Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb -s] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Judging such a fast-paced event requires great skill , and it is necessary to have highly qualified referees and judges to evaluate each technique and award scoring points . |
| 2 | Today the contest is held within strict bounds and has become one of the most exotic spectacles in the Imperial calendar . |
| 3 | The Scottish National winner enjoys shorter trips and has made rapid improvement . |
| 4 | Tata Consultancy Services , the Indian company , says it has done a lot of work for Unix System Labs on Unix device drivers and hopes to get more work now that it has bought into the firm ( UX No 378 ) . |
| 5 | Gladys Hill writes ( aged nearly 96 ) that she enjoys reading a wide range of subjects and appreciates having some of the books from her days at Oxford . |
| 6 | There are distinctive styles and finishes to suit all types of houses and all budgets — prices range from £5,000–£50,000 . |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia is better off than the other East European nations and has committed 2 per cent of its investment to environmental projects , but there once again are to be found the same dreary environmental statistics of rivers poisoned , sewage untreated , sulphur dioxide deposited and trees dying , even if the figures are not quite so bad as elsewhere . |
| 8 | Is the more optimistic forecast to be made of the dutiful immature girl who has some mildly appreciative responses , knows her books and has paid careful attention to what she has been told to think , but who has few independent ideas and writes with neither firmness nor joy ; or of the mature and independent boy , who may not have studied his notes or perhaps his texts so thoroughly , but who has a sense of relevance , whose judgements are valid , who writes with assurance and betrays in his style … that he has made a genuine engagement with the literature he has encountered ? |
| 9 | This caused deep erosion in upland areas and has left widespread superficial deposits . |
| 10 | He says Microsoft now has 45,000 NT developer kits in the field in twenty countries and expects to have 50,000 out just prior to launch . |
| 11 | It also has trade and co-operation agreements with several Middle Eastern countries and wants to have more . |
| 12 | The organisation is represented in 112 countries and aims to protect threatened species throughout their life cycle by co-ordinating conservation efforts . |
| 13 | The Board is deeply committed to NVQs and plans to recruit four new members to the management team responsible for NVQ development and implementation . |
| 14 | Although one need look no further than the Institute 's mission statement to appreciate that it sees members ' interests as very much secondary to the public interest , it might be reassuring for practising members to know that the Institute , nevertheless , recognises their concerns and has taken proper account of them in determining its long-term objectives . |
| 15 | Bodies that have particular input to and effect on issues of European spectrum management include the European Commission , which is taking an increasingly active interest in telecommunications and has identified two major tasks ahead for member states : the liberalisation of telecommunications services and the separation of regulatory and operational functions . |
| 16 | Psychology of Women Quarterly , the journal of the Division of the Psychology of Women , which features Brown et al. 's own review , runs other occasional articles and has devoted one special issue to black women ; this , too , often looks tokenistic . |
| 17 | This Code , issued under the provisions of The Engineering Council 's Royal Charter , is for the benefit of 290,000 registered engineers and technicians from 44 engineering institutions and aims to encourage greater awareness , understanding and effective management of risk issues . |
| 18 | Fosse Contracts also supplies European clay courts and has installed three such courts at Bisham Abbey for the LTA . |
| 19 | It is at the forefront of research and teaching in many disciplines and has formed close links with industry and commerce locally , nationally and internationally , whilst , at the same time , providing a caring and supportive environment in which students and staff can develop their abilities to the full . |
| 20 | This is as true of child protection work as of any other field , and indeed perhaps the very dangerousness of the work ( for professionals and clients alike ) and the appalling nature of some of the cruelties and neglects make such professional jealousy and prejudice all the more likely . |
| 21 | Describing the Dragon offer as ‘ clearly inadequate ’ , the board of the trust — managed by Invesco MIM — advised its shareholders and warrantholders to sit tight . |
| 22 | In an effort to disguise the effects of the war economy , the government maintains some prestige urban projects and has continued key agricultural schemes . |
| 23 | As part of the 1987 pay deal , Mr Hougham had sought to win agreement for the introduction of temporary workers to cope with seasonal variation in demand , the establishment of quality discussion groups and moves to have skilled men working on the production line . |
| 24 | She has spent the last year following her sailing pursuits but this year she gave priority to her GCSE exams and has done much less sailing . |
| 25 | It is surrounded by states with internal conflicts and has received successive waves of refugees . |
| 26 | In July 1842 , the master noted that James Paine , an able-bodied man , ‘ objects and refuses to attend divine worship on the grounds that he is of no persuasion , and that he will not attend in a place like this , where they act contrary to scripture in parting man and wife ’ . |
| 27 | Future HSE audits will generally be conducted in an even more formal and structured way and there will be extra checks and balances to eliminate any unwitting subjectivity on the part of the auditor . |
| 28 | It has made possible the massive evolution of mechanics in modern times and has inspired Constructivist art forms that regard space as a continuum . |
| 29 | Mr Griffiths is the music critic of the Times and has written several books on music , including a study of Olivier Messiaen . |
| 30 | From birth , the baby and infant imbibes moral values and learns to control instinctual wishes so that he or she is not chastised by parents , or other agents of socialization . |