Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb -s] [verb] [det] " 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 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | There are distinctive styles and finishes to suit all types of houses and all budgets — prices range from £5,000–£50,000 . |
| 5 | It also has trade and co-operation agreements with several Middle Eastern countries and wants to have more . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Mr Griffiths is the music critic of the Times and has written several books on music , including a study of Olivier Messiaen . |
| 10 | [ PAMELA , terrified of the sword , takes refuge behind LADY DAVERS and begins to have another fit . ] |
| 11 | Perhaps for the sake of brevity , although not for precision and clarity , it is not unusual in some catalogues and lists to find some species roses included under the rambler heading , which like R. wichuraiana , have the same sprawling habit and are sufficiently vigorous to get up into trees . |
| 12 | Keith is known to his colleagues as a quiet man , however he has hidden talents in that he writes poems and has penned many about his time with Rentokil . |
| 13 | which when chilled in the fridge ( not freezer ) acts as a cold compress for baby 's gums and helps to reduce any discomfort he 's feeling . |
| 14 | She also likes writing short stories and has had some published in the school magazine but ‘ never dared try anything else , ’ she said modestly . |
| 15 | It has brought into that area of Belfast a vast number of new businesses and has revitalised that area of the town . |
| 16 | The position of the expanding Modular Course within the planning processes of the Polytechnic causes some major problems and helps to solve some others . |
| 17 | Clerical Medical 's record of consistent performance has been highlighted in many independent surveys and has attracted much favourable comment . |
| 18 | You will need to remove all pots and switches to do this , so make a good diagram of the wiring before you do so . |
| 19 | I mean you think about primal hunting adults like the bushmen or the Australian Aborigines , the the men do the , do the hunting for erm for meat and women do the , do the gathering for and the point is that er meat is very nutritious and it 's an important part of their diet and men go hunting and they come back and they share food with their wives and their relatives or someone and male parental investment is terribly important So women for instance if you ask David McKnight who 's a world authority on the Australian Aborigines and has spent many years living with them , say what do women look for in the traditional society , what do women look for in a husband ? |
| 20 | ‘ People-orientation ’ is based on human relations and has had many variants . |
| 21 | McHale , who is set to receive a significant increase in his budget for next season , has signed four players and expects to increase that to five today . |
| 22 | It has conducted an assessment of the various statistical packages for the manipulation and analysis of large-scale hierarchical data sets and has applied some of this work to the dissemination of very large , government-generated data sets ( see below ) . |
| 23 | What we do n't see so often , however , is an attempt ( when the characteristic is recognized by management and leadership ) to correct it , or to understand why it exists and to try to set in train processes and plans to change these undesirable attributes . |
| 24 | But ex-Preston Grasshopper Hayton has plenty of big time experience for he formerly skippered England Colleges and has played several times in the first team . |
| 25 | Once he began to recognise the key herbs to use , Chris started to experience success with all kinds of ailments and has developed several recipes , such as the one for a general tonic listed here . |
| 26 | Sheila talks to her mother about the situation and her mother says the social workers are quite right ; Sheila was heavy-handed with the children and has had this coming to her for a long time . |
| 27 | Since April 1987 , the government has abolished the central pooling arrangements which previously funded courses and has replaced these by a system in which LEAs are required to identify their training requirements and to submit these to the DES for funding . |
| 28 | ( Reiner , 1985 , charts and tries to explain this . ) |
| 29 | He now works as a general freelance feature writer for the Guardian , Independent on Sunday and Arena among others and has published several books including a biography of Prince . |
| 30 | This sort of twisted ply , of which there are many examples , finds a close analogy in some of the well known ( cholesterolic ) liquid crystals and has led some scientists , notably Dr Charles Neville of the University of Bristol , to believe that they are formed by a process of direct self-assembly . |