Example sentences of "[vb base] [adj] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hackman and Oldham suggest that to reverse current trends and move towards good job design practice requires that organised labour should make QWL a high-priority item , that managers discover that QWL pays ‘ in coins they value ’ , that government should decide that it requires , or is to encourage , organisations to improve QWL , or that the cultural climate must change . |
| 2 | If the song is a modern piece , the front sheet may well be a photograph or picture , in which case one could pick a passage from the music itself and decorate that to highlight particular words or phrases . |
| 3 | ‘ I say this makes good sense , ’ Sir Archibald put in . |
| 4 | Such a happy situation does not , unfortunately , exist in Italy where the magistrates appear unwilling to trust any government official or technical expert . |
| 5 | The only easy cure is make the winding-on in alternate directions , say ten turns each way . |
| 6 | The foods which we are advised to eat in greater quantities arc those supplying dietary fibre . |
| 7 | Congress , time and time again , the majority of our sponsored MPs appear unable to sustain any sort of attack on this government 's policies . |
| 8 | ‘ So , I propose first to employ implicit honesty . |
| 9 | Channel 1 has individual cut/boost controls for bass , mid and treble , a ‘ gain' control for setting the right input level , a ‘ clip ’ light to indicate when you 're driving the input too hard and two push-push mini-buttons : one for a special ‘ mid ’ EQ preset , and another that alters the input stage for the best results with different pickups . |
| 10 | Battle royal to save lost castle |
| 11 | For many gardeners , the Spring Show is an opportunity to buy the bedding plants that bring much needed early summer colour to the borders.For the nurserymen , it 's a great start to the season.Over the three days they expect to sell plants worth three quarters of a million pounds . |
| 12 | Where a person 's actions either cause direct physical and economic harm to another , or cause another to incur wasted expenditure , then a legal duty arises to compensate the other for the harm done . |
| 13 | Count 5 alleged another bankruptcy offence with which this appeal is not concerned . |
| 14 | And swallow all save this lile [ little ] house |
| 15 | This is done most efficiently when the lower part is consonant with both the upper parts : Note that with tritones , the only possible notes which are consonant with both upper parts cause incomplete diminished 7th chords to appear . |
| 16 | We have to recognise the level of skill required , and especially support those offering twenty-four hour care in whatever setting . |
| 17 | To have a handicapped child in a society which has developed a fetishism for normality and which fails to even acknowledge the needs of these parents , let alone make any provision to meet them , is clearly a profoundly disturbing experience . |
| 18 | For one thing , it 's a fearsome collection of issues for which the summit has to find solutions : global warming , deforestation , loss of biodiversity and technology transfer , let alone promoting sustainable development in the South . |
| 19 | It took time before Byrnes began to make full use of the American foreign service , let alone to give much thought to working with the British Foreign Office . |
| 20 | If your cheque or postal order has already been cashed , the chances of getting your money back are extremely slim — the firm 's assets are unlikely to cover writs already outstanding , let alone compensate disgruntled customers . |
| 21 | She grew up believing that she had no right to be alive , let alone deserved any happiness . |
| 22 | There were enough passengers ready to believe that they would never wish to eat again , let alone eat fat bacon . |
| 23 | Whether the world 's nations can work together to minimize the adverse consequences of the future rise in global sea level , let alone achieve significant reductions in emissions of the greenhouse gases causing global warming and the associated rising seas , remains to be seen ( refer to chapter 12 ) . |
| 24 | Andrew Butler , president of Dow Europe , described the past 12 months as ‘ a more painful phase of the business cycle , with current margins in many sectors barely covering interest costs , let alone generating any return on equity capital ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ If it was Alain — and it almost certainly was — then he might not even have heard , let alone taken any notice . |
| 26 | IT 'S New Year 's Eve and you can barely look at food , let alone spend another day preparing a mountain of it for tonight 's hungry party guests . |
| 27 | As they stripped off the tape I just lolled about , unable to get my brain to focus , let alone co-ordinate any muscles . |
| 28 | let alone giving any money . |
| 29 | But Coleridge can not recreate even the dome , which represents what is created , let alone recreate this state of primeval creativity . |
| 30 | The eggs had all died before hatching , and Boulenger was led to question whether Kammerer had ever managed to get eggs to hatch at all , let alone re-evolve nuptial pads in adults . |