Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [pron] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , local boroughs and health authorities fund us through grants and service contracts . |
| 2 | Frogs and birds pamper themselves with plumes of pampas grass |
| 3 | Probably Rossi was suggested by the Barberini brothers on account of the preponderantly spectacular nature of his earlier Palazzo incantato , but in Orfeo he revealed genuine expressive power , above all in Euridice 's arias in the second scene of Act II , the exquisite trio of dryads ‘ Dormite , begliocchi ’ ( are working of a movement from the serenata , ‘ Horche in notturna pace ’ ) , the chorus of nymphs ‘ Ah ! piangete ’ following her death , and Orfeo 's great lament in Act II before the Bacchantes tear him to pieces . |
| 4 | Her eyes hold me like magnets . |
| 5 | Waves organize themselves into trains so that , as one of their number expires , a memory of its strength is bequeathed to its successors , consolidating their length ( the distance between crests ) and speed and height . |
| 6 | Its basic characteristics offer plenty of possibilities . |
| 7 | Now if I could just remind you of what 's happened at the Lyndford Haven er er , Synod , last March erm , the Financial Committee have suggested that we should go for a target of five hundred and ten thousand but er , this is we are not gon na be able to even start looking at the eleven and a half thousand if if er all the provinces do it for months and more and we , I think very bravely or foolishly whatever way you li , look at it , proposed that we should got to five hundred and forty thousand and it looks as thought we 're gon na end up certainly nearer to five ten than five forty . |
| 8 | ON A BILLBOARD : Rally drivers do it in stages |
| 9 | The kids need lots of shelves for jumpers and toys , whilst adults need more hanging room for suits , dresses and coats . |
| 10 | Fighters need lots of things but not big muscles — one look at any of the lighter boxing greats tells us that . |
| 11 | My kids have plenty of friends , and I ca n't tell one from another , or remember their names . |
| 12 | This type of coven is usually on the borderline of satanism , and the ‘ sincere ’ members believe that the devil and his demons need them as agents to wreak havoc in the world . |
| 13 | The guards search him for weapons and open the door to the gallery . |
| 14 | I have know skilled fishkeepers have nothing but problems with them . |
| 15 | Some of the more developed countries make lots of arms to sell abroad . |
| 16 | According to the Prague School ‘ poetic ’ texts distinguish themselves from others through the violation of a norm . |
| 17 | In saying that our senses restrict us to appearances and that therefore we know nothing , they would mistakenly be supposing that knowledge is exclusively knowledge of necessary causes and inner natures . |
| 18 | Dr Thaler thinks that it happens only in trained networks because , as a network learns , its elements organise themselves into colonies that respond specifically to different features of the environment . |
| 19 | So the changes in the spectral lines tell us of changes in the Sun 's temperature , which in turn reveal changes in the solar luminosity . |
| 20 | The Indians collect it in pots and smear it on the tips of their arrows and blow-pipe darts . |
| 21 | The toxins defend them against predators , and most interestingly against the effects of bacteria and fungi . |
| 22 | As public shopping arcades lend themselves to situations of abuse it is important that they have somewhere warm to go ; one example of a voluntary initiative is that Bradford Council of Mosques has set up a day centre for retired older men . |
| 23 | Central to my analysis of goals is the proposition that the backgrounds of individuals provide us with themes or patterns which reappear in values , beliefs and goals , and then overtly in behaviour . |
| 24 | Assistant Company Secretary Dr Jean MacDonald recently conducted two seminars at Hunterston for managers whose responsibilities involve them with contractors and sub-contractors . |
| 25 | The Wildlife Video Unit relays dramatic moments from the ocean world , whilst news boards alert you to creatures and happenings worthy of closer attention . |
| 26 | spines protect them against predators but without them they fall prey to weasils and stoats . |
| 27 | Managers repeat themselves to players , preach principles to players and principles do n't change . ’ |
| 28 | Erm , I think Chair , it , there is a need obviously for all committees to be realistic , and erm , that certainly is our intention within those , but I would say again , it leads me to believe that you should keep a reasonable er , committee contingency in case certain difficulties present themselves in terms of those additional er , pressures and requirements . |
| 29 | Thinking about cardigans reminded me how many knitters ask me about buttonholes , so I thought a few words about bands and buttonholes might not come amiss . |
| 30 | Search unemployment can be seen as part of the annual turnover of the job market — firms rid themselves of workers who have proved to be unproductive or unsatisfactory in some way , and workers quit jobs which have failed to meet their expectations or which were intended only as stop-gaps in the first place . |