Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 These three correspond most to the expectations and hopes previously voiced by bishops and theological faculties .
2 The fact that the song and the receptor change together in the hybrids suggests that there is some control mechanism which prevents the two from becoming uncoupled from each other ; such a mechanism would have the effect of making it more likely that , whenever a male or female cricket changed its song or song-preference during evolution , some other individual of the other sex will have made the complementary change .
3 The menus change daily in the directors ' dining rooms , delibars and staff canteens that he operates because the clientele does not .
4 It says that in every case authoritative directives can be overridden or disregarded if they deviate much from the reasons which they are meant to reflect .
5 You know some ivies grow right in the bricks do n't they but they do n't .
6 Steer clear of the wheels of misfortune
7 In practice , of course , these constitutional norms fit uneasily alongside the realities of political life , especially in those authorities divided on party lines .
8 I just think that even with what you 're saying , because , with his , with what , with Gary 's own , because they say especially with the students , it 's water off a duck 's back , but I do n't think .
9 The close folds of the fine chit on appear only near the feet .
10 Also , both operating expenditure and the operating consequences of capital expenditure appear together in the funds .
11 The complicated nature of this debate is also shown by the fact that analysis of General Household Survey data for 1974 by Klein and Collins reached results which disagree somewhat with the findings reported so far .
12 I 'm stumbling backwards , almost falling ; I have to turn to stop myself tripping and the turn becomes a run and I ca n't stop myself , I just have to escape ; I race away through the woods , tears burning on my face , sobbing hysterically , the breath whistling and whooping in and out of me , hot and desperate and livid in my throat ; ferns whip at my legs and branches lash at my face .
13 Take a seat aboard a flying desk and spiral backwards through the corridors of time on an exciting journey of discovery ; the story of Oxford University is uncovered to reveal its remarkable impact on Western civilisation .
14 Long before an enemy could get near enough to distinguish any glint of arms , the whole company could fold their belongings and slip away into the mountains at their back .
15 Most of these smaller cats live and hunt largely in the trees , taking anything from insects and mice to small monkeys .
16 And first , they waited for the outsiders to go , and for the sleepy children to slip off , melt away through the trees .
17 A thousand smells , of sausages and sweat , phosphorus and patchouli , mingle promiscuously in the arcades .
18 You descend further through the trees and turn left along the forest road to meet a tarmac road .
19 Interactionists made much of how such variations could lead to a ‘ deviancy amplification spiral ’ : if the public ( informed by the media of rises in the criminal statistics ) believes crime to be on the increase and more of a problem they may be more sensitive to it , report more to the police who will then record more and therefore produce a further rise in recorded crime , which is then fed back to the public by the media , and so on ( see Wilkins , 1964 ; and Young , 1971 ) .
20 We say more about the resolutions in the explanatory notes but if you have any queries about them please telephone our Shareholder Enquiry Office where the staff will be able to help you .
21 The only residues that interact directly with the bases in the major groove are Lys23 and Thr25 from each of the four subunits , which lie on the β -strands .
22 Words which appear early in the lists were remembered more easily as the subjects had more opportunity to rehearse these after being read than the rest of the words in the list .
23 Pylons , slag heaps water towers , workshops , collieries sprawl messily outside the boundaries .
24 Only two slogans appear now on the billboards .
25 The laws of the continental countries are despotic in their character and press severely on the workers .
26 Details of private client fund managers appear regularly in the Investors Chronicle , Money Management and Crawford 's Directory of City Connections ( for larger groups ) .
27 But by the time you were born I could n't give up Other world ; I was deep in the battle we wage here against the powers of the dark , and to leave it would have been deserting .
28 shift immediately to an initials only format on the title page and assessment blank for student projects ;
29 Press hard on the palms , as this creates heat which you can direct .
30 On a day-to-day social basis the kennel staff , all of whom have to live in at the training centre , interact closely with the students .
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