Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The assumption was that later information would allow some of these paths to be eliminated ; the graph would ‘ narrow ’ because hypotheses at some point were acoustically clearer and/or limited by top-down information . |
| 2 | In September several senior officials were dismissed or reprimanded for poor work in the consumer goods sector . |
| 3 | On farms where severe outbreaks have occurred pigs should be houses , dosed , and the infected pasture cultivated or grazed with other stock . |
| 4 | The NFU plan aims to offer the farmer a choice between setting land aside and receiving the full , subsidised rate for produce , or producing at maximum capacity without support . |
| 5 | There has been no significant biological evolution , or change in human DNA , in the last ten thousand years . |
| 6 | It has been a year of controversy for Brady as the club has still to decide on whether to move to a new home at Cambuslang or remain at Celtic Park . |
| 7 | As a control , sections from all patient and control lungs were stained with ET-1 antiserum that had been immunoabsorbed with synthetic ET-1 overnight at 4°C , or incubated with normal goat serum instead of the primary antisera . |
| 8 | It is not an abuse to process to assert private law rights by a private action even if the action raises or turns on public law issues . |
| 9 | Er as far as out-sourcing is concerned , when we learned that there could be two thousand jobs lost or out-sourced from British Aerospace , it was my opinion in line with those of our representatives that we ought to convene a meeting immediately of all shop stewards and representatives who would be covered er through those discussions and arrange and organize a strategy to oppose it . |
| 10 | Rapeman 's brief British college tour was a shambles , every show either cancelled or picketed by irate student unions . |
| 11 | The term ‘ premises ’ as defined in Article 2(2) ‘ includes any place and , in particular , includes any vehicle , vessel , aircraft or hovercraft , any installation on land ( including the foreshore and other land intermittently covered by water ) , any offshore installation , and any other installation ( whether floating , or resting on the seabed or the subsoil thereof , or resting on other land covered with water or the subsoil thereof ) , and any tent or movable structure . ’ |
| 12 | Often they are recruited or assigned at short notice to an unfamiliar school and are expected to instantly mould themselves to its systems of operating and style . |
| 13 | ‘ The consequence of the combined decision not to recruit expert staff or to invest in extensive training could be considerable . |
| 14 | Perhaps I was sent to the chippie , or café up the street to fetch cigarettes , or lemonade , or to go at full haste and deliver a note to one of his girl-friends ; or maybe he simply wanted to chastise me for something I had done , as for instance when I inadvertently got him into hot water by mentioning to Mum that I had seen him with a girl ( an infamous young woman ) after he had faithfully promised not to see her again , ever . |
| 15 | Others were baffled , not able to believe that free people , famous and rich too , could say what they saw printed or heard on Romanian television or radio . |
| 16 | The Children 's Act emphasises we have to do what is best for the child , and that has tended to mean more children are taken into care or placed in foster care , ’ he added . |
| 17 | Eventually , after considerable friction , an uneasy agreement is concluded between James and Paul , but Paul , soon after , is arrested — or placed in protective custody . |
| 18 | They must also take steps to reduce the need for children to be brought before a court ( whether in care , wardship , or criminal proceedings ) or placed in secure accommodation ( Sched 2 , para 7 ) . |
| 19 | By meteorological means we 're now able to identify where such a storm will occur with greater efficiency and to take steps for keeping that area clear of people — or to arrange for controlled evacuation . |
| 20 | There seemed to be no consideration given as to how a management strategy would serve the processes desired , little attempt to anticipate possible outcomes or to arrange for specific progress points when reviews could be undertaken , nor to establish criteria against which a programme 's effectiveness would ultimately be evaluated . |
| 21 | Other motivations may pull out of line this relationship between assuming and asking ; but at its purest , faith is strong or weak , advances or retreats in direct proportion to what it assumes . |
| 22 | To reach it other than by boat or wading in low tide would have taken an hour 's drive , so it was not often visited by the women . |
| 23 | With their characteristic and pervasive atmosphere of sexuality and sensuality and their erotic tales presented or disguised within verbal play , it is hardly surprising that many have considered " pornography " to be an appropriate term to describe at least a good part of what is found in these fabliaux . |
| 24 | We need to think about ourselves as well-functioning organisms without becoming too self-conscious , inhibited or paralysed by morbid introspection . |
| 25 | The only exception to this is where a child is incapable of understanding even a simple explanation of the grounds because it may be too young , or suffer from mental handicap . |
| 26 | If you strengthen the muscles in your back you will be far less likely to damage your back or suffer from chronic back pain . |
| 27 | Coronary artery disease remains the main cause of premature disability in the United Kingdom , and patients who have suffered a myocardial infarction form the largest group considered for rehabilitation , although rehabilitation is equally important for patients who have undergone cardiac surgery or suffer from congestive heart failure . |
| 28 | Remember that natural coral reefs are saturated or super-saturated with dissolved oxygen and this concentration is difficult to achieve , even in the best designs . |
| 29 | It is , therefore , not surprising to discover that in some , though not all , export oriented zones ( EOZs ) the rights of workers to organize is curtailed , either formally or in practice , and that trade unions are either suppressed or manipulated through government-TNC collaboration ( see Edgren , 1982 ) . |
| 30 | One of the most interesting and sometimes infuriating facets of running a reef aquarium is the apparently spontaneous appearance of various organisms which enter the tank either as larval forms or hidden in living rock or the bases of sessile invertebrates . |