Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [adv] [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keep a few cans in store for whizzing up quick and nutritious meals for the family |
| 2 | For fitness and energy , for keeping youthfully slim and attractive , you need Bile Beans — just a couple at bedtime . |
| 3 | Accuracy rates in the region of 80–90% can be achieved for staging both prostatic and cervical cancer with MRI . |
| 4 | This sort of first-hand evidence from the children reveals how utterly distorted were the verdicts of groups such as the National Federation of Women 's Institutes when , after citing highly selective and impressionistic reports from their local workers — which tended to repeat ad nauseam the ‘ fish and chips ’ allegations and held the evacuee mother up to ridicule — they concluded : |
| 5 | Indirect evidence for this hypothesis comes from a recent study where urinary and faecal concentrations of 5-ASA and Ac-ASA were measured after taking both 5-ASA and Ac-ASA by either the oral or rectal route in human volunteers . |
| 6 | Governing bodies of schools with delegated budgets have responsibility for establishing both disciplinary and grievance rules and procedures . |
| 7 | Spa towns , though , are all the better for looking somewhat passé and Eaux-Bonnes is more passé than most . |
| 8 | Courses for training both residential and casework staff were organized rapidly so that when the 1948 Children Act came into force some influx of trained staff was anticipated to staff the new children 's departments . |
| 9 | Some 73% of the sample claimed to have middle or senior management capable of using both English and German , though knowledge of French was limited to some 24% . |
| 10 | Tutoring ideas could be used much more widely as a way of helping both older and younger students , for example with older pupils helping younger ones in their own schools . |
| 11 | They also often resented piece-wages or any other method of speeding up complex and difficult tasks , and thereby lowering the quality of self-respecting work . |
| 12 | Each was a self-contained unit capable of tackling most normal and special war-time contingencies of railway transport . |
| 13 | Neutrons interact comparatively weakly with matter , but Inelastic Neutron Scattering ( INS ) is capable of revealing both rotational and vibrational transitions in solid samples . |
| 14 | The layers are of alternating more felsic and more mafic material around 5–10 centimetres thick . |
| 15 | This is one reason why the proportion of over 65s has risen , but it also means that many more old people will grow very old , with much higher chances of becoming very dependent and physically feeble . |
| 16 | If this is not done then the method is in danger of becoming too abstract and distant . |
| 17 | One branch of the molluscs , very early in the group 's history , found a way of becoming highly mobile and yet retaining the protection of a large and heavy shell — they developed gas-filled flotation tanks . |
| 18 | The Government is currently reviewing all the laboratories to identify how best to build on the progress made by each of them towards becoming more commercial and cost-conscious organisations . |
| 19 | On the Quakers ' goal of the season so far , he said : ‘ I ca n't remember a lot about the build up , but the ball sort of bounced just right and I let fly . |
| 20 | The campaign was launched because studies have revealed that 60pc of accidents causing injuries involve a combination of driving too close and misjudging speed and distance . |
| 21 | The behaviour shown in figure 3.12 is typical of any material capable of forming both glassy and crystalline phases . |
| 22 | Continuing the action theme , Bruce Willis stars as tough cop Jon McClane in the double-tape set of Die Hard 1 and 2 . |
| 23 | I should write to Barry Humphries and explain that the reason I chose him was because I find his style of dressing very amusing and loud , different from everything else . ’ |
| 24 | And a passing glimpse of a profile clear as bronze , and at the moment of passing as aloof and serene . |
| 25 | Bryan Adams has a tremendous knack of writing very catchy and memorable guitar parts , and although he 's not particularly known as a lead soloist his rhythm playing approach is well worth looking at . |
| 26 | A group of Puritans who felt that the Church of England was too close to the Roman Catholic Church had left England and gone to the Netherlands ; they noticed with regret that their children were becoming Dutch in speech and habits , and some of them decided that their best prospect of remaining both godly and English was to get in touch with the Plymouth merchants , obtain from them financial support and the legal right to found a colony , and go somewhere in America where English bishops would not interfere with them . |
| 27 | Those who come as partners , patient and ready to learn and therefore better able to adapt their contribution before giving it , stand a better chance of going back happier and with a feeling it was worth it . |
| 28 | Others who are aware of these feelings dare not touch their children for fear of going too far and seriously hurting them . |
| 29 | been out with a woman 's erm undressed in front of you you know you 've done the bit you 've er you 've managed to er within three easy steps undo the bra with one hand whilst er telling her you know you 're a really nice guy and there 's no chance of going too far and all that sort of thing and you know you get you get fairly carried away you may even be under the sheets |
| 30 | It was a case of getting up late and trying to maek the day as short as possible . |