiro Ozawa as his successor , the circumstances of his retirement allowed Ozawa 's opponents to mount an effective campaign against his succession .
8 Ankles suffer a high rate of injury wherever poor mats are used .
9 In the 1980s , the independents became a real force , recording technology is easily accessible , and bands are more energetic and enterprising in producing their own records and promoting themselves .
10 She began by waking up on the tail-end of absorbing conversations with the white-robed monk who sat on the chair beside her , and it was n't long before the discussions became a full-time activity .
11 Why do authorities make the little things in life so difficult ?
12 It is often complained of by many that a meeting will take five minutes to agree the expenditure of ten million and two hours to debate a minor item worth only a few thousand .
13 The Department has plans to promote a wide range of activities for the community as a whole and to work closely with other bodies in the field to ensure the fullest use of resources .
14 ‘ Sir David English was not informed of the visit and in consequence had no plans to attend the Ideal Home Exhibition that day , ’ the official statement announced .
15 Highly cohesive groups display a strong loyalty to their members and a strong adherence to group norms .
16 The arrangement of the oceans in relation to the continents plays a decisive role in creating and sustaining life on Earth .
17 Climbers make a great mistake , however , in imagining that each of these groups aspires to the dizzy heights of dangling .
18 Using some scraps of board , it is worth experimenting with exposure times to optimise the UV time period .
19 The private sector would remain separate and the public would have the right to be covered by it if they wished — having first paid their taxes to support the general service .
20 The ideal is to have several simply-administered taxes to support the national exchequer , levied after people have earned their pay or income .
21 How to avert both these dangers became a major concern among employers , politicians and in the press , although optimism remained that solutions could be found .
22 Help in maintaining the prices of agricultural products became a permanent feature of government policy from this time .
23 While these authorities restated the general rule attention was focused upon attempts to formulate and analyse the exceptions , especially where rights were accepted as having been bestowed upon a third party .
24 All summer English cricket has been highly suspicious about how the Pakistanis made the old ball swing about so violently .
25 On the Somme in 1916 , the British used 15in weapons , while in 1918 the Germans produced a long-range gun with which to bombard Paris .
26 It has been reported that the addition of minute amounts of phosphatidylcholines normalised the short nucleation time of bile from patients with cholesterol gall stones while having only a minimal effect on the cholesterol saturation index .
27 The Cuban decision raised immediate fears in the USA that the 1980 officially sanctioned exodus of 125,000 Cubans [ see pp. 30474-75 ] might be repeated , and there were reports that the US navy was reviewing contingency plans to mount a naval blockade .
28 The ( unnamed ) organization responsible for the conspiracy was said to be directed by a committee of 75 members , and there were also allegations of plans to mount a money-laundering operation .
29 We are living in a remarkable time , when the conflict of opinions renders a firm foundation of knowledge indispensable …
30 Although the written text may be very general and refrain from referring either to men or women , the illustrations make a definite point for the majority contain male figures .
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