Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They tend to fall within a broad category of exploitation , a genre characterised by a simplistic ethos of violent action . |
| 2 | Despite this , we still tend to cling to the traditional . |
| 3 | They also have broad noses and sideways facing nostrils , and tend to sit in a hunched position when at rest . |
| 4 | He knew that if he kept under the trees , he should be able to crest the Monument yet remain hidden from the mysterious workers . |
| 5 | ‘ I may be old-fashioned , ’ Alec sighed , ‘ but I hate experimenting in a lonely spot like this . ’ |
| 6 | The corollary is that if they eventually return to the UK , their foreign domicile will be retained until it can be ascertained that they intend to remain for an indefinite period . |
| 7 | Since a given project is very rarely repeated , project management is the business of managing variety ; benefits tend to flow from the effective exploitation rather than the reduction thereof . |
| 8 | ‘ Not sure , really , though the little ones tend to go for the easy stuff . |
| 9 | MPs who on the whole tend to be rather casual about going to meetings organised for their benefit by pressure groups tend to go to the nuclear forum , because it is always well-structured and organised , and because they can then say to constituents who work in either the nuclear industry or the nuclear supply industry that they have been , and still are , taking an interest in the decisions that affect those particular electors . |
| 10 | The introduction of lead-free petrol and the reduction of industrial emissions in North America and Europe is causing cleaner , and whiter , snow to fall in the Arctic . |
| 11 | It is the way we intend to proceed in a whole range of different market areas . ’ |
| 12 | Tubifex is collected by scooping up the mud patch containing the worms , and then washing the mud away to leave clean worms which tend to gather in a tight ball . |
| 13 | ( 10 ) Acceptance of the cash underwritten alternative and the consequent disposal of the consideration shares might give rise to a liability to capital gains tax depending on the individual circumstances of the accepting shareholder . |
| 14 | Existing tagsets tend to agree about the major word class categorisations but there are often differences in the sub-categorisations used . |
| 15 | Yet most tend to agree with the right-wing slogan , ‘ the boat is full ’ , meaning Germany has too many foreigners . |
| 16 | Rule-based parsers tend to work on a sentential basis which appears to be too much delay for users . |
| 17 | Despite being generally unlicensed these tend to work alongside the regular staff usually in the larger urban abattoirs . |
| 18 | Today , eighty women sit scattered on the brownish-grey stony ground . |
| 19 | The decreased total protein and amylase turnover rates are probably a result of a reduction in synthetic rates as the time taken for labelled total protein and amylase to appear in the duodenal juice was significantly longer in the the post-acute pancreatitis patients . |
| 20 | Here users tend to come from a wide variety of backgrounds , and press for an equally wide range of requirements . |
| 21 | Severed human limbs , heads and trunks lay scattered over a wide area ; other human remains , accompanied by tattered shreds of uniform , hung grotesquely from the remaining tree branches . |
| 22 | A pile of boxes lay scattered like a demolished chimney . |
| 23 | Although both groups tend to appear as a limited disease , most cases being in stage I-IIE , the morphohistological subtype seems to be a decisive factor in dissemination , as only one case ( 5% ) of low grade/mixed grade compared with 20% of the patients with high grade were classified as stage IV . |
| 24 | Whilst physical infirmity may make physical care of great significance to the old person and mental infirmity may limit their capacity to give and receive other kinds of care , the efforts we make to relate to the whole person are critical if we are to avoid the stigmatising and depersonalising processes which insult the integrity of the old person . |
| 25 | Because of time , I intend to concentrate on the European dimension . |
| 26 | The Government remain committed to the Anglo-Irish Agreement unless and until agreement can be reached on new and more broadly satisfactory arrangements . |
| 27 | Target-oriented programmes tend to concentrate on a small number of permanent or semi-permanent methods ( sterilisation or IUD ) to minimise dropout rates . |
| 28 | They can advise their clients [ customers ] on all aspects of the law although many tend to concentrate on a particular area . |
| 29 | They can advise their clients [ customers ] on all aspects of the law although many tend to concentrate on a particular area . |
| 30 | They can advise their clients [ customers ] on all aspects of the law although many tend to concentrate on a particular area . |