Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [vb -s] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although fourteen answers to the fragmentation question concern housework , the housewife rarely thinks about the work she is actually doing . |
| 2 | Yet such direction rarely happens in a vacuum . |
| 3 | The tent eventually fails into a deep stillness . |
| 4 | Instead of finding sudden problems you might find that progress slowly grinds to a halt . |
| 5 | Where a person enters under a contractual right , the common duty of care under the Act will be implied into the contract , unless the contract expressly provides for a higher standard of care . |
| 6 | This process will continue until a price level is reached which is so low as to make so high as to ensure that the effective labour demand function eventually coincides with the notional labour demand function . |
| 7 | This notice does not constitute an admission either that the Act applies to this hotel or that liability thereunder attaches to the proprietor of this hotel in any particular case . |
| 8 | Packages like Omicron 's XIS and Multisoft Premier Plus offer multicurrency facilities in all of their accounting and distribution ledgers , whereas the Sage Sovereign general ledger only works in the user 's chosen base currency , although its sales and purchase ledgers are multicurrency . |
| 9 | The hope only emerges as the narrative proceeds . |
| 10 | In cases involving the supply of goods ( which is the only case where consumer status makes a difference to the effect of a term in a standard term contract ) the definition is , of course , restricted by the third limb of the definition of " consumer " : the buyer only deals as a consumer if the goods are of a type ordinarily supplied for private use or consumption . |
| 11 | A fixed-term contract naturally expires at the end of the contract period . |
| 12 | While his superstar peers make records with one ear cocked in anxious deference to pop currency , Prince alone behaves like an aristocrat , squandering the success he 's earned rather than consolidating the estate with cautious measures . |
| 13 | Emma Thompson will continue her rise in Remains of the Day and Much Ado About Nothing . |
| 14 | The superstition that the third light from a match brings bad luck apparently originates from the first world war , when German soldiers in the opposite trench would notice the first light , take aim at the second and fire at the third . |
| 15 | Should we assume that the meaningfulness of such a hypothesis necessarily depends on the possibility ( in principle , at least ) of turning the relevant propositional schema into a meaningful singular proposition , viz. by replacing the " bound " variable ( the variable governed by the " existential quantifier " ) with an appropriate name , or a naming phrase ? |
| 16 | Whether we have in mind the student teacher , or the art student in the studio , or the student nurse , practical experience necessarily calls for a degree of personal involvement by the student and to that extent it is desirable . |
| 17 | Again moving from a reach towards a rung the boat effectively turns underneath the rig and the sail stays at that same angle . |
| 18 | The winner seems to be determined by how strongly the extension adheres to the wall , and the cell eventually moves to the site where the attachments are strongest . |
| 19 | There is a sense in which this task has remained the same since libraries began ( clay tablets were gathered into organized collections in Mesopotamia at least as early as 2700 BC ) but modern librarianship properly dates from the nineteenth century , from Panizzi 's reign at the British Museum , from the spread of the public library movement in Britain , the USA and Scandinavia , and from the new techniques initiated by such creative geniuses ( in their day ) as Melvil Dewey and Charles Amni Cutter . |
| 20 | This situation is a common occurrence in stronger winds when the inexperienced sailor lacks the technique to sheet in fully , so he edges along partly ‘ closing the door ’ , and as a result slowly turns into the wind . |
| 21 | The intuition is that , as delivery approaches , the future slowly turns into the spot . |
| 22 | In a statement yesterday , the police chiefs said : ‘ The association wholeheartedly agrees with the views expressed by Mr Adair . |
| 23 | If a car suddenly swerves round the corner while I am standing in the middle of the road , the right thing for me to do is to jump for the pavement as spontaneously as a cat . |
| 24 | The strain on the pound only adds to the pressure on interest levels . |
| 25 | This form of characterisation greatly contributes to the enjoyment of this novel . |
| 26 | A horse naturally shifts from a walk to a trot , and then to a gallop , Taylor 's team found , at the speed where each pace begins to cost it more than the minimum amount of oxygen . |
| 27 | Whereas the original boasted an eerie aura , the remix merely sounds like a half-hearted run through an old New Order B-side . |
| 28 | Whereas the original boasted an eerie aura , the remix merely sounds like a half-hearted run through an old New Order B-side . |
| 29 | An irresistible force constantly clashes with an immovable object , leading to periodic political " crises " on the funding issue , and these reached a peak before the 1987 election . |
| 30 | As reminiscence naturally proceeds from the past to the present , it can often give the counsellor an indication of where , and at what period , to focus attention in the search for the origins of the counsellee 's particular mental state or circumstances . |