Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [verb] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also helpful if it can be shown there have been arm 's length negotiations between management and the institutions and that the price benefit to management ( ie the fact that management acquire control of Newco but pay no more per share than the institutions and/or pay less than 50% of the price for more than 50% of the equity ) derives from those negotiations , rather than from management 's employment by Target . |
| 2 | Cows of the better types can weigh as much as 360kg and mature bulls or steers more than 460kg at three years old . |
| 3 | If the room is shared , a member of staff should always remain in the room until the body is removed and warn the other occupants so that they can decide whether to pay their respects or to stay away until the body is removed . |
| 4 | Previously it had laid back its ears and moved away when she approached . |
| 5 | Brian Faulkner , having lost control of the Unionist Party , had formed the new Unionist Party of Northern Ireland which could only field two candidates and won less than three per cent of the poll . |
| 6 | On more than one occasion he had had to remove a dead dog from the highway and take it in his barrow to the incinerator , and there were times when he had to take the place of a night watchman who had been taken ill on one of the larger roadworks and stay there until he could be relieved . |
| 7 | The children covered their eyes and turned away as the needle went in , but the squirrel only jerked slightly then lay still . |
| 8 | Ruth squeezed tight her eyes and swallowed hard as the aircraft soared up into the sky . |
| 9 | Luther looked deep into the boy 's eyes and smiled wickedly when he saw the truth lurking there . |
| 10 | Many mothers with parenting difficulties had a long history of emotional problems themselves , and seemed generally lacking in sensitivity to their children 's anxieties and needs rather than deficient in specific child management techniques . |
| 11 | Arch-rival Burger King in Newcastle 's bustling Northumberland Street was packed with Christmas shoppers and lost more than £1,000 in takings on one of its busiest days of the year . |
| 12 | Add 40g/1½oz of the almonds and boil rapidly until the syrup is golden brown . |
| 13 | She did not get to learn her late-night caller 's name , but felt a touch easier when he bit out , ‘ I 'm his cousin , ’ and sent any remaining doubts and fears away when he added , ‘ In case you 're interested , his mother 's halfway demented worrying about him . |
| 14 | and I understand that because I , I 'd probably feel like that , I 'd sooner invest in bricks and mortar even if were only a little end-terrace house |
| 15 | As usual each one said something different , so I began timing my contractions and breathing deeply as I 'd practised . |
| 16 | Mr Sproat pointed out that currently BR was under no compulsion to make concessions but did so because it made obvious economic sense . |
| 17 | The idea for the COMDEX exhibition was born some sixteen years ago , featured 157 American companies and attracted less than 4,000 visitors . |
| 18 | The fracture repair is being tested first on the upper arm , which is difficult to encase in plaster and also makes the insertion of plates and screws hard because of the large amount of tissue , muscle and nerve material . |
| 19 | Since then , TI has sold 28 wholly- or partly-owned subsidiaries and acquired more than 20 . |
| 20 | Ian Lang can not remain complacently sitting on his hands in the face of an economic crisis which is damaging all our communities and condemning more than 80,000 Scots to long-term unemployment , ’ he said . |
| 21 | She has lectured in 40 countries and written more than 70 articles . |
| 22 | Certainly if farmers wish to have a suitably skilled and motivated labour force by the late 1980s they will have to do more to recognize the farm worker 's quite legitimate aspirations and to help rather than hinder his search for ‘ a place in the sun ’ . |
| 23 | Conventional trading links have been even weaker : between 1975 and 1978 Latin America supplied barely 1 per cent of Soviet imports and absorbed less than one quarter per cent of Soviet exports . |
| 24 | ‘ They live separate lives and come together when necessary , for example for the children or for public engagements . ’ |
| 25 | I believe that a picture , a work of art , lives and dies just as we do . |
| 26 | Sadly , so many dogs seem to end up in classes run by loud , aggressive people , where they are yanked cruelly on choke chains and punished physically if they do n't do as they 're told . |
| 27 | shore bank accounts and think well if they can get away with it why ca n't we ? |
| 28 | An elaborate framework of twisted osiers , the Wheel was nine feet in diameter with the proportions of a water-wheel ; but lit by the lamps and raised aloft as it was , it looked gigantic . |
| 29 | Nathaniel Sherman looked at his sons and beamed proudly as they joined the group around the governor . |
| 30 | The Daily Post survey was carried out by independent market researchers and involved more than 400 parents and teachers . |