Example sentences of "[vb base] [adj] [conj] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The majority of the workforces in the Middle East remain multinational and the vast labour forces of the Subcontinent and far East are readily available and accessible to companies operating in the Middle East . |
| 2 | These examples at least seem clear ; more often , buildings contain ovens or hearths which suggest bread-making but no other characteristic debris has been recognized . |
| 3 | Admit you want more than a mere boy can offer . |
| 4 | Feminism is a given — but I want more than the political outline . |
| 5 | The following are our special letter services which you should use when you want more than the ordinary letter post . |
| 6 | The following are our special letter services , which you should use when you want more than the ordinary post . |
| 7 | This sponge superficially resembles a living bath sponge more than the other sponges in this book , being bun-shaped , with a minutely pitted external surface . |
| 8 | If the bloom is a double or semi-double , wait until the outer petals peel open but the inner petals remain closed and covering the stigma . |
| 9 | The roads were unmade , the water supply erratic though the constant sunshine from February to November compensated for a lot of things . |
| 10 | I remain convinced that a democratic majority exists in Scotland for higher spending on public services and on our infrastructure . |
| 11 | Try a sample of lace over 60 stitches , then remove all but the remaining centre 20 back bed needles . |
| 12 | About 20min before serving remove all but the chocolate-coated truffles from the fridge and pile onto a large platter . |
| 13 | In the consultative document , the DTI proposes two courses of action : monitoring registration of branches at Companies House to ensure that the law is not abused by companies being incorporated in a lax jurisdiction to take over a British business ; or requiring branch accounts from overseas companies which conduct all or a substantial part of their business in Great Britain . |
| 14 | MANY readers have made enquiries about Treble Chance entries that cover more than the popular 16-match total . |
| 15 | He would not , if Thiercelin was any judge , receive more than a curt acknowledgement from the emperor , who disliked him at least as much as most . |
| 16 | When soils receive more than the critical load , the natural capacity to neutralize acidity is overwhelmed , cations ( e.g. calcium ) are leached out , phosphorus is retained and aluminium and trace metals appear in the soil water . |
| 17 | Many show more than a tenfold increase in acidity since 1850 . |
| 18 | If negotiations yield more than the required rise then too much scrapping may result , generating unemployment . |
| 19 | Most countries allow their citizens to bring home articles without an import licence , providing they cost less than a certain amount , without paying excess duty . |
| 20 | On appeals against the assessments , the taxpayers having conceded that they had received an emolument as a result of participating in the concessionary fees scheme but maintaining that the cash equivalent of the benefit had to be determined under the principle of marginal costing , the special commissioner found that the school incurred no additional expenditure in educating the taxpayers ' sons other than on certain items of equipment and on food that together cost less than the concessionary fees paid and allowed the appeals . |
| 21 | Many router tables cost more than a basic router , but TKA Developments has launched a basic steel-framed table that may suit home workshops . |
| 22 | These CDs cost more than the major company ones , but this is fair enough since the higher costs have to be spread over a smaller volume . |
| 23 | The goods always cost more than the mere monetary price ; and it is the object of the system to externalise these costs , by passing them on to the poor or to the impaired resource-base of the earth , and by inviting even the rich to live in collusive dissociation from the costs they , too , must pay . |
| 24 | ‘ I think you deserve more than a certain amount of punishment for making me wet and nearly giving me a heart-attack — Do you know how difficult it would have been to get an ambulance out here to you ? ’ |
| 25 | His use of skilled craftspeople to make his objects , his thorough-going professionalism , his choice of imagery — ‘ whitened ’ black pop star Michael Jackson , porno-politician La Cicciolina — pose questions about the relationship between the commodity and the object of affective value which deserve more than a one-line dismissal . |
| 26 | They are very much a part of the scene nowadays and they certainly deserve more than a derisory four laps . |
| 27 | Of the 300,000 women estimated to be doing home-work in Britain today 72 per cent receive less than the legal minimum hourly wage , three quarters of those get 1 ( $1.60 ) or less and some make as little as 20p ( 30 cents ) an hour . |
| 28 | As this work inspired the players to the most willowy , misty colours , so the sensuous Ravel quartet channelled the players into liquid , aquiline shaping and a flexible closeness of ensemble with the uncanny swiftness and unanimity of a shoal of fish . |
| 29 | It is in this arena that some of the fiercest intellectual fighting about art is taking place , though the contests range wider than the visual arts to politics and economics . |
| 30 | Their compositions remain constant but the relative proportions of each change . |