Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [vb base] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This controversial book was widely discussed but whether it was read by artists I leave to further research . |
| 2 | The number of times I come off this roundabout onto the wrong road , it 's |
| 3 | After days of begging from supporters I have at last compiled a comprehensive A-Z of football , Athletico style . |
| 4 | And it 's important for our staff to be aware of that , and to realize that we have got ta continue to give , those two clients I believe in particular , the best possible service we can provide . |
| 5 | We could eventually remove from human life all the characteristics which make for human distress — criminality , war-making , and the like . ’ |
| 6 | The initial study of cancer cell behaviour can only be done with a living animal in order to define those ‘ test tube ’ characteristics which correlate with uncontrolled growth and spread of tumour cells within the whole body . |
| 7 | Bears , squirrels and badgers are some of the many animals which overwinter in this way . |
| 8 | Animals which live in open country , such as the African bush , tend to have their fovea elongated into a strip . |
| 9 | One of the problems that can develop through the feeding of wild animals is that of dependency , particularly in the case of those animals which live in urban areas where natural foraging opportunities are few and far between . |
| 10 | Nearby is Sea World , the home of sea lions , killer whales and other marine animals which perform before entranced audiences . |
| 11 | Comm. ) , ( but ) there is no obvious reason why the same approach should apply to the criminal law , particularly in view of the different policy considerations which apply in civil and criminal law . |
| 12 | Sweelinck set the Geneva tunes in styles which range from those of the motet and madrigal to the onomatopoeic French chanson ; it is indeed strange that he ignored both words and tunes of his native Souterliedekens . |
| 13 | Abu Dhabi has major oil reserves which account for some 8% of |
| 14 | It is known more usually under the name Gill-maggot , because of the length and shape of the female 's egg-sacs which look like miniature white maggots when viewed via the naked eye . |
| 15 | ‘ Small numbers of units which cut across traditional subject boundaries could be designed — one such unit on transport having already been produced . |
| 16 | In the first two books there are also units which focus on situational English , while in the later parts of the series a functional syllabus is combined with a structural grading . |
| 17 | For example , the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis has the ability to produce crystalline spores which act as natural insecticides . |
| 18 | Its purpose , he argued , is not to supply immediate or direct knowledge of God ; it is rather to enable the overcoming , with God 's help , of the contradictions which run through human existence . |
| 19 | Using the term ‘ dialectic ’ means that the process of movement which characterizes human history is not a smooth development but a development caused by conflicts and contradictions which lead to temporary resolutions , like two people arguing with each other . |
| 20 | If the reality is that through the inadequacies of the governance structure and of other pressures for conformity the directors have effectively wrested power to pursue goals which diverge from those preferred by the shareholders , then the necessary legitimating connection with property rights is not made out . |
| 21 | But public bodies — Government departments , local authorities , and others — are also legal persons and also become involved in disputes which lead to judicial activity . |
| 22 | Thus the lack of balance which strikes anyone looking at a thoroughly drained , treeless landscape is reflected in a lack of honest balancing in the books and ledgers which lie behind that landscape . |
| 23 | The stability of the region led to the creation of schools of artists and craftsmen which spread to other suitable places , southern England and Flanders , for example . |
| 24 | As the social world of children broadens to include school , friends , television and public heroes , so too does the range of influences which bear upon personal blueprints for living . |
| 25 | The contrasting images which survive of Osred are probably a reflection of the increasing divisions within the Northumbrian kingdom at this time . |
| 26 | Cichlasoma fenestratum — just one of the many Cichlids which live in this area . |
| 27 | They have two slits on the first pair of thighs which lead to deep pockets . |
| 28 | Is he aware that there are problems not only in respect of teachers ' salaries , actual as opposed to average , but in respect of responsibility for the funding of the older village primary schools which predominate in rural areas ? |
| 29 | There is also a small sector of very expensive élite schools which teach in Spanish and English , used mainly by upper and upper-middle class families who aspire to send their children abroad to university . |
| 30 | In an earlier chapter we described a few of the complex relationships which exist between different species and different kingdoms of nature . |