Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At present employers tend to see joint degrees as second class . |
| 2 | Where business executives are concerned , employers tend to have considerable discretion in the way that they implement redundancies . |
| 3 | Regarding staff becoming involved , initial discussions tend to involve senior staff but once the programme of work is signed up it will involve staff at all levels . |
| 4 | Eurosterling bondholders tend to prefer protective covenants that prevent a deterioration in credit quality , whereas eurodollar bondholders prefer the put-at-par option . |
| 5 | It would be interesting and potentially lively to engage in maths or history or music in the midst of a project on ‘ Warwick Castle ’ ( say ) , or ‘ Myself ’ , or ‘ Transport ’ , but projects tend to contain inherent biases to one subject area or another . |
| 6 | The point at issue is that both sets of disciplines tend to have different conceptions about the domain and status of proof in the pursuit of knowledge . |
| 7 | Such groups tend to wield greater power in conflict situations than their members , and indeed the very existence of the groups may be seen to anticipate and perpetuate conflict , to harden and formalise a set of attitudes and values that their individual members may not themselves have recognised or expressed . |
| 8 | Group size — small groups tend to be more cohesive than larger groups ; small groups tend to encourage full participation ; large groups contain greater diversity of talent . |
| 9 | It is striking how even when certain minority groups tend to achieve mean levels of attainment above those of the white majority , they still remain heavily disadvantaged in employment terms . |
| 10 | However , in practice the courts tend to impose higher sentences for assaults on the police , and it is therefore worth noting that this offence is committed even though D was unaware that he was striking a police-officer . |
| 11 | Sometimes , earthworks of ridge and furrow or narrow early enclosed strips remain to give some clue to the course , but elsewhere the boundary itself must be the clue to the former existence of such an arrangement . |
| 12 | Erm , having said that , I think lecturers tend to accumulate these things over time and this is the first year I 've run this course so I do n't have a great stock of things I can I can show you . |
| 13 | The draft proposals tend to emphasize advisory structures and roles . |
| 14 | As a result , controversial local plans tend to attract numerous objections which are then tested at a local inquiry . |
| 15 | In the tropics , where day length varies only slightly , birds tend to use other guides , particularly rainfall . |
| 16 | While software house MMT Computing Plc is still ticking over , it believes that attempts at broadening its skills base to cover open systems as well as its traditional mainframe business will help restore margins to pre-recession levels . |
| 17 | East End working class attitudes have been parodied by Alf Garnett as portrayed by Warren Mitchell , yet his strongly loyalist , anti-socialist , anti-foreigner , anti-intellectual , male chauvinist opinions appear to reflect real attitudes , only exaggerated for the purposes of the comedy . |
| 18 | Students taking degree courses involving field work ( eg Architecture , Ecology , Geography , and Geology ) can incur expenses of £200 plus , spread over the three , four or five years of the course , but can in most cases expect to receive some help from University funds in meeting these . |
| 19 | ‘ Musicians want to make new sounds so you start adding strings : you get seven , nine , even 11 strings . |
| 20 | Instruments change when musicians want to produce new effects . |
| 21 | The authorities want to make wealthy pensioners pay their hospital costs . |
| 22 | At the same time , the protectorate 's authorities want to maintain high standards of financial propriety with strict rules . |
| 23 | The two indices appear to have equal validity in measuring the relative change in price or quantity levels between two periods . |
| 24 | Private schools tend to stress scholastic skills and concentrate on developing the capacity to pass examinations and on building self-confidence . |
| 25 | The rest of the car will also stand up to hard use as well , and diesel cars tend to have bigger batteries and more powerful electrical systems to cope with the greater demands of starting . |
| 26 | I am in favour of some incentive beyond that represented by depreciation , because new methods tend to encourage new ideas of production , which is so important . |
| 27 | The virus is easily transmitted via needles — and addicts tend to have dirty habits . |
| 28 | Big animals tend to have big brains partly just because they are big , but this does n't necessarily mean that they are , in any interesting sense , ‘ cleverer ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ In no sense , though some diocesan clergy tend to treat parochial clergy as though they were their inferiors . |
| 30 | It is reasonably hardwearing but it lacks the springiness and suppleness of wool ; consequently , silk rugs tend to retain any creases or scuffing in the pile , and far greater care is needed to protect them from damage . |