Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] [noun] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where the school is in the wrong then full and generous apologies and expressions of concern are far more effective in maintaining good relationships than attempts to justify unjustifiable action . |
| 2 | Gestures , however , are much more diverse because of the number of different possibilities ; some merely reinforce verbal signals while others convey much more information . |
| 3 | The effect of eradication in this study was variable , however , as some patients exhibited appreciable rises in juice vitamin concentrations whereas others showed little change . |
| 4 | Ranulf and Maltote disappeared like will-o'-the-wisps whilst Corbett received one of Maeve 's lectures about the need to rest , as well as the dangers of charging about on the King 's business in weather not fit for the worst of sinners . |
| 5 | Most of the children who seroconverted and who could be located 13–17 months after vaccination remained seropositive ( table III ) . |
| 6 | Strong and sturdy and ideally suited to the tough demands of the Southern League , Joe was our first-choice left-back for four full seasons and a considerable favourite with our fans before injury gave talented Horace Colclough the chance to succeed him . |
| 7 | Trouble flares after Wright scores late equaliser . |
| 8 | Though much attention has been focused on critical ‘ breakthroughs ’ in such areas as micro-electronics , biotechnology and new materials where the potential for creating dramatic changes is obvious , change can also be created in small steps as firms find new ways of upgrading efficiencies . |
| 9 | Florin Raducioiu scored all four goals as Romania retained second place in group four with a 4–0 victory over the Faroe Islands . |
| 10 | On another high-scoring day , Dane Brian Laudrup scored two goals as Fiorentina destroyed rock-bottom Ancona 7-1 . |
| 11 | TONY PHILLISKIRK bagged five goals as Peterborough thrashed non-league Kingstonian in their first-round replay — but the game could cost the Football League club dearly . |
| 12 | His strike partner Dave Lancaster also snatched two goals as Chesterfield led 3-0 and then 4-2 in a match that will only pile the pressure on Souness . |
| 13 | Tony Walsh scored six goals as Peppers won 12-2 at bottom-placed Palatine ( Chris Sherry , Peter Middleman ) , with Paul McGuinness ( 3 ) , Paul McGuire ( 2 ) and Steve Carroll also netting for the winners . |
| 14 | If N is any state , fc(N) is a list with as many entries as N has empty rows . |
| 15 | By now , other men with microphones were moving among the audience , and so many people were shouting to be heard that George could no longer identify individual speakers as words overleaped one another and blended together into a great cry of confused and frightened protest . |
| 16 | Staff at the Kirkby factory have been working flat out to meet demand for their popular ice lollies as temperatures rose this weekend . |
| 17 | Commentators in this school tend to emphasise class and economic variables as factors producing poor standards of child care , and to de-emphasise parental culpability and personal inadequacy . |
| 18 | But there was growing competition also between building societies and banks , as banks moved into the housing loan market , and from National Savings as governments used National Savings more aggressively as a means of financing their own borrowing requirements . |
| 19 | Indeed , counter staff could also be trained to react to selective product selling opportunities as branches gain easier access to the contents of their customer database . |
| 20 | Dr Ric Charlesworth also missed out on a medal at his farewell Olympics as Australia finished fourth in Seoul four years ago . |
| 21 | The Children Of The Rainbow curriculum urges the use of such books as Heather Has Two Mommies , Daddy 's Roommate and Gloria Goes To Gay Pride . |
| 22 | Schools in ‘ well off ’ areas can expect to raise more money in direct appeals and in fund raising activities than schools serving poorer communities . |
| 23 | I believe that these ( and not only these ) deeply-rooted social-dynamic forces act on other groups in society in such a way as to make it relatively more difficult for some groups than others to enter particular occupations . |
| 24 | Histology showed that significantly more miners than controls had acute on chronic gastritis ( 22 v 11% ; p=0.01 ) and intestinal metaplasia ( 23 v 8% ; p=<0.0001 ) . |
| 25 | The perception that the ills of society are relatively more prevalent in some areas than others has innocent and fairly obvious origins … |
| 26 | Observers also noted that the ICRC tended to be associated in Iranian eyes with the Swiss government — with which there were continuing tensions because Switzerland appeared ready to allow the extradition to France of Zeyal Sarhadi , an Iranian suspected of involvement in the August 1991 murder of former Prime Minister Shapour Bakhtiar [ see pp. 37409 ; 38697 ] . |
| 27 | Thus what social workers thought of as ‘ prevention ’ ( keeping children out of care ) was perceived by many parents as refusal to offer any positive support , and indeed refusal to give any help at all . |
| 28 | Southgate was in his cups though Mandeville looked subdued and stared speculatively at me as if my outburst had revealed a side of my character he had not noticed before . |
| 29 | Many radical feminists see little point in attempting to change the education system because women are trapped in a vicious circle in which men keep changing the rules if women show any sign of becoming as successful as them . |
| 30 | Problems abound in measuring income distribution and although there has been a reversal in equality trends since the mid-1970s , middle-class identity in Japan is more closely related to earning middling incomes than attachment to class specific values . |