Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [vb pp] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daffodils , crocus and hyacinth are the blooms most associated with this time , yet even in these three species there is great variety . |
| 2 | Lord Barnett said : ’ The 1974-79 Labour Government had a difficult economic and financial task rendered impossible by pledges foolishly made without any serious thought as to where the money would come from . |
| 3 | In which case , the absence of random assignment , to use Lieberson 's rendering of the problem , presents special difficulties if " there is reason to believe that the subjects thereby placed in each condition differ in other ways that themselves have a bearing on the outcome of interest to the researcher " . |
| 4 | A singing lesson where the class intoned a version of ‘ Bobby Shaftoe ’ with words apparently modified by some early missionary ; |
| 5 | Some authorities , notably Gilbert , maintained that most of the material was supplied by longshore drift and that the waves merely acted on this material : others , especially de Beaumont , considered that the material contained in the bar was eroded from the sea bed in front of the bar , as is shown in Fig. 8.18 . |
| 6 | Steps already taken by some manufacturers to phase out animal testing were welcome , as was the EC 's encouragement for the development of alternative tests . |
| 7 | Put simply , purchase behaviour will be a function of the different variables already analysed in this and the previous chapter , but will vary in emphasis and priority according to the stage reached by individual and family . |
| 8 | Thus , if a computer accessory manufacturer makes a device improving the safety of computers , this might imply that computers not fitted with such devices fall short of the expectation of safety . |
| 9 | The vessels best equipped for this were ‘ cogs ’ , ships of high sides well suited for commercial traffic from which , indeed , most of them were taken . |
| 10 | The day-to-day administration of the scheme which emerged — the collection of contributions and payment of benefits — was placed in the hands of organizations already experienced in such work : Friendly Societies , trade unions and certain commercial insurance companies . |
| 11 | Similar words not derived in this way do not have the syllabic — it has been pointed out that the two words ‘ coddling ’ ( derived from the verb ‘ coddle ’ ) and ‘ codling ’ ( meaning ‘ small cod ’ , derived by adding the diminutive suffix ‘ -ling ’ to ‘ cod ’ ) show a contrast between syllabic and non-syllabic : ‘ coddling ’ and ‘ codling ’ . |
| 12 | You may need advice on subjects not covered in this brochure or mentioned above . |
| 13 | V. P. Singh Prime Minister ; Defence ; Personnel , Public Grievances and Pensions ; Science and Technology ; Atomic Energy ; Electronics ; Ocean Development ; Space ; Environment and Forests and other subjects not allocated to any other Cabinet Minister or Minister of State Devi Lal Deputy Prime Minister ; Agriculture Madhu Dandavate Finance George Fernandes Railways Ajit Singh Industry Sharad Yadav Textiles ; Food Processing Industries Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Home Affairs Arun Kumar Nehru Commerce ; Tourism Arif Mohammad Khan Energy ; Civil Aviation Ram Vilas Paswan Labour and Welfare Nilamani Routray Health and Family Welfare I. K. Gujral External Affairs M. S. Gurupadasamy Petroleum and Chemicals P. Upendra Information and Broadcasting ; Parliamentary Affairs K. P. Unnikrishnan Surface Transport ; Communication Dinesh Goswami Steel and Mines ; Law and Justice Murasoli Maran Urban Development Nathu Ram Mirdha Food and Civil Supplies Minsters of state with independent charge Manobhai Kotadia Water Resources Ministers of state Maneka Gandhi Environment and Forests ; Programme Implementation M. G. K. Menon Science and Technology ; Human Resource Development Raja Ramanna Defence |
| 14 | A great deal of information is contained in the numerous books already cited in this chapter as worthy of forming part of a personal library , and the local researcher should not lose sight of the early comparative data obtainable from the published Domesday folios , and the later in such things as the hearth tax assessments , all of which volumes are well worth places on private shelves . |
| 15 | Moreover , the strength of the positive signals broadly equated to that obtained with the IS900-PCR positive control ( equivalent to two M paratuberculosis genomes ) and suggests that the assay was operating at or near the limit of its sensitivity . |
| 16 | Two important books not mentioned in this introduction are Miriam David 's The State , the Family and Education ( 1980 ) , and Rosemary Deem , Women and Schooling ( 1978 ) , both written within a Marxist perspective . |
| 17 | Like many others , I am saddened almost to the point of despair at the result of this general election , and am vividly reminded of the moving words once spoken by that truly good man , Michael Foot . |
| 18 | She 'd slipped her shoes off and had her feet tucked under her bottom , her legs demurely covered by that gauzy dress , but it was too late , he 'd seen … |
| 19 | Relationships once broken in this way may take a long time to heal . |
| 20 | This great Irish tragedy claimed some 2 million lives and of those who survived thousands were forced to emigrate to North America , resulting in one of the most crippling population losses ever experienced by any country . |
| 21 | Telegraph readers hardly swung at all . |
| 22 | Telegraph readers hardly swung at all . |
| 23 | There is one large blunt apical papilla flanked by 3–4 oral papillae irregularly arranged on each side ; those nearest the apical papillae are conical the distalmost ones may be more spine-like . |
| 24 | Besides , her arms were still on fire from where he had lifted her and her nipples still burned from that brief contact with his chest . |
| 25 | While we are with the greatest works of the period , mention must be made of a work of comparable distinction , the Doves Press edition of the Bible ( five volumes , 1903–5 ) , described by Colin Clair as ‘ in its magnificent simplicity one of the noblest books ever produced in this country ’ . |
| 26 | The Leith Chamber of Commerce was instituted in 1840 and in 1852 the Directors petitioned for and obtained a Charter of Incorporation on their representation ‘ That the town of Leith is the principal seaport in the East of Scotland and it would tend much to the encouragement and promotion of the trade and manufacture already extensively established and carried on there , if the Petitioners were incorporated as a Chamber of Commerce and Manufacturers , with the powers and privileges usually conferred on such bodies ’ . |
| 27 | The argument is that the overall financial pool will suffer if a couple of first-round matches involve the big first-class guns , while perhaps four Minor sides play each other , with the two winners also drawn against each other . |
| 28 | If homoeopathy is such an individual way of treating you — for example , one person with influenza may have quite a different medicine from another person with it — what is the value of homoeopathic remedies now seen on many chemists ' shelves which could be used by people who are not aware that the choice of a remedy has to be selected according to a number of factors , not just by a simple set of symptoms ? |
| 29 | At the same time , although feelings towards the Jews undoubtedly hardened in such circles during the war years , it would be easy to exaggerate the significance of the ‘ Jewish Question ’ in the formation of popular opinion . |
| 30 | He has already sampled success at the highest level and after winning the Celebration Mile at Goodwood last Saturday on Swing Low he has his eyes firmly focused on more Group One events . |