Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first the wood smoke brought distressing symptoms of choking and crying , and I was continually opening windows and doors — with little apparent effect except to sweep in cold draughts which swirled the smoke around . |
| 2 | Sex is more like eating than breathing in this regard — and interestingly , the word " appetite " is often used in relation to both activities . |
| 3 | Megan held the seat until defeated in 1951 . |
| 4 | The original Retirement Issue of index-linked certificates were on sale and were paying indexation plus 4 p.c. of the original investment if held for five years . |
| 5 | Two motifs of opposite direction but equal magnitude of curvature will show mobility anomaly if spaced by odd multiples of half a helical turn ( δ=; 5 ) . |
| 6 | Bonds can be as cruel as torture if applied with enough viciousness . |
| 7 | For example , a child who is experiencing language difficulties brought about by severe environmental deprivation will be saved from further harm if removed to another , more stimulating , environment . |
| 8 | National Savings 36th Issue offers a fixed , tax-exempt return of 8.5 p.c. if held for five years . |
| 9 | The 5th Issue index-linked certificates , also tax-exempt , pay the accumulated increase in the Retail Prices Index each year plus 4.5 p.c. if held for five years . |
| 10 | Hypo Foreign & Colonial Marketing has launched Protected Capital Plus , an open-ended Jersey-based rollup fund which aims to provide security for the original investment while locking in any gains in the FT-SE 100 Share Index each quarter . |
| 11 | After that she pushed the older woman from her mind while concentrating upon several small tasks , and at mid morning she took a break to follow the covered path leading towards the chalets . |
| 12 | ‘ A village set within a village ’ Aldea de Benahavis enjoys a genuine Spanish setting while remaining within fifteen minutes drive of the world famous marina Puerto Banus and Marbella 's finest golf courses . |
| 13 | ( We may then proceed , in the remainder of this chapter , to discuss some of the most important of the manifestations of this consciousness whilst tying in loose threads protruding from earlier discussions . ) |
| 14 | KNOW THE ENEMY Whether introduced by unquarantined fish , brought on by stress , or induced by other factors already mentioned , there are four main sources of Koi ailments . |
| 15 | She lay stiffly on the bed , unable to make up her mind whether to scream in disappointed rage or to burst into hysterical laughter . |
| 16 | AT&T complains that US carriers wanting to enter the UK market not only have to invest substantial time and money in building their own networks , but also have no alternative but to negotiate with British Telecom for local access to customers . |
| 17 | He hoped , he said , that relations with Greece would improve , stating that the two countries had " no alternative but to live like good neighbours and friends " . |
| 18 | At the outset of the trial death was accepted as the major end point of the study whether caused by variceal harmorrhage or other causes . |
| 19 | I think they go for more sorts of jobs , it 's difficult to list them , but a lot are going into computing and electronics today , but we have people — we had one student who 's gone into accountancy , Royal Navy , weapons research , gas board , chemical side as opposed to physical side , video discs , hospital physics , where I would have thought the chemical aspects would be of use to them as well as the physics . |
| 20 | In Vl the cells would only respond to the double grating if one of the two moved in the preferred direction of the cell as tested with simple stimuli . |
| 21 | If the attitudinist can make sense of deductive reasoning as applied to ethical statements , it seems that he can make sense of the embedding of ethical sentences in complex sentences where the attitude they would express on their own is , so to speak , held in reserve . |
| 22 | We now need to respond to this change by adopting a new forward paddle stroke when coaching in shorter boats . |
| 23 | It has contributed to the decline in direct portfolio investment as opposed to indirect investment through tax exempt institutions . |
| 24 | Much of the critical antipathy towards the Reeve derives from the ingestion of such prejudice as opposed to detached examination of it . |
| 25 | These distinctions are vitally important : whereas teachers of foreign languages are working with a body of knowledge and skills which is expected to be put to use mainly in employment or during vacations abroad , community language teachers are relating to perceptions of identity , culture , and prejudice as experienced by dynamic sections of the population here in Britain . |
| 26 | Households will so arrange their affairs that the utility return on future as opposed to present consumption is just equal to the real interest rate at which households can lend out money . |
| 27 | It was clearly the desire of young , ambitious civil servants to receive revenue as opposed to judicial appointments , for career prospects were much better in the revenue department . |
| 28 | YOU do n't have to watch a free-kick for a pantomime as suggested in last week 's column . |
| 29 | Because more than 50 people will be involved in the judging , it is impractical to reproduce the programme as intended through eight loudspeakers around and above the audience . |
| 30 | The government had held a one-seat majority in the Fono as elected in 1988 [ see p. 36098 ] . |