Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fitted with Zanussi 's Aquasave water , detergent and energy-reduction system , the machine takes 12 place settings and has seven programmes , a rinse-and-hold facility , quick-wash , wash without drying ( to save time ) and a low-salt indicator light . |
| 2 | On the count of ten , the chosen child opens his eyes and has three chances to guess who is holding the bell behind his back . |
| 3 | Love makes concessions and gives mutual support . |
| 4 | She made all sorts of things in there and Endill would hear bangs and thumps all day long when she was working on something special . |
| 5 | The taxing officer hears the parties and decides any issues in dispute , either allowing the item in the bill to stand or disallowing or reducing it . |
| 6 | There is general agreement in the hot fusion community that CIT will bring significant advances to the field , but the problem is that it will cost 700 million dollars which requires new funds and imposes new pressures both within and outside the community . |
| 7 | We are too well aware that the government is short of funds and needs additional revenue quickly , principally , I suspect , to fund unemployment benefit . |
| 8 | It is short of funds and needs more support to spread awareness . |
| 9 | An additional problem is that acid deposition reduces calcium concentrations and mobilizes toxic metals , especially aluminium , and this can be an important factor contributing to fish mortality . |
| 10 | This is nothing like a synchronized , long-distance , man-and-dog walk and should not be confused with it , but it is a minor walk of sorts and demands some interpretation . |
| 11 | Subsequently the highly rated manager develops creative solutions and provides new insights into problems . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The port also provides an extensive well-serviced , floodlit fenced marshalling area for new trade cars and has automatic weighing facilities for the export of heavy goods vehicles . |
| 14 | Each region offers different opportunities and imposes different kinds of restriction on its inhabitants . |
| 15 | The Forestry Commission owns the bulk of its 28,500 acres and manages several nature reserves jointly with bodies such as the Nature Conservancy Council , Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the Gloucestershire Trust for Nature Conservation . |
| 16 | However , the efficiency of team management has to be balanced by the effectiveness of working relationships so that the outcome reached is not only the ‘ best fit ’ decision but also enhances team relationships and generates full commitment . |
| 17 | The model of learned helplessness has many appealing aspects and presents clear avenues for research . |
| 18 | The Fohn is the name given to the south wind from the Mediterranean which , when it meets the Alps , precipitates much moisture on the southern aspects and brings dry warmth to areas immediately to the north of the Alps . |
| 19 | Royal Insurance has bought 75 IV workstations for its UK and Republic of Ireland branches and uses various programs , including Writing for Results , a guide to good business writing which has been developed by IIS . |
| 20 | The wave function contains all the information about the possible values of the dynamical variables and allows these variables to be calculated in a statistical way ; it gives only probabilities that the variables will have certain values . |
| 21 | Pupil 's Book — presents and reviews new words , grammar structures , and functions in clear contexts |
| 22 | Directions presents and revises complex structures and covers new functional/notional areas of the language . |
| 23 | Lynda Ramsden 's gelding , who has run up a sequence of four successes over hurdles this jumps season , should be suited by today 's extra two furlongs and meets third-placed Needwood Poppy on 6lb better terms . |
| 24 | The railway is open on Sundays throughout the year , Saturdays in the Spring and daily during the summer months and boasts three locomotives Lorna Doone , Yeo Valley and Exe Valley . |
| 25 | Champions of the rights of developing nations welcomed AGC 's offer with the caveat that the patent system still favours the rights of richer nations and penalises poor nations . |
| 26 | Standard correspondence can greatly improve the quality of your communication with clients and repays careful drafting . |
| 27 | Some sections are exemplary : the argument against a ‘ hierarchy of arts ’ , for example , but in favour of a definition of ‘ quality ’ that ignores labels and fits each form and each place . |
| 28 | As a result LMS rewards expanding schools and penalises contracting ones . |
| 29 | The teenager , especially in those uncomfortable years of compulsion before sixteen , both demands and rejects individual interest and attention . |
| 30 | Chesham , Buckinghamshire-based Advent Communications Ltd which designs and manufactures portable terminals for television and data transmission was given recognition along with St Mellons , Cardiff-based Epitaxial Products International Ltd . |