Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The middle notes last a little longer ( rose , neroli ) ; and the base notes have a profound influence on the blend . |
| 2 | The horns were still there , curled and chipped , the brown hair was coarse and stiff , and the flyridden eyesockets gave an uneasy impression of movement . |
| 3 | The scheme has made it clear to managers that the teaching contracts represent a substantial part of each hospital 's budget , and Dr Pearson says that most managers are now very anxious to work with the medical school to ensure a good service for the students . |
| 4 | Defence activities employ a third of France 's 270 000 researchers But the ministry 's bad image among many scientists has persuaded it to woo the science community more explicitly . |
| 5 | The Cuban decision raised immediate fears in the USA that the 1980 officially sanctioned exodus of 125,000 Cubans [ see pp. 30474-75 ] might be repeated , and there were reports that the US navy was reviewing contingency plans to mount a naval blockade . |
| 6 | Now Scottish Natural Heritage will pay crofters in an area north of Uig — the bird 's last stronghold on Skye — in an effort to re-establish traditional management of enclosed croft grasslands to provide a safe habitat for the corncrakes . |
| 7 | How schools set about developing the statutory orders in the context of whole — curriculum policies represents a significant challenge for leadership and , not the least in primary schools , the strategies adopted by headteachers . |
| 8 | An inspection of the data on various index futures reveals a strong negative relationship between volume and maturity , that is , most of the trading is in the near contract . |
| 9 | During January the federal banking authorities faced a renewed spate of failures among the 10,000 small banking institutions which conducted the bulk of America 's retail banking activity . |
| 10 | Variety chains offer a wider range of products . |
| 11 | Wood Group Fire Protection products cover a wide range of fire protection and safety equipment . |
| 12 | Such a hypothesis attempts to describe a whole person , and not to separate certain aspects of an individual 's life for special attention . |
| 13 | Hope 's other building projects included an abortive scheme for a ‘ Christian watering-place so to speak ’ at Bedgebury , and a slightly more successful establishment at Sheen in Staffordshire , the other Beresford estate . |
| 14 | " That would be the seneschal paused , watching one of the apprentice chefs dipping a long ladle into the cauldron the unfortunate attendant had just vacated . |
| 15 | Déchamps , whose first-round opponents included an official PCF candidate who finished fifth , had himself been PCF mayor from 1965 until March 1990 , but had then been expelled for " racist remarks " ( for which a Paris court fined him F10,000 — US$2,000 — on Jan. 23 ) . |
| 16 | Settlement policies have a complementary role , in that they affect the distribution of employment , services and housing within rural areas . |
| 17 | In Tasmania aborigine hunters led a nomadic life to take advantage of the seasonal food supply in different regions . |
| 18 | Our 68 staff work 12 hour shifts giving a 24 hour service . |
| 19 | The computer modellers forecast a cold period ahead , with a dip in northern-hemisphere temperatures reaching 0.5°C late this year or early in 1984 . |
| 20 | It has been mentioned several times that tonic syllables have a high degree of prominence ; prominence is , of course , a property of stressed syllables , and a tonic syllable not only carries a tone ( which is something related to intonation ) but also a type of stress that will be called tonic stress . |
| 21 | Cut into heart shapes using a sharp knife and place onto a non stick baking sheet and prick well . |
| 22 | Computer manufacturers have a continuing problem of protecting their investment in programming and yet persuading their customers to transfer to new computers . |
| 23 | Colleagues who used unusual avoidance and resistance tactics achieved a certain folklore status with their colleagues . |
| 24 | Bullock 's report says companies that emerge from such university environments follow a distinctive pattern of development . |
| 25 | Residential term-time and vacation courses or field trips form an integral part of many University course demands . |
| 26 | Each heartbeat is driven by a regenerative process of calcium-induced calcium release ( CICR ) , when a small influx of calcium through voltage-operated calcium channels triggers an explosive release of stored calcium from the sarcoplasmic reticulum ( Fig. 2b ) . |
| 27 | Thus evaluation can be used for decisions about whether to continue or terminate a given course , about the modification necessary for an existing programme , about the use of various teaching methods to achieve a pre-specified goal , or about the adoption of an innovation . |
| 28 | In response , the USSR Interior and Defence Ministries issued a joint statement on May 4 saying that responsibility for the latest violence lay solely with the Armenian leadership because of its support for paramilitary groups , and threatening to take " all necessary steps " to stop it . |
| 29 | I would add that toy manufacturers used a good deal of imagination and licence when they produced their models , perhaps not taking into account the keen eye and future criticism of FlyPast readers ! |
| 30 | The Green Party has issued a challenge to all election candidates to sign a Green Charter setting out the principles it hopes candidates will adopt . |