Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] [adv] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Off the field Sole also recently switched roles , resigning from his job with an Edinburgh wine merchant to work as a grain buyer for United Distillers . |
| 2 | We have restored the hospital building programme so savagely cut by Labour at the end of their last term of office . |
| 3 | Loo Rock no longer stands alone ; it is now incorporated in the harbour mole , and a road tunnel passes through it . |
| 4 | For historic reasons the infant baptism figure most accurately represents the ‘ external constituency ’ of the Church of England , that is , those who are favourably disposed , but most of whom do not bother to attend . |
| 5 | If you wish to recreate the geyser effect so spectacularly displayed in Geneva , but of course on a much smaller scale , then you can buy special foaming geyser jets . |
| 6 | Tap the Left direction key once only to highlight the use as default : Yes ( No ) prompt |
| 7 | ‘ The tape measure no longer stretches across the circle . ’ |
| 8 | Alistair had not been a published screenplay writer long enough to respond to , or even recognize , this graphic proposition ( though he did keep the telephone number she threw at his feet ) . |
| 9 | I became a car driver again widely overtaking walkers and cyclists , and made forays of comfortable detective work returning to my cornucopian base , some of the victuallings within you will learn about in the Lewis section . |
| 10 | Finally , two other points , admittedly only suggestive , might be mentioned : first , the fact that Mehmed II is noted for his activity in organizing , and centralizing control over , the various institutions of the state in a number of ways ; and second , the fact that the Sahn was not only part of his most important pious endowment in his newly-conquered capital of Istanbul , but also far and away the most extensive medrese complex thus far created in the Ottoman state . |
| 11 | Once haustoria become functional by delivering water and nutrients , the dodder vine once again resumes the free , ‘ straight ’ mode of growth which leads to further contacts and allows the vine to spread . |
| 12 | Firstly , I have been in football management long enough to know that team changes at this late stage will do nothing for the confidence of existing players . |
| 13 | ( 7 ) There are special provisions which apply to tenders on the London Stock Exchange ( reg C7 of the Stock Exchange Regulations ) , ie the London Stock Exchange normally only permits " maximum price " tenders , all acceptances must be channelled through Stock Exchange Member Firms rather than direct applications from the public , the offer must be kept open for a minimum of eight days , and the London Stock Exchange imposes detailed procedural and content requirements . |
| 14 | I do n't suppose you fancy taking this tape machine home tonight do you , and recording some of your conversation with your brother or something ? |
| 15 | And he could have been back in the locker room even quicker had he served out for the match when he led 5–2 in the second set . |
| 16 | Thus previous restraints on terrace behaviour no longer operated . |
| 17 | Dolphins have been trained to respond to human words , and in Holland a killer whale once spontaneously repeated a human sound . |
| 18 | Essentially there are no revisions no revisions in expectations if if gamma equals zero right , this right hand side top here completely disappears and if you wanted t just leave the error turning then then any changes in expectations there 's no systematic behaviour . |
| 19 | Tarnow-Mordi et al found the mean arterial-alveolar oxygen tension ratio more closely associated with death than the worst arterial-alveolar oxygen tension ratio . |
| 20 | The research procedure here usually assumes that people can read and write ( which can be a serious limitation ) , and it also conveniently throws the burden of veracity on one 's informants . |
| 21 | The miners ' strike revealed the range of new movements and organisations which have been arenas , if complex and contradictory , for the development of working-class culture and working-class consciousness , promising to broaden traditional conceptions of the composition and objectives of the labour movement yet also portraying the unions ' capacity to ignore that potential when it stepped beyond the domestic and controllable to stake its own claims for recognition . |
| 22 | Contemporary British football hooliganism most commonly takes the form of fighting behaviour between rival groups of fans . |
| 23 | The rock music above suddenly stopped , although its rhythmic throbbing seemed to linger in the air . |
| 24 | Despite the paucity of information available , if you think it would still be helpful to discuss your research project then please give me a call . |
| 25 | Carers who do not withdraw altogether from the labour market nevertheless often have to reduce or restrict the hours they can work . |
| 26 | Other women had thought their employment would only be temporary and so believed they would not be in the labour market long enough to build up sufficient contributions . |
| 27 | Liz , like a pale convent girl too long mewed up , went wild in her first year , as she discovered the world of parties she had hitherto known only by reading and by hearsay : in those days , such was the imbalance between the sexes , women were much in demand as status symbols , as sleeping partners , as lovers , as party ballast , and Liz went out a great deal , her appearance improving dramatically as she did so . |
| 28 | Labour yesterday put on the biggest gathering of the glitterati in the election campaign so far to underline its claim to be the party most famous people will vote for . |
| 29 | The biggest and most comprehensive opinion poll taken during the entire general election campaign almost certainly provides the most accurate snapshot of voting intentions . |
| 30 | Having just enjoyed a week of Walt Disney World entertainment and corporate culture in Orlando , Florida , this second story no longer seems entirely incredible . |