Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [adv] [vb -s] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The KPMG survey of Information for Strategic Management ( 1990 ) shows that information provided to directors and senior executives of Times Top 1000 companies concentrates on financial indicators and only compares performance against internal self-determined indicators . |
| 2 | In Oxford , Labour has used up the housing reserves and still owes £22 million on its council houses . |
| 3 | A man who , for the sheer fun of it , intentionally torments and then sets fire to a cat , knowing full well what he is doing , is a paradigm example of what legal and moral opposition to cruelty to animals has meant historically . |
| 4 | Some large international banks offer their customers export factoring services whereby the bank despatches debtor statements to importers and ultimately collects payment . |
| 5 | Marx made the point that : ‘ Production in general is an abstraction , but a sensible abstraction insofar as it actually emphasises and defines the common aspects and thus avoids repetition . ’ |
| 6 | ROBERT ALNER continued his relentless progress towards taking The Daily Telegraph Men 's Championship at Portman on Saturday when he rode three winners and now leads Philip Scholfield — who was restricted to one success at the Dartmoor — by 22 to 13 . |
| 7 | Given the commitment to the arts which is a central feature of Rawlins , I welcome the inclusion of the arts as a foundation element : it strengthens our hand , though why just music and art are specified I do not know , but we can get around that unless SEAC imposes unrealistic demands and arbitrarily forces students into choosing just one specialism for GCSE certification : we must have flexible ( eg modular type ) arrangements to allow us to offer what is best for our students . |
| 8 | However , the Act of 1988 does not govern access to quotas but the registration of fishing vessels and therefore affects access to all sea-fishing activities , including fishing for species not subject to quotas . |
| 9 | This protein binds very poorly to the canonical octamer sequence but binds with high affinity to the TAATGARAT motif and degenerate octamer-TAATGA motifs and also induces DNA bending upon binding to these motifs . |
| 10 | North passes and so does East . |
| 11 | It requires the professional to maintain an ongoing positive relationship with the parents and so improves communication and parental satisfaction . |
| 12 | The Northern Ireland Secretary , Sir Patrick Mayhew , stated after a detailed review : " I am satisfied that the UDA is actively and primarily engaged in the commission of criminal , terrorist acts and so merits proscription . " |
| 13 | The bulk modulus of polymers is determined almost entirely by the van der Waals ' forces between chains and so has values similar to those for the inert gases . |
| 14 | supervises change over of free-choice activities and then monitors maths group and two language groups ; |
| 15 | He insisted on returning to his old school , where he passed his exams and regularly plays football . |
| 16 | The die study has become one of the most important tools used by the numismatist because it provides a physical link between two separate objects and thereby provides evidence that they were made at the same place and time . |
| 17 | If you want to eat a salmon at its best , try to find one that has been netted at the river mouth or offshore early in the spring , that has been out of the water for no more than twelve hours and still has sea lice on it . |
| 18 | In the event that the trustee is able to pay 100p in the pound to creditors and still has funds available , creditors are not under any duty then to seek to claim , in addition , the VAT so as to pay it over the HM Customs and Excise ( Re TH Knitwear ( Wholesale ) Ltd ( 1988 ) 4 BCC 102 ) . |
| 19 | It restricts the mobility of workers and so keeps unemployment higher than it need be : people who own their homes are less willing to move to another area to find a job . |
| 20 | He makes himself available to meet guests and also provides cover when necessary , particularly in reception and in the restaurant . |
| 21 | According to Axelrod and Hamilton , ‘ It turns out in many cases that if a fig wasp entering a young fig does not pollinate enough flowers for seeds and instead lays eggs in almost all , the tree cuts off the developing fig at an early stage . |
| 22 | Those objections have been overridden , not least because USAir has lost $1 billion in the past three years and urgently needs BA 's cash , although the US transportation secretary , Federico Pena , laid down a warning marker on the type of negotiations to come when asked about British resistance to allowing US airlines to land at Heathrow Airport . |
| 23 | But those objections have been overridden , not least because USAir has lost $1 billion in the past three years and urgently needs BA 's cash , although the US Transportation Secretary , Federico Pena , also laid down a warning marker on the type of negotiations to come when asked about British resistance to allowing US airlines to land at Heathrow Airport . |
| 24 | ‘ People say the earth must be sour , but it has been there for eighteen years and still grows plants . |
| 25 | Fabric designs produced at Bourton on the Water in Gloucestershire have won a Queens Award for Warwick Fabrics , a company which started just 4 years and now sells 70% of output overseas . |
| 26 | Product differentiation and improvement has been occurring steadily over the years and now includes metal and wooden window frames , doors , storage tanks , household furniture , beds , as well as a much improved range of braziers , and tin trunks . |
| 27 | Mr Patten , speaking at a fringe meeting at the tory conference made the remarks about Professor Tim Brighouse who ran schools in Oxfordshire for eleven years and now heads Birmingham 's education department . |
| 28 | She is also good at practical things and regularly comes top in Craft Design and Technology . |
| 29 | America enjoys a high standard of living , Brazil does not , and yet Brazil has an overabundance of natural resources and far exceeds America in available fertile land for farming . |
| 30 | Thioridazine prolongs the QT interval , produces T wave changes and occasionally torsades de pointes , and has been implicated as a cause of sudden death in schizophrenics . |