Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The patient is admitted to one of these units in order to allow the carer the freedom to go away on holiday , as it is well recognized that carers need a proper break at intervals , so you should not feel guilty about taking advantage of the opportunity . |
| 2 | The Klein bottle has a single continuous surface that passes through the bulb to connect inside with outside . |
| 3 | The fragmentation led inevitably to violence and misery . |
| 4 | Didcot 's six cooling towers already dominate the local landscape … but under new planning permission announced today by energy minister Tim Eggar they could be joined by several more . |
| 5 | On Nov. 19 the government had rushed through new capital market reforms banning insider trading in stocks and shares amid indications that foreign investors , granted permission to invest directly in stock market operations [ see p. 39099 ] , had been deterred by the absence of regulatory mechanisms . |
| 6 | Judo aces Ray Stephens and Kate Howey have had money stopped just like archer Simon Terry — as revealed in the Mirror . |
| 7 | The decision to go ahead with subtitling was taken after a successful experiment pioneered at Central South last year . |
| 8 | Sue 's hair was wound onto rollers using the directional technique , following the contours of her head and giving a more natural result by allowing the hair to fall naturally into place . |
| 9 | Under these definitions : 35 subjects ( 16.5% ) had no sexual experience beyond kissing and/or self-masturbation ; 87 subjects ( 40.5% ) had sexual experience limited both in extent and variety ; 33 subjects ( 15.5% ) had sexual experience limited in variety but not extent ; 16 subjects ( 7.5% ) had sexual experience limited in extent but not variety ; 40 subjects ( 19.0% ) had sexual experience relatively diverse in both extent and variety ; 3 subjects had homosexual experience only ; 4 had bisexual experience ; The experience of 2 could not be ascertained . |
| 10 | However , as might be anticipated from the progress registered earlier in connection with improvements regarding alcohol knowledge , attitudes and behaviour , instead of 53 per cent only 42 per cent of the ‘ five or more ’ male offenders were reconvicted . |
| 11 | However the original route of the tramroad passed immediately in front of the school gates and then to a sharply banked curve , before turning eastwards towards Broadwater . |
| 12 | Less easy to predict , though , was the way in which Scotland squandered an opportunity to go further in front 13 minutes before the interval . |
| 13 | Almost half of the serviceable BR-owned wagon fleet in 1989 comprised ‘ merry-go-round ’ coal hoppers , with the remainder consisting largely of steel carriers , some vans and opens for general merchandise traffic , and — rather surprisingly and after much argument with the industry — the fleet of china clay carriers built to replace the venerable ‘ clay hoods ’ in 1988 . |
| 14 | It is expected moreover that Cornwall with a rapidly growing population , one of the most grow rapidly growing in the country will not in any case remain much under quota er for very long . |
| 15 | The Planned Activity Time structure works effectively in many schools with inservice programmes at school and departmental level planned well in advance . |
| 16 | Betty Gilling was at the cottage door , her white hair knotted prettily on top of her head and her arms folded over the mound of her stomach where her eighth child was curled , almost ready to be born . |
| 17 | My mum got home from work about 10.30 p.m. and asked if I was all right , but I told her that I thought it was a false alarm . |
| 18 | To avoid the prospect of local authorities , whose rate fund becomes overdrawn within a year , from ‘ going bankrupt ’ , the Act provides that authorities concerned may be given permission to borrow temporarily on revenue account , but only on such terms as the Secretary of State may impose . |
| 19 | Already across a wide range of different activities he points to advances in the process of ‘ breaking up , dissolving and methodologically as well as critically reconceiving the unitary field ruled hitherto by Orientalism , historicism , and what could be called essentialist universalism ’ . |
| 20 | This case covers perhaps in classic form the problematic use of a woman 's previous sexual history in determining the outcome of a rape trial . |
| 21 | It is a relative — at several removes — of the function mentioned briefly in Chapter 5 . |
| 22 | With Hewlett-Packard Co heading for $18,800m turnover this year and Fujitsu Ltd at around the $26,000m mark , while Digital Equipment Corp looks hopefully to Alpha to rocket it off its $14,000m-a-year launchpad , the contenders to take over leadership of the mainstream computer industry from IBM Corp are lining up — and a major new round of mergers and acquisitions could be on the way . |
| 23 | For a summary of the terminology used above in relation to a specific example , see Table 5.1 . |
| 24 | Thirdly , the document will provide employees with the opportunity to come forward for help in the knowledge that they will be positively supported with the advice and necessary assistance , in order to overcome their problem and maintain their job security . |
| 25 | Unimpressed , I went down to the edge of the fjord to find somewhere to camp . |
| 26 | He then pointed out that the financial-management literature concentrated exclusively on stage 4 , and with a few exceptions this is still the situation today . |
| 27 | Soft , wavy hair looks beautifully in control . |
| 28 | By the time of the camera rehearsals at Lime Grove on Friday morning , the day of recording , everyone was expected to be word perfect , with the equivalent of a twenty-five minute play committed firmly to memory . |
| 29 | Rachel 's heart beat fast with panic . |
| 30 | At first she thought Angel was coming to her bedroom , and her heart beat wildly with joy . |