Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Premack 's tests ( Premack 1976 ) to establish that chimpanzees make rudimentary connections between ‘ states of affairs ’ ( in order not to beg the more refined question of objectuality within them ) which to us appear closely connected by virtue of a cause and an effect , or by virtue of an implicit goal or problem and a means or stratagem , seem to the layman to support attributions to chimps of protean correlates of human categories of thought . |
| 2 | In contrast , if the terms in general appear unfairly weighted in favour of one party , or if an individual term appears unreasonable , the other party may be encouraged to challenge their effectiveness , and a court may sympathise with the challenger and strive to find ways to reduce the scope of the terms . |
| 3 | Concern that this uncontrolled expansion of the private sector had been siphoning off funds that might have been more cost effectively used in home based community care led to the government commissioning reviews of resource management and quality of care . |
| 4 | Output only declined during part of the period , but when it did the geographical pattern was the same as for employment . |
| 5 | Rather like pathological ‘ organisation men ’ , they seem so addicted to bureaucracy that they ca n't get enough of it in their day jobs . |
| 6 | Now you , you sound seriously strapped for cash . " |
| 7 | ‘ You just get slowly immersed in politics , ’ he says , already finance committee chairman of Northallerton based Hambleton District Council . |
| 8 | In fact though , Henry argued to himself , punch usually tasted of bleach . |
| 9 | ‘ I get awfully frightened at night . |
| 10 | ‘ My hands and face get completely covered in grease and dirt , ’ laughs Lesley . |
| 11 | You have probably experienced smiling at someone you know closely followed by embarrassment , surprise and rejection when they did not recognise you , and instead of receiving the expected smile in return you were met by a blank stare . |
| 12 | With great deference to him and to Lord Keith of Kinkel , I do not , however , feel so constrained by authority , by statute or by principle . |
| 13 | ‘ If ’ , argues Conklin ( 1977 : 94 ) , ‘ businessmen feel ideologically deprived by government regulation because they think that the law is unfair and unduly restrictive of the economic forces to which they have a strong commitment , they may violate the law ’ . |
| 14 | They become so blinded by adoration they manage to convince themselves their child has qualities of genius . |
| 15 | There is a danger that a Voluntary Organisation may lose sight of its basic aims and objectives and become so embroiled in service delivery that other areas are neglected . |
| 16 | Young children become quickly bored by adult conversation and look for attention or distractions . |
| 17 | A principal feature of the flow as a whole may then be the following : large eddies of the eruption type originate close to the wall as described in Section 21.6 ; as they move away from the wall they become increasingly influenced by buoyancy , until , at large heights , they resemble the free convection plumes to be described in Section 22.7 . |
| 18 | Admittedly , when young , one does tend to be annoyed by remarks such as , ‘ My grandad 's older than your dad ’ , and become increasingly frustrated by mum 's , ‘ When I was young a shilling would buy ’ lectures , but this is merely a passing phase . |
| 19 | The severe psychological damage inflicted upon the captive Biros led them to tear themselves from their shackles and plunge into toilet bowls , become suicidally entangled about gear sticks or wrap themselves around handlebars . |
| 20 | Peck steadfastly adhered to protocol and insisted that the gentleman give his name and address . |
| 21 | I do not need anyone to rub in the truth that , yes , I too dwell heavily suspended above traffic snarl , pavement noises , an eel-and-pie shop , a tobacconist 's and a hardware store . |
| 22 | When John and Veronica Saunders decorate their living rooms for Christmas , they make sure the doors stay firmly locked until Christmas morning . |
| 23 | In what sense are faith and doubt closely related to knowledge ? |
| 24 | It is the trace of a moving point ; a record of its passing , to guide and ease subsequent trips and become firmly established with use . |
| 25 | Surely , if there really were a knowable pre-life creator , such would have long since become truly known to humanity , and would not have remained a subject of speculation after many thousands of years . |
| 26 | They lay there covered in soil and broken branches , their breath aching in repressed pants , the post-climax moment unhurried by blind fumbling for a towel . |
| 27 | Cross and continue up field , ignoring gate on right and bear slightly left to gate leading uphill to farm . |
| 28 | Given that weak electromagnetic fields at the power frequencies 50Hz and 60Hz do pollute the environment in the sense that they make it hostile for the chemistry of body functions , there is no real choice other than making sure we live well removed from power lines or accept the higher incidence of cancer and leukaemia as tolerable . |
| 29 | Outside the basin only northeast Greenland and the channels of the Canadian archipelago remain heavily invested in ice , though a ‘ northwest passage ’ is usually navigable between the mainland and Banks and Victoria islands . |
| 30 | So we 've literally got to dove-tail this into whatever other current arrangements they have , including any other P H I they 've already got . |