Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A big wave hit the side of the paddle wheel and sent white water over their heads . |
| 2 | His first work , Administrations Civil and Spiritual ( 1648 ) , counterposes the ‘ darkness ’ of formal religion and imposed social order to the inner light of personal spirituality and reason . |
| 3 | In other words , all religion and morality are the product of the class struggle and communism does indeed intend to abolish eternal truths , to abolish all religion and to abolish all morality . |
| 4 | Walk through the Freemantle Copse , take the left fork of the bridleway and cross three fields to reach the drive of Appuldurcome House . |
| 5 | Their capacity for organotypic development is retained after isolation and shortterm primary culture . |
| 6 | In conclusion , we present a simple , reliable , and reproducible method of isolation and culturing bovine gall bladder epithelial cells , which remained viable for at least two weeks . |
| 7 | In countries like Egypt , instructions to workers to stay out of fields after spraying and to wear protective clothing are widely ignored , she said . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The following messages emerged from interviews with staff and pupils in the six case-study schools about how to combat casual truancy and promote good attendance . |
| 10 | And even St George — if Gibbon is correct — wore a top hat once ; he was an army contractor and supplied indifferent bacon ’ |
| 11 | If successful , it would be their intention to maintain Ferranti 's position as a leading UK defence contractor and to share operational responsibility for Ferranti 's businesses with overall management vested in British Aerospace . |
| 12 | It is important that the whole family can recognise their grief and give each other emotional support . |
| 13 | Composites : essentially manufacturers in their own right which stock and sell other manufacturers ' products . |
| 14 | The virus preyed on sows and piglets , in particular killing the young stock and causing pregnant animals to abort . |
| 15 | Network SouthEast , struggling to cope with its massive upsurge in business , proceeded with complete refurbishment of serviceable 1960s stock and started massive investment in new trains , notably its Networker . |
| 16 | I can realise my stock and pay twenty bob in the pound if I go into voluntary liquidation now , before Masters of Notts gets deeper into trouble . |
| 17 | He turned in his seat to raise his bound ankles over his girlfriend and kicked three times to free her door . |
| 18 | But he witnesses a gangland slaying and , for the rest of the four hours , he relaunched his career , slept with his manager 's girlfriend and stayed one step ahead of the mob . |
| 19 | Now Benjamin had unmasked many a killer and brought numerous murderers to boot . |
| 20 | Bryan Gould , Labour 's trade and industry spokesman , yesterday posed for photographers with a Co-op credit card the size of a tea tray : ‘ There are middle class Labour supporters … no , it wo n't contribute to the credit boom … change your credit card and help Labour win . ’ |
| 21 | Release card and knit 18 rows Fair Isle with green in feeder 1 and cream in feeder 2 . |
| 22 | Release card and knit 22 rows Fair Isle with tan in feeder 1 and cream in feeder 2 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Lifting and carrying heavy bags of rubbish . |
| 25 | The hon. Gentleman must answer this question : how can he argue that it is in patients ' interests to move away from a system of competitive tendering and use that money to pay trade union members rather than to pay for extra treatment for patients ? |
| 26 | Once a chemical has entered a pond and caused widespread damage , it is essential to take everything out and scrub the entire pool several times , emptying and refilling with clean water before restocking with fish and plants . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | His family own a bakery and have two shops on the south coast . |
| 29 | Aromatherapy ( massage with fragrant essential oils ) is not only sybaritic experience but can ease tension , improve circulation and release accumulated tensions . |
| 30 | Skin Tonique from Clairol is a complete battery operated facial skin care system which incorporates a Cleansing Brush to keep skin scrupulously clean ; a Toning Massager to gently stimulate circulation and encourage natural exfoliation and an Exfoliator to help speed up the process . |