Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [verb] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | In deeper channels , black and highly carbonaceous muds eventually form to create anaerobic conditions . |
2 | Allegations made in Moscow suggest that , in contravention of the 1983 London Dumping Convention , Soviet authorities secretly continued to dump thousands of tons of radioactive waste in the sea off the northern coast until 1986 . |
3 | Beginners and intermediate trainers rarely need to do more than squats or calf raises to achieve good leg development . |
4 | Aerial work pilots such as crop-sprayers , aerial photographers , power-line inspectors etc. have to give great concentration to their work and have little opportunity to scan the sky for aircraft approaching at high speed . |
5 | A letter from the Chairman of the Juniper Green Primary School Board detailing the steps already taken to alleviate this problem . |
6 | A bill revising the local autonomy law was passed in December 1989 , enabling political parties to field candidates for local parliament elections ; political parties soon agreed to hold such elections in the first half of 1990 . |
7 | Whereas businesses are moving to more and more decentralized operations , business units still need to have instantaneous access to information . |
8 | On hearing a bell ring before the appearance of food the animals quickly came to associate that sound with feeding time . |
9 | Most animals quickly learn to keep clear of boldly striped insects , particularly if they sting . |
10 | Despite this , a pilot survey indicated that 10% of drivers still forget to lock all doors , shut all windows or lock the boot . |
11 | Despite the fall in the average rate of pocket money , the majority of British teenagers still manage to save all or most of their money . |
12 | We played really well and while the other contenders still had to play each other , our run-in was not too bad . |
13 | Or could it be that one was from March 24–26 and the other from April 6–9 when politicians of all parties confidently expect to have other things on their minds ? |
14 | Price signals also failed to provide significant pressures on the BEA . |
15 | The strength of the demands also appears to reflect growing Tory doubts about the scope for success in revived inter-party negotiations , if they take place . |
16 | These valves also serve to trap any water which may accidentally pass the blowhole , and thus prevent it from entering the lungs , which would cause choking or drowning . |
17 | Far from wanting students to challenge and think about the important issues that affect patients and the community , the course tutors simply seemed to want compliant students who would not answer back . |
18 | All around her , the flower-market was bustling with life as traders seemingly managed to clinch three deals simultaneously , talking and haggling at double speed . |
19 | The main aim of British units then became to prevent these crossing the River Drau . |
20 | In two further rounds of voting on July 30 three candidates again failed to win sufficient support for election : Marie Kristova ( for the Liberal Social Union ) , Zdenek Pinta ( for the Republicans ) and Zdenek Prochazka ( for dissident Republicans ) . |
21 | In two further rounds of voting on July 30 three candidates again failed to win sufficient support for election : Marie Kristova ( for the Liberal Social Union ) , Zdenek Pinta ( for the Republicans ) and Zdenek Prochazka ( for dissident Republicans ) . |
22 | In December the federal parliament set up a committee to examine ways of streamlining the process of constitutional reform , and in particular considering the unanimity among all 10 provinces currently required to achieve key constitutional changes . |
23 | Very difficult to imagine British resorts somehow trying to capture that . |
24 | The same is not the case in the Republic of Ireland with plans already activated to provide proper links to ports . |
25 | You stop at the top of the road and look back , to see the flames just starting to become visible over the edge of the hotel roof , dancing orange into the night . |
26 | In contrast , Brazil 's national championship , in which the big clubs finally get to face each other , lasts only three months once the regional competitions have finished . |
27 | During the 1980S the United States and Japanese companies together continued to produce 85 or go per cent of the non-communist world 's chips . |
28 | Local communities thus had to find more money to fulfil even their admitted obligations under the statute of 1327 , and the regular wearing of military uniform , which began in the 1330s , added to their burden since it too had to be paid for by the community . |
29 | They found their literary expression in a series of haunting elegies generally considered to contain some of the finest love poetry in the English language . |
30 | Record companies normally want to recoup 50 per cent of the cost of videos from the artist 's royalty account . |