Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Walk through the Freemantle Copse , take the left fork of the bridleway and cross three fields to reach the drive of Appuldurcome House . |
| 2 | First , the advent of the 1988 Housing Act and the limiting of Housing Association Grant to an average 75 per cent of development costs forces housing association and housing co-operative developments to secure the balance of funding from private sources . |
| 3 | Composites : essentially manufacturers in their own right which stock and sell other manufacturers ' products . |
| 4 | The virus preyed on sows and piglets , in particular killing the young stock and causing pregnant animals to abort . |
| 5 | He turned in his seat to raise his bound ankles over his girlfriend and kicked three times to free her door . |
| 6 | Now Benjamin had unmasked many a killer and brought numerous murderers to boot . |
| 7 | Release card and knit 18 rows Fair Isle with green in feeder 1 and cream in feeder 2 . |
| 8 | Release card and knit 22 rows Fair Isle with tan in feeder 1 and cream in feeder 2 . |
| 9 | By notice of appeal dated 12 February 1991 Mr. Pierson appealed against that refusal on the grounds , inter alia , that the Divisional Court had erred ( 1 ) in ruling that it was not unlawful for the Secretary of State to increase the tariff recommended by the Lord Chief Justice and the trial judge for the purposes of determining a prisoner 's first parole review date and ( 2 ) in ruling that Mr. Pierson was not entitled to know in advance the factors which the Secretary of State proposed to take into account in fixing the tariff and to make informed representations in the light of that knowledge . |
| 10 | Lifting and carrying heavy bags of rubbish . |
| 11 | The urge to return to the sea is now so great that they will wriggle out of a pond and cross dew-drenched meadows if that is necessary to reach a stream that will lead them to salt water . |
| 12 | His family own a bakery and have two shops on the south coast . |
| 13 | Aromatherapy ( massage with fragrant essential oils ) is not only sybaritic experience but can ease tension , improve circulation and release accumulated tensions . |
| 14 | I trained as a physicist and spent many years in laser research , first in Canada and then at the NPL in Teddington . |
| 15 | The experiments are not particularly relevant to anything , they 're just experiments for experiment 's sake , one experiment illustrating a particular bit of theory ; it does n't do anything particularly useful , you just look at an oscilloscope and take some readings and hence you can demonstrate this bit of theory . |
| 16 | For example , optical brightening agents for that ‘ whiter than white look ’ , bleaches , perfumes for freshness , and fillers which add bulk and prevent other ingredients from sticking to each other . |
| 17 | The moderation teams continued to meet on a regular basis , to provide feedback and consider further ways of setting and maintaining national standards . |
| 18 | She failed to regain consciousness and died two days later in hospital . |
| 19 | Tracey , 22 , of Mill Lane , St Helens never regained consciousness and died eight days later . |
| 20 | The use of tests also depends upon certain assumptions about the nature of the data , such as whether or not it is normally distributed , is of roughly equal within-group variability and reflects independent observations . |
| 21 | PC Holt was hit in the face with a hammer and needed four hours surgery after breaking up a fight in the Royal Well area of the town . |
| 22 | Only with the retirement of Roberts did he get promotion to the new ball , whereupon he stepped up his speed and took 31 wickets against Australia in 1983–4 , although he then reduced it again . |
| 23 | This is a slow launch which picks up speed and fades several times , and it is usually caused by a shortage of fuel or mechanical trouble on the winch or car . |
| 24 | On Oct. 14 the ANC released a report which recognized the important role of foreign investment and reassured foreign corporations that they would be free to take their profits out of the country under an ANC government . |
| 25 | For example , is the utterance ‘ It 's raining and we 'll get wet ’ an example of reporting and recognising related aspects of experience , or is it an example of recognising causal relationships under logical reasoning ? |
| 26 | She sulked in her white crocheted cardigan and modelled tiny men from the dough of her bread . |
| 27 | Meanwhile six of the forty nine people arrested have been charged with offences including theft and receiving stolen goods . |
| 28 | The latest crime figures show that burglaries , theft and handling stolen goods now account for more than 90 per cent of the total . |
| 29 | John Munroe , 35 , of Ablemarle Crescent , Scarborough , had his appeal against a three month sentence for theft and handling stolen goods dismissed after York Crown Court heard he was caught on film selling a stolen compact disc player . |
| 30 | Rootham , of Tower Green , Middlesbrough , also admitted theft and handling stolen goods . |