Example sentences of "[coord] [det] [noun pl] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , a barely detectable innate bias toward the use of body adornment , if combined with a moderate sensitivity to peer usage , would result in most or all members using such adornment in all societies . |
| 2 | Philosophically , it could be argued in any case that most or all words present analogous difficulties , and need to be put in scare quotes ( " the 'topic' of this 'essay' is the 'issue' of the 'author's ' 'intentions ' " , etc . ) . |
| 3 | Is it going to take more men or less men to get this job done ? |
| 4 | Unless the cables are well spaced , or the truck driver keeps absolutely straight , there is a risk of two or more cables becoming tangled . |
| 5 | Has the possibility of two or more employees sharing one post been considered ? |
| 6 | In 1978 , companies with 10000 or more employees performed 79 per cent of the total . |
| 7 | I want to consider , finally , two anomalies : characters using a medium that does n't belong to them ; and two or more characters inhabiting different media simultaneously . |
| 8 | A spokesman , Mr Ian Taylor , said Dillons may have struck a deal with one or more publishers to sell discounted books outside the NBA . |
| 9 | There are various stereotype behavioural patterns that children in these families seem tend to adopt when one or other or both parents have primary addictive disease . |
| 10 | Although the government remains committed to the preservation of top quality farmland as a national resource , there is some confusion over what exactly constitutes top quality , and some farmers face considerable pressure from developers . |
| 11 | And some commentators suggest that , and I 'm thinking here particularly of MacPhearson in his book erm erm erm Possessive Individualism , The Theory of Possessive Individualism erm they suggest that if you , according to Locke , if you purchase or inherit property in the territory of a particular civil society that counts as express consent . |
| 12 | There were constant discussions , and some attempts to produce new proposals , but all foundered upon the entrenched conservatism of the existing authorities with respect to their boundaries . |
| 13 | Schmidt and Genscher could not repeat the dramatic advances in foreign policy made by Brandt , and some Germans remained disappointed by the lack of political change in the East , but Genscher 's reputation grew enormously as foreign minister , helping the FDP 's popularity . |
| 14 | This puts the chances of survival at about 33 to 1 , and some authorities think this should be even higher — as much as 50 to 1 . |
| 15 | It is disproportionately uncommon among women , and some authorities believe this is due to its producing a carrier state in females . |
| 16 | The participation of bacteria is further inferred from studies showing that pretreating animals with broad spectrum antibiotics before NSAID administration reduces the damage in the small intestine , and some studies show minimal damage in germ free animals . |
| 17 | It is not difficult to construct cases in which firms have unequal marginal costs and some firms earn higher profits at the Nash equilibrium than at the joint profit-maximizing allocation . |
| 18 | The account which follows is pieced together from different sources : uncorroborated details are excluded and some motivations remain obscure . |
| 19 | If you are new to the business ( or even experienced but pushed for time ) it can be difficult to make up your mind on the spot and some manufacturers have hundreds of calendar and diary titles in their programmes . |
| 20 | For example some landowners invested money in manufacturing or industries such as mining , and some manufacturers bought large estates in an attempt to gain the social acceptance enjoyed by the aristocracy . |
| 21 | We 've introduced a new donations box and some shops have special donations secretaries and many helpers encourage donations too . |
| 22 | McCrea polled very badly against the OUP candidate Martin Smyth , and some journalists hailed this as the turn of the tide in the DUP 's electoral fortunes . |
| 23 | An American edition of Streamline is also available and some schools use this as well as the British edition according to the needs of different classes . |
| 24 | He 's a sharp operator , adept at playing the angles , continually bouncing gags off the course of a meandering conversation which takes in flotation tanks ( ’ They told me they wanted to recreate the conditions of the womb , but that 's all I need : some jerk in a white coat stabbing me with an ice-pick for half an hour ’ ) : Panama ( ’ Most American casualties over there were self-inflicted , but that 's because we have a lot of Hispanics in the armed services and some guys get confused ; some Hispanics in the armed services and some guys get confused ; some Hispanics shot themselves , they 're that loyal ’ ) ; even , somehow , the British motorway system ( ’ Driving up the M1 ! |
| 25 | He 's a sharp operator , adept at playing the angles , continually bouncing gags off the course of a meandering conversation which takes in flotation tanks ( ’ They told me they wanted to recreate the conditions of the womb , but that 's all I need : some jerk in a white coat stabbing me with an ice-pick for half an hour ’ ) : Panama ( ’ Most American casualties over there were self-inflicted , but that 's because we have a lot of Hispanics in the armed services and some guys get confused ; some Hispanics in the armed services and some guys get confused ; some Hispanics shot themselves , they 're that loyal ’ ) ; even , somehow , the British motorway system ( ’ Driving up the M1 ! |
| 26 | The Zuwaya did have two relatively specialized kinds of historian : older men tended to make more history than younger ones , and some poets included historical subjects in their repertoire as well as amorous and religious ones . |
| 27 | A great many obscure languages were spoken and some children remained silent because no one else spoke their language . |
| 28 | Premiums can also be cut by paying the first £150 or £250 of a claim and some insurers offer no-claim discounts , which should suit the super fit . |
| 29 | All you can say is that natural selection selects for the reproductive success of individuals in their genes and some individuals have more reproductive success than others . |
| 30 | Pluralists and some Marxists expect such institutions to indoctrinate policy-influentials with the need to perform their organizationally defined roles . |