Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [vb -s] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most thinking on the preservation of houses revolves round major aristocratic seats or ancient manor houses . |
| 2 | For most people nowadays , any mention of computers conjours up vague images of more or less two things : either Sonic the Hedgehog , or a shapeless , grey , John-Majorish boredom . |
| 3 | Where consumers are rationed on the labour ( or any other ) market , the formation of expectations takes on additional significance . |
| 4 | Remember this set of figures closes on thirtieth of September . |
| 5 | As usual , a bunch of passengers rushes out all at once . |
| 6 | Even that incomplete list of achievements takes on special significance when people encounter Nadia for the first time and learn how a genetic abnormality meant she was born with only one finger on each hand . |
| 7 | The growth of user-subcultures takes on enormous importance , and not only those associated with deviant youth groups : the British audience for American Country music , the Adult-Orientated Rock audience , successive rock 'n' roll revivals , swing band enthusiasts , and many others , would repay attention , for often they use mass-media products , perhaps radically shifting the original meanings . |
| 8 | The thought of shops shut for days brings on deep depression . |