Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [prep] [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sit down for half an hour and anybody can do it . |
| 2 | Sit down for half an hour and anybody can do it . |
| 3 | ‘ A bicycle is the thing I want most in all the world ! ’ |
| 4 | Cultural marginality , which encompasses the culture of poverty concept ( Lewis 1966 ) , has been largely discredited because of the implication that traits such as apathy and passivity , which are the hallmarks of the culture of poverty , are very strongly imbedded in those who grow up in such a culture and therefore prevent them responding positively if opportunities arise . |
| 5 | Ferry boats ply regularly between all the resorts on the lake , and it 's great fun to catch a ride on the old paddle steamer , the Franz-Josef . |
| 6 | In classrooms a directional mike can give you a much better chance of recording only the sound you want instead of all the sound in the room . |
| 7 | And we pre-process the data as I say commonly for all the neurons before we present it to our three neurons . |
| 8 | Those who benefit most from such a system are the two largest parties and those with regionally concentrated support . |
| 9 | ‘ Cut down to twenty a day . ’ |
| 10 | Movies , particularly comedies , are now put together with half an eye on the potential for a spin-off TV series . |
| 11 | Roughly how many more steps does the boy have to take if they walk together for half a kilometre ? |
| 12 | But Prudential finance director Michael Lawrence says that the bids put in by all the firms on the tender shortlist were ‘ virtually all of an allness on fees ’ . |
| 13 | Each registered nurse , midwife or health visitor is accountable for his or her practice , and in the exercise of professional accountability shall : act always in such a way as to promote and safeguard the well-being and interests of patients/clients . |
| 14 | High-recovery cylinders heat up in half the time so can be smaller in size |
| 15 | At the same time , for those who have not arrived at , or hold back from such a step of faith , the Kingdom is not yet . |
| 16 | Through play children act out in miniature the adult dramas of life and learn how to master new situations . |
| 17 | You might well rant and rage , and lash about with all the fury of a gathering storm , but underneath there are different vibes , making a commotion totally their own , are n't there ? |
| 18 | You must go out on a starry night and walk about for half an hour trying to see the sky in terms of the old ( Ptolemaic ) cosmology . |
| 19 | By a notice of appeal dated 1 March 1991 the defendant appealed on the grounds , inter alia , ( 1 ) that the donee of the power of appointment , the defendant 's mother , Mrs. Mary Steed , did not know that she had been appointed attorney by the defendant and accordingly could not have known that she had any power to deal with his property when she executed the transfer of 4 September 1979 , and that in those circumstances the plea of non est factum ought to have succeeded on the judge 's finding that the donee was tricked into signing the transfer ; ( 2 ) the judge having rightly concluded that the transaction as affected was not a sale , save possibly at such a gross undervalue as to vitiate it as a sale , should therefore have held that the transfer was void and ineffective ; ( 3 ) the judge having rightly concluded that he retained a discretion to rectify the charges register against the registered holder , notwithstanding , as he found , that ( i ) the title of the mortgagors , Mr. and Mrs. Hammond , was merely voidable and not void , and ( ii ) that the registered holders of the charge were bona fide mortgagees for value without notice of the facts giving rise to voidability , then wrongly exercised his discretion to refuse to rectify since the considerations in favour of rectification could hardly have been stronger and his refusal to exercise his discretion was tantamount to denying the effective existence of such discretion , as if it was not exercised on the facts of this case it could never , or virtually never , be exercised at all ; and that , in the premises , the judge had erred in law in placing excessive reliance upon ( i ) and ( ii ) above to the exclusion of the other considerations which favoured rectification . |
| 20 | The Newsons suggest these associations stand out to such an extent that they ‘ can be fairly assumed to be causative ’ . |
| 21 | for us all , however , the two dominical sacraments stand out from all the rest — namely baptism and Holy Communion . |
| 22 | The girl had something — quite apart from her natural grace and outstanding good looks , quite apart from the lithe , leggy body that was simply made for modelling , there was a quality about her that made her stand out from all the others girls in the class , which drew the eye and held it , so that even someone as cynical as Arlene looked and wanted to go on looking . |
| 23 | Next time you go shopping in a large town or city shopping centre , look around at all the different types of shops . |
| 24 | When you look around at all the -products which flop , or those which make you wonder who would buy them , and at the companies which fail to keep up with consumer desires and demands , you may well pause to reflect on the success of the marketing approach . |
| 25 | But in giving us this faith , he does n't go with a , a picking order into the warehouse of heaven , a and look there up all the great pallets and boxes of faith , or boxes of love , or boxes and cartons of peace , and say right , there 's one , I 'll give that to you . |
| 26 | I welcome the hon. Member for Manchester , Withington ( Mr. Bradley ) to the Opposition Front Bench and look forward to many a debate with him . |
| 27 | Well they did n't , they did n't immediately , they , they individually wanted to get rid of their individual landlord but obviously you ca n't as y you get together with all the other tenants |
| 28 | Put yourself in the position of a financial adviser , for the couple that you see , these are all theoretical couples obviously , theoretical individuals , and just jot down on this the sort t . |
| 29 | ‘ By the way , I get off in half an hour . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I get up at six every morning to do Midnight . |