Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [vb -s] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the main characteristics that has distinguished all radical art , from that of the Soviet revolution to the art of South Africa , from the art of our movement to the work of the AIDS practitioners in the United States , is its proximity to an active audience . |
| 2 | well in other words that means reprinting that page does n't it ? , page thirty one |
| 3 | Perhaps that is one of the safeguards that has made this country such a successful and stable parliamentary democracy . |
| 4 | Judging such a fast-paced event requires great skill , and it is necessary to have highly qualified referees and judges to evaluate each technique and award scoring points . |
| 5 | Tata Consultancy Services , the Indian company , says it has done a lot of work for Unix System Labs on Unix device drivers and hopes to get more work now that it has bought into the firm ( UX No 378 ) . |
| 6 | Gladys Hill writes ( aged nearly 96 ) that she enjoys reading a wide range of subjects and appreciates having some of the books from her days at Oxford . |
| 7 | There are distinctive styles and finishes to suit all types of houses and all budgets — prices range from £5,000–£50,000 . |
| 8 | This , I believe , is against the law , but it is a law that deserves to be broken , for it is the puritanical nonsense of excluding children — and therefore to some extent , women — from pubs that has turned these places into mere boozing-shops instead of the family gathering-places that they ought to be . ’ |
| 9 | It also has trade and co-operation agreements with several Middle Eastern countries and wants to have more . |
| 10 | Dyson-Hudson ( 1984 ) has also commented that since c. 1970 the equivalent of $US600 million has been given as development funds to Africa 's rangelands but has brought few rewards as far as more efficient and productive pastoralism is concerned . |
| 11 | As section 170 creates two offences , if the defendant fails to stop but later reports the accident , or stops but refuses to give any particulars , an offence is committed per North v Cerish ( 1959 ) 123 JP 313 . |
| 12 | This is as true of child protection work as of any other field , and indeed perhaps the very dangerousness of the work ( for professionals and clients alike ) and the appalling nature of some of the cruelties and neglects make such professional jealousy and prejudice all the more likely . |
| 13 | She has spent the last year following her sailing pursuits but this year she gave priority to her GCSE exams and has done much less sailing . |
| 14 | Future HSE audits will generally be conducted in an even more formal and structured way and there will be extra checks and balances to eliminate any unwitting subjectivity on the part of the auditor . |
| 15 | Mr Griffiths is the music critic of the Times and has written several books on music , including a study of Olivier Messiaen . |
| 16 | An archway covered with more Rosa ‘ Dorothy Perkins ’ leads you to a small back garden with another island bed as its main feature , There is yet more pink phlox and annual lavatera , along with the variegated phlox ‘ Norah Leigh ’ , hostas , the dwarf gentian-blue Delphinium tatsienense and Geranium ‘ Winscombe ’ , which is one of the pink varieties that seems to flower all summer long . |
| 17 | [ PAMELA , terrified of the sword , takes refuge behind LADY DAVERS and begins to have another fit . ] |
| 18 | Perhaps for the sake of brevity , although not for precision and clarity , it is not unusual in some catalogues and lists to find some species roses included under the rambler heading , which like R. wichuraiana , have the same sprawling habit and are sufficiently vigorous to get up into trees . |
| 19 | Keith is known to his colleagues as a quiet man , however he has hidden talents in that he writes poems and has penned many about his time with Rentokil . |
| 20 | which when chilled in the fridge ( not freezer ) acts as a cold compress for baby 's gums and helps to reduce any discomfort he 's feeling . |
| 21 | She also likes writing short stories and has had some published in the school magazine but ‘ never dared try anything else , ’ she said modestly . |
| 22 | It has brought into that area of Belfast a vast number of new businesses and has revitalised that area of the town . |
| 23 | The position of the expanding Modular Course within the planning processes of the Polytechnic causes some major problems and helps to solve some others . |
| 24 | Clerical Medical 's record of consistent performance has been highlighted in many independent surveys and has attracted much favourable comment . |
| 25 | You will need to remove all pots and switches to do this , so make a good diagram of the wiring before you do so . |
| 26 | I mean you think about primal hunting adults like the bushmen or the Australian Aborigines , the the men do the , do the hunting for erm for meat and women do the , do the gathering for and the point is that er meat is very nutritious and it 's an important part of their diet and men go hunting and they come back and they share food with their wives and their relatives or someone and male parental investment is terribly important So women for instance if you ask David McKnight who 's a world authority on the Australian Aborigines and has spent many years living with them , say what do women look for in the traditional society , what do women look for in a husband ? |
| 27 | ‘ People-orientation ’ is based on human relations and has had many variants . |
| 28 | It is of course the string of public transport disasters that has brought such a widespread public reaction — six in three years , with 193 lives lost on Herald of Free Enterprise at Zeebrugge ; 31 deaths in the Kings Cross Underground fire ; 35 deaths at the Clapham rail crash ; 270 lost in the Lockerbie bomb blast ; 47 claimed in the M1 air crash and most recently , 51 in the River Thames from the Marchioness . |
| 29 | It is the spirit of the prairie pioneers that continues to ensure all listeners with the quality of programmes they deserve … . ’ |
| 30 | McHale , who is set to receive a significant increase in his budget for next season , has signed four players and expects to increase that to five today . |