Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , in those areas where golden eagles fed extensively on carrion sheep which had been dipped in dieldrin , the proportion of pairs successfully rearing young fell from 72 per cent to 29 per cent during the late 1950s . |
| 2 | Two cultures rarely understand each other , especially when one is waxing dominant . |
| 3 | QUIET cities rarely make good copy ; but on May 28th , when Miami failed to explode , it was news of a sort . |
| 4 | Liquids much above 30 per cent tend to be unstable , unless alcohol or urea is included , which adds to the expense so liquid products rarely exceed this level . |
| 5 | Chapter 11 is different from British ‘ receivership ’ , where the courts mostly sack existing management and put a finance — but , some would say , not a business — expert in charge . |
| 6 | She 'd a hundred times rather change last night 's husband on a daily basis , be reviled as a witch in the parliament of women , she 'd like to have dead babies in succession — she winced at this , ‘ Please , no ’ — but pressed on rather than be that nothing , that unbeing , that sump of ribaldry and pity and contempt , the woman-who-had-never-had-a man , the zitella , the old maid . |
| 7 | Brooke-Rose attempts rather to use old material in new ways . |
| 8 | We already know that the building of new roads only generates more traffic , and that congestion rapidly returns to its former levels . |
| 9 | It is already evident that new roads only generate new traffic , and the environmental impact is an absolute disaster . |
| 10 | Exact equivalents between UK qualifications and overseas qualifications can rarely be given , but the notes below give some idea of the recognition granted to some qualifications . |
| 11 | The emissions only contained one part per million of hydrochloric acid . ’ |
| 12 | In fastening the strips together to construct any model , choice has to be made of the correct size of nut and bolt involving both sorting , matching and then screwing . |
| 13 | His idea is to put bollards down to stop vehicular access and place seats and planters for the use of the community . |
| 14 | His idea is to put bollards down to stop vehicular access and place seats and planters for the use of the community . |
| 15 | Unfortunately , as always seems to be the case , the area in question falls across two adjoining maps and the only way to check the theory is to join the two maps together using double-sided Sellotape . |
| 16 | But the beauty and the loving care with which many a smaller city had been built and adorned in the early days of the Greek cities is a vital element in the history of the Greek city , obscurely pointing to a time , not of peace — for in Greece the lion never lay down with the lamb , and neighbouring cities constantly fought each other — but of more equal prosperity . |
| 17 | For people who have a realistic chance of developing their social skills sufficiently to re-enter open employment , other creative approaches have been used to place them in work . |
| 18 | Certain types of groups only have one way of viewing problems as the right way to look at problems you don if any of you have been in the R C P , Revolutionary Communist Party , you might find that 's a fairly similar sort of thing there 's a party line and dimensions of what constitutes it . |
| 19 | Perched uncomfortably on the high stool , he pressed his ankles together to prevent any movement of his dangling legs . |
| 20 | The proposals sensibly resist any temptation to over-egg an already rich international pudding by staging more one-day internationals than are presently staged in England . |
| 21 | It is for the courts alone to construe such legislation . |
| 22 | The Government and our times rightly attach great importance to conquering inflation , but it is not the only aim of a successful economy . |
| 23 | Is a recognition of contradictory yet interdependent , included and excluded meanings enough to provide feminist psychology with a double address to subjectivity and to gender relations ? |
| 24 | It saw journalists verbally attacking each other and Labour 's press secretary making her own emotional public statement . |
| 25 | James Molyneaux and the Rev Ian Paisley have already set this deadline for the resumption of talks and even as their two parties vigorously fought each other in several constituencies , joint working groups were in session drawing up vital working papers for the forthcoming negotiations . |
| 26 | These words effectively convey critical approval . |
| 27 | His successors eventually lost all authority , even in the town , and survived merely as puppets in the hands of ruthless , ambitious nobles who fought to overthrow their rivals and to gain control of the disintegrating kingdom . |
| 28 | Few described teaching methods in much detail and multicultural education and equal opportunities rarely received much attention . |
| 29 | However , in practice , processed pictures and processed words mostly support each other ; use of desktop publishing ( dtp ) software can make achieving this support easier than it is otherwise . |
| 30 | Yet , with all parties widely flouting this provision , it was claimed that the authorities had systematically overlooked DLP transgressions while acting against opposition violations of the law . |