Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These operations bring out effects of many kinds and on different levels of abstraction : high-quality or low-quality products or services ; radically new products or only small improvements in the old ones ; high or low job satisfaction among employees ; commercial profit or loss . |
| 2 | And while products make up 28% of turnover , the group also has a strong recurring revenue stream , and is keen to exploit it further — 28% of income comes from maintenance , 44% from services : consultancy , technical support and training . |
| 3 | So he 's retired into the kitchen , of all places , and we 're having to feed him people to meet one by one , like birds bringing back food for their young . ’ |
| 4 | After a dull launch to the new season , London 's commercial art galleries pick up speed with a really exciting list of new exhibitions . |
| 5 | Government relied on its house-building campaign , postponing action on slum housing , though calling for more information from local authorities to carry out surveys of their areas . |
| 6 | BR has joined forces with 15 local authorities to carry out improvements to the trackside view on key routes . |
| 7 | The threat comes from plans to contract out services to the private sector . |
| 8 | The country 's farm-workers and labourers make up 17% of the population , yet they are ignored by the mass media . |
| 9 | Threatened groups bring in wives from outside and thus establish important social links promising external support and succour . |
| 10 | LOCAL AUTHORITIES drawing up plans for the community care reforms will have to consult with the private and voluntary sector , the new Department of Health guidelines say . |
| 11 | Each Council has its own plans for its area and is very willing to advise and in many cases back up advice with grant aid . |
| 12 | It would , however , have been interesting to see what relationships might have been revealed had WIRS picked up information on casual workers , since casual working ( albeit involving direct employment ) is also a considerably less regulated form of temporary working and gives an employer considerable disposition over his labour inputs . |
| 13 | They had these cab-drivers in Israel using taxi frequencies to pass on intelligence to Cyprus , and as it came in , so they 'd pass it up the line to the PLO office in Nicosia . |
| 14 | lets candidates build up credits over an extended period |
| 15 | Neither of the main parties ruled out formation of a coalition ; no party in Israel had ever won the 61 seats necessary to secure a majority in the Knesset . |
| 16 | JD and the Left Front parties ruled out participation in a coalition , but agreed to support a Congress ( I ) minority government from outside on specific issues . |
| 17 | Never more than competent as a draughtsman himself , Kempe was adept at selecting and training young designers and craftsmen to carry out schemes under his direction . |
| 18 | For Marlene , her team and 40,000 Runrig fans , these four words bring back memories of a fantastic outdoor concert on the water 's edge . |
| 19 | The place took no bookings , and knew of no Mr Sixsmith , and was serving many midday breakfasts to swearing persons whose eyes bulged over mugs of flesh-coloured tea . |
| 20 | Ruth 's eyes sought out Steve as if he had the answers she needed . |
| 21 | In his 40s , he squats in blueberry bushes to strip off handfuls of berries , scrabbles in the snow to uncover the nut-hoards hidden by squirrels , and carries home touch-me-not seeds that explode ‘ like a pistol ’ in his hat . |
| 22 | Its dendrites pick up information from other neurons , and the axon and its terminals pass this on to other cells . |
| 23 | Well last Friday a man with a white wig , Lord Justice McCowan used five even more devastating words to sum up life in The Sun : ‘ Sensational , inaccurate and misleading coverage . ’ |
| 24 | This group , with its ‘ margin for rebellion ’ , looks to new musical sources , notably in black American rhythm and blues , many aspects of which are predisposed to connotations clustered around feelings of ‘ oppression ’ , on the one hand , and relatively non-alienated use of the body ( potentially subversive of capitalist work disciplines ) on the other . |
| 25 | After the elections next spring , Cambodia 's new government should take immediate steps to rein in development in the Angkor zone , and thereby preserve one of the landmarks of Eastern Medieval history . |
| 26 | Like Camdessus , Conable urged creditor nations to write off debt to the poorest nations [ see also p. 37731 for LDC conference in Paris ] and claimed that a 10 per cent cut in military spending by members of NATO would free enough resources to double development assistance . |
| 27 | ROGER Rance , owner of a turf supplier in Hemel Hempstead , has resorted to shock tactics to drum up business with the slogan Sod It heading his local newspaper advertisements . |
| 28 | The two boys then spent the rest of the day helping beaters send up birds for the guns . |
| 29 | The Freight and Transport Association wants the E C to step in after French lorry drivers put up blockades in retaliation at protests by their Spanish counterparts over fuel prices . |
| 30 | Pores along the hairs filter out molecules of the right size and these are analysed . |