Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] [adv prt] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We asked units to try out some of the new recipes with positive results . ’ |
| 2 | For example , it is possible now for word processors with spelling checkers to take over some of the proof-reading aspects of writing and to produce impeccable print-out . |
| 3 | has revealed plans to open up more of the VHF radio band for broadcasting . |
| 4 | AFTER building up its interests with the acquisition of Ultramar , the independent oil group , LASMO , is being forced by financial circumstances to sell off some of its North Sea holdings . |
| 5 | At the North of Australia are tropical rain forests which are very difficult for large communities to live in due to the heat , humidity and being unable to expand without the destruction of trees . |
| 6 | This allows the use of small-mesh nets to drag up thousands of small fish which have no direct commercial food value . |
| 7 | OXFAM is calling on Western governments to write off billions of dollars of foreign debt to help countries rebuild after war and faminine . |
| 8 | In 1973 , under the direction of the Scottish Development Department , the old County Council of Orkney commissioned a firm of planning consultants to draw up first of all an interim strategy and then a Structure Plan to cope with the consequences surrounding the construction of an oil-terminal on the island of Flotta , and with the possibility of further North Sea oil activity taking place within the county . |
| 9 | However , it is possible to think of other things to add in such as ‘ one shake of the elbow ’ but it is a matter of choice . |
| 10 | But Keith Fletcher , nursing a 2-0 defeat in his first Test series as England manager , was at pains to point out one of the root causes of the problems faced by Gooch 's side : the lack of dry , turning pitches in the County Championship . |
| 11 | This new version of the file allows users to carry out some of the tasks normally done by File Manager without having to switch applications . |
| 12 | So if some of them are known , you can use the equations to work out some of the others . |
| 13 | Now my feeling is that in doing an evaluation one ought to try and develop each of these different viewpoints , then leave it to the people concerned that have to make the decisions to pick up each of these and to make the decisions , but at least the evaluation itself is not sort of ruling out of court any of the viewpoints that could be important in that situation , so any person who 's involved , even if they 're in a minority of one , at least feels that his views are there in the evaluation somewhere and they 're made legitimate by it . |
| 14 | The CCBE has done a great deal behind the scenes to fend off some of the battier ideas emanating from the European Commission . |
| 15 | Should we not ask whether it is right for people with high salaries to give up some of their income to give to pensioners the means to live with dignity ? |
| 16 | An eleven foot rod may be too long in many instances and these are not the venues to lumber along loaded to the gunnels with tackle and bait . |
| 17 | One consequence of the rise in private asset ownership among elderly people is that many of them do not suffer any drastic reduction of their ability to consume on retirement : indeed , tax changes in the 1970s that encouraged pension schemes to pay out some of their assets as a lump sum mean that many retirees experience an increase in their consumption propensity in the first few years of retirement . |
| 18 | Over £100 000 was at stake in two cases , and the authority 's attempts to claw back some of this were being resisted fiercely . |