Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may be enough to make him lose interest but , if he persists , discourage him briefly and matter-of-factly , explaining that such words show bad manners and offend some people , who will like him less if he insists on using them . |
| 2 | It always strikes me when you see meths drinkers and imagine those people as children — they were all beautiful then , and it is simply an inexplicable phenomenon which makes me sit here and that other person is out there on the street . |
| 3 | And so you might find that some offices have to think of two or three D S S offices and refer various people to the , to various ones . |
| 4 | Crossed his eyes and exploded Old Buck 's head in some quarrel over a high yaller lady , then hit the trail in Buck 's G-Mek convertible . ’ |
| 5 | Although upper or middle class women in the 18th century managed to negotiate ways in which to participate in the intellectual culture of their day — this is the age of the so-called blue stockings , fashionable women who banned gambling at their parties and invited clever people to come and converse wittily with each other — this period also witnessed the emergence of a sexually discriminating language , which defined women as the gentle and sentimental sex , and proposed a passive ideal of femininity closely tied to nature and biologically determined nurturing role in which intelligence and imagination were to be banished if not carefully hidden — masked . |
| 6 | Thanks for the bumper size of this newsletter must go to who has done a marvellous job at retaining our loyal advertising supporters and encouraged new people to start to advertise with us . |
| 7 | Once LIFESPAN knows about its media types , available units and has some media items available for use ( ie. in State 2 ) , it is ready for the first Offline run . |
| 8 | I never thought about going into shops and stealing other people 's things before I came here ; that never crossed my mind . |
| 9 | Both firms have announced small computers and plan big sales campaigns . |
| 10 | By the end of the century the Stratford locomotive works occupied a site of twenty-two acres and employed 7000 people . |
| 11 | THE property downturn claimed two more building society casualties yesterday , the Halifax announcing a £14.5m loss from its estate agency chain and the Leeds Permanent closing down 60 branches and sacking 243 people . |
| 12 | It is probably more valid , however , to argue that the main use of his model is as a means of identifying the relevant , strategic variables and ordering empirical data . |
| 13 | There is little difference between males and females , but whereas the largest males in the colder , northerly parts of the range may stand 1.2 m ( 4 ft ) at the shoulders and weigh 140 kg ( 308 lb ) , those from the warmer south reach a maximum of only 70kg ( 1541b ) . |
| 14 | Books , as ever in Paris , fared well : Eric Buffetaud auctioned off the eleventh part of the library of Colonel Daniel Sickles , an American who lived in France , collected nineteenth- and twentieth-century books and left 8,000 works valued at FFr200 million when he died four years ago . |
| 15 | Analysis of samples collected from puddles on Hyde Heath by Friends of the Earth found high levels of ammonia , nitrogen and chloride , pollution which they claim is damaging boggy areas and endangering resident species . |
| 16 | I love it because it means I get to lots of other countries and see different people and different cultures , and I hate it because it is such a hassle and keeps me away from my family and friends . |
| 17 | Improv for Windows gives users exceptional flexibility , ease-of-use and speed in viewing and reviewing data in spreadsheets , building spreadsheets and analysing multidimensional data . |
| 18 | All inhabitants of the manor of Epworth on the Isle of Axholme had the right to set bush nets and catch white fish on Wednesdays and Fridays . |
| 19 | The network , which covers 11 time zones and employs 191,500 people , holds 86% of the household savings that are deposited in banks . |
| 20 | Collate in the way described in Instructor 2 the general pattern of the responses and use these for.discussion purposes . |
| 21 | The transport workers , GMB general workers , AEEU manufacturing union , Usdaw shopworkers and UCW postal staff are likely to be joined by at least two others — the Nupe public employees and Cohse health workers — which would guarantee Mr Smith just over 30 per cent of the total vote . |
| 22 | I had developed a deft hand at writing bills and counterfeiting other people 's signatures , my master 's included . |
| 23 | According to US estimates the bases generated direct and indirect employment for up to 500,000 Filipinos and injected some US$1,000 million ( 3 per cent of GNP ) into the country 's economy . |
| 24 | Navajo Indians in Arizona have launched a campaign against mining activities which they claim are polluting water supplies , interfering with sacred sites and threatening local sheep farmers with coal dust poisoning . |
| 25 | According to the World Health Organisation ( WHO ) , the epidemic had claimed 609 lives and affected 97,715 people by the end of March , with some 37,000 receiving hospital treatment and most victims concentrated in the departments of Cajamarca and Ayacucho . |
| 26 | Parliament paid his debts and added another £10,000 to his income . |
| 27 | A major new book is Jelena Hahl-Koch 's Kandinsky ( £75 ) with 420 illustrations and incorporating many works only known after the opening up of the old USSR in 1989 and the first Kandinsky retrospective in his homeland . |
| 28 | Many people imagine that it is a glamorous life , jetting around the world for the big athletics meetings and receiving much media attention . |
| 29 | She cleaned her teeth every three hours and had Juicy fruit continually at the ready in case he wanted to kiss her . |
| 30 | Recognise coins and notes and know that 100p = £1 . |