Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many police officers will want to remind the Home Secretary as he prepares his response to the Sheahy report that they take special risks and deserve special treatment . |
| 2 | A motion from the Selly Oak constituency says reform is needed to curb health risks and to stop growing violence . |
| 3 | We sang songs and ate foam-tasting cinnamon pastries at gaudy roadstops , in places shaped like bugs with high modern bridges above the road . |
| 4 | Today , kd lang is changing her tune again , forsaking country music for torch songs and giving free range to a voice that reaches from Alberta to Berlin . |
| 5 | On July 29 the government had unveiled its New Industrial Policy ( NIP ) providing tax exemptions to exporters and allowing foreign investors 100 per cent ownership of any venture except those , including arms and defence equipment , exclusively under government control . |
| 6 | This involves nothing more than putting right the small faults such as leaks , poor control settings and using excessive temperatures or times for various energy consuming activities . |
| 7 | The most striking results have been achieved precisely by shedding conventional settings and mounting fine stones in such a way as to display their inherent qualities with the minimum of encroachment . |
| 8 | I found it my calling to be the one in the NME office who flinched at the very sight of their wibbly-wobbly figurines and pretend four-track album which was really 12 tracks , the over-educated jessies ! |
| 9 | I was told I needed to provide nesting material , but the material I purchased from my local pet shop was so fine that it became wrapped abound the parent 's legs and caused severe cuts . |
| 10 | I try to be comfortable ; to stretch my legs and think soothing thoughts . |
| 11 | A lifetime of measuring men 's inside legs and making weak jokes about dressing on the right side or the left — ‘ of the bedroom , I mean , sir ! |
| 12 | Soon the sea is fringed with a moving scarlet carpet of glinting shells , grappling legs and craning stick-like eyes . |
| 13 | Horses have very sensitive legs and need protective boots and bandaging . |
| 14 | The role of the welfare state in masking existing oppressions and reinforcing social inequalities is also addressed . |
| 15 | Bangor ref Barr booked five players and made a number of decisions during the game that infuriated the home fans and caused puzzled looks in the press box . |
| 16 | The idea of European citizenship may , however , seem a little absurd for those English fans who spend most of their time abroad abusing foreigners and orchestrating international hooligan networks . |
| 17 | Bitstream are intending to get round this limitation by getting in league with the various page description language manufacturers and producing real-time fonts through their languages but as none of these are currently delivering we will have to wait in order to judge the result . |
| 18 | They have dark skin , long noses and wear shabby farmers ' smocks . |
| 19 | The advert , turned down by Italian newspapers , raised eyebrows among readers and triggered angry commentaries on French radio . |
| 20 | Leave blank lines between paragraphs and make frequent use of headings to hold the reader 's interest . |
| 21 | It should be noted that the 1970s saw a trend on the part of the ‘ nationals ’ to decentralize their operations by forming autonomous regional organizations and promoting regional brands . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It can be intimidating at first walking into smart offices and facing slick-looking executives across a boardroom table . |
| 24 | If you 're moving offices and lifting heavy boxes , they apply equally to you . |
| 25 | The Wage Councils were set up to establish legally enforceable minimum wages for employees and associated trades and prevented unfair competition . |
| 26 | Students generally join as Officer Candidates and receive initial training in seamanship and leadership . |
| 27 | The National Electoral Commission ( NEC ) on Nov. 25 cancelled the results of gubernatorial primary elections held on Oct. 19 and the subsequent November run-offs in nine states , disqualified 12 candidates and ordered new elections in the affected states to be held on Dec. 3 . |
| 28 | ( An attempt to hold elections in November 1987 was called off when voters were massacred by Duvalierist gangs ; the subsequent poll , held in January 1988 , was dominated by Duvalierist candidates and involved considerable fraud and intimidation and only a fraction of the electorate participated — see p. 35697-98 ; 25698-99 . ) |
| 29 | Contractile changes in the stomach wall can be seen throughout the sequence , depicting mixing waves and fasting phasic contractions . |
| 30 | The harassing of those caught out by need where they had no settlement was the dark side of the eighteenth-century Poor Law with its associated evasive strategies such as hiring for less than a year , pulling down cottages on the wastes , apprenticing pauper children beyond the bounds and hustling unwilling couples into marriage to avoid the maintenance of a bastard . |