Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [verb] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Non-educational criteria almost invariably have priority in recruitment over educational ones and employers tend to have only the vaguest notions as to what particular qualifications entail or imply . |
| 2 | Costings of domestic expenditures in industrial countries on reducing emissions tend to brush away the minor irrelevancies of the millions and concentrate on refining estimates to the nearest billion . |
| 3 | Things have changed now of course , but acts tend to tour just the Eastern side , so Western Australia still misses out because it 's such a bloody hike from Adelaide to Perth . ’ |
| 4 | UNFORTUNATELY the majority of memorial dedications tend to receive only a fraction of the publicity they deserve . |
| 5 | Manufacturers tend to state only the input wattage especially on mains powered tools , but it is the power at the cutting edge that counts . |
| 6 | This happens to be a good strategy for a side with material superiors , and computers have won quite a lot of games with this strategy . |
| 7 | Boundary disputes have become perhaps the classic setting for the presentation of bilateral claims in which third parties may claim an interest . |
| 8 | J. Sainsbury , Britain 's biggest food retailer argues that discount shops have received only a temporary boost from the recession . |
| 9 | No I bought my dining room suite , this Ercol dining room suite in there , I 've still got it , yeah that was a long Oh yeah the shops have changed quite a lot in the The Stow have n't they ? |
| 10 | With Norm 's demise , America 's beer-drinkers have lost both a role-model and a soulmate ; but , as it happens , the week also brought them good news . |
| 11 | Michael Attenborough of Hodder commented : ‘ For any publisher , losing an author all of whose books have sold over a million copies in their UK editions — and I have no doubt that As the Crow Flies will join them soon — is very regrettable . |
| 12 | However , the vexed CFTC issue is resolved — and the AFBD last week was the lucky recipient of yet another draft solution from the commission — the traumas of the past six months have posed again the question of the association 's independence . |
| 13 | Although the past few months have seen quite a number of problems for European unity , one area that remains firmly fixed is the demolition of trade barriers in 1993 . |
| 14 | The report concluded that : ‘ Most of the advantages appear to benefit directly the builder or developer , whereas the consumer is left with a dwelling which must have some inherent risks , however small . ’ |
| 15 | However , there are differences between Type I and 2 diabetes : HDL levels are generally either normal or low in Type 2 diabetes ( Lopes-Virella et al , 1977 ; Kennedy et al , 1978 ; Reckless et al , 1978 ; Taylor et al , 1981 ; Rendel et al , 1982 ) : Studies on the subfractions have shown either an increase in the level of the HDL 3 subfraction ( Durrington , 1982 ) , or a reduction in HDL 2 . |
| 16 | If , by the end of the prepass phase , no errors have occurred then the user will be asked : |
| 17 | Some have pointed out with justice that the Max Planck Institutes have bled away the best research talent from the universities . |
| 18 | There is often an upper age limit set for policyholders , although , in recent years the insurance companies have extended upwards a little . |
| 19 | But John King has stuck to his principles and Rovers have strung together an impressive home record . |
| 20 | Now , ambulance crews have put together a video of some accidents which they 'll be showing to young drivers . |
| 21 | Contrary to your impression matters have moved forward a considerable way in relation to the Church Road stop . |
| 22 | A situation where at least 27% of libraries appear to provide virtually no systematic training at all ( see Table 2 ) is inefficient and inequitable . |
| 23 | Especially when all the lenders seem to have roughly the same mortgage interest rate on offer to borrowers most of the time ? |
| 24 | But , in principle , an enterprise might be so inefficient that its revenues fail to cover even the cost of materials . |
| 25 | However , DHAs could suffer the secondary effects of such selection if GP budget-holders choose to select only the lower risks leaving the DHA with the higher-cost patients within any category . |
| 26 | Nature conservationists have put together an otter 's holt made from logs . |
| 27 | Conservationists have put together an otter 's holt , and one of the creatures has given the residence her own ’ paw-print ’ of approval |
| 28 | The past 30 years have witnessed both an escalation of the arms race between NATO and the Warsaw Pact and a proliferating membership of the nuclear weapons club . |
| 29 | The last few years have seen quite a shake up in the leasing market . |
| 30 | Aids have claimed quite a few victims now |