Example sentences of "[coord] [vb -s] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | groans or shrieks as more trees lean |
| 2 | And then she either becomes terribly unfashionable , or wears very expensive hats that another woman 's husband has to pay for . ’ |
| 3 | Capital gains tax will not become payable until the original shareholder sells his shares in B ; and if B is formed in a tax haven in which there are no restrictions on loans to directors , he can in fact enjoy the proceeds of the original shares in Company A free of tax until he dies or takes up permanent residence outside the jurisdiction . |
| 4 | When a practice enters new markets , or takes on new clients or unfamiliar types of work , accurate costing becomes even more important than in more conventional activities . |
| 5 | Some constant changes , particularly affecting checkConsistency and diagnostics elsewhere , can result in conditions becoming difficult or impossible to satisfy , so that the program either can not complete the set-up operation or delivers too many diagnostics and perhaps even fails to deliver measurements . |
| 6 | Nothing that my right hon. Friend does or announces later this afternoon will change our objective , or our intention of maintaining medium-term balance in the fiscal situation . |
| 7 | Walking is a main attraction ; the countryside is varied and walkers can enjoy gentle lakeside ambles , rugged hill climbing , or strolls along easy paths . |
| 8 | Thus Sweezy 's and Rosdolsky 's criticism on the main point — does or does not unproductive consumption increase through time — can definitely be rejected . |
| 9 | A rising or a falling tone is quite easy to identify , whether it falls on a single syllable or extends over more syllables in the case of a tonic syllable followed by a tail . |
| 10 | Is n't it such a pity that when it comes to the playing of the game he either forgets the rules or makes up new ones . |
| 11 | A Jockey Club statement said : ‘ In the view of the stewards , no error of judgment highlighted by the committee arises from or is attributable to any breach of the rules of racing , nor does any such error of itself amount to such a breach . |
| 12 | Cold inhibits or prevents plant growth and slows down chemical processes in soils , prolonging the period of maturation . |
| 13 | To keep the Moldavians and Gagauzes apart two regiments of USSR Interior Ministry troops were despatched to the Gagauz districts at Snegur 's request on Oct. 28 . |
| 14 | Returning to the three possibilities , consider the second , where competition exists and produces tolerably efficient results , but these are deemed undesirable . |
| 15 | This process is unique to Stoddard Templeton in the UK , and produces exceptionally high quality and good value carpets such as Elgin , Oban and Highland Tweed . |
| 16 | Teachers are increasingly aware of the benefits of project work : namely , that it involves learners in authentic activities , bridges the gap between the classroom and the outside world , and produces observably high levels of motivation and cooperation among students . |
| 17 | The Home Office research and statistics department is excellent and produces very good figures , but unfortunately we do not have on record the figures for 12 centuries ago . |
| 18 | For this reason , the largest ’ balanced ’ corpus that can be derived from these 13 million words consists of 5 million words , and represents approximately 500,000 words from each of the 10 superfields . |
| 19 | This hotel enjoys an unrivalled position right on the lakeside in the centre of Malcesine , and offers well furnished rooms , some with double beds and all with a private bathroom . |
| 20 | The latter comes at midprice and offers over twenty minutes ' extra music — but DC 's 1973 analogue recording is n't as ripe and sonorous as the new Chandos and exhibits a little tape hiss if played too loudly . |
| 21 | The motives for seeking office are partly that the life of a backbench MP soon becomes unsatisfactory and offers so little scope for achievement , for registering even the smallest impact on a restricted area of.public life , that the average MP looks with envy on any minister who has a positive job to perform , however limited the field . |
| 22 | The Arabic version , on the other hand , presents ‘ general picture ’ as given and offers as new information in the predicate a definition or identification of what this general picture is . |
| 23 | The disc revolves at a constant speed , holds 54,000 frames per side , and offers about thirty minutes of straight playing time on each side . |
| 24 | Despite all this , I still liked the Kamco — it 's well specified , incorporates the latest technology , and offers very reasonable value for the money . |
| 25 | I said well he 's got a sa , brother that ca n't walk , he 's crippled and sits there all week and that , does a little job for Wilkinson and Kilpack and er quite annoyed ! |
| 26 | Clearly , unit step function is equivalent to and involves just real integrals as would be expected . |
| 27 | There is an alternative route which is longer and involves slightly more climbing , but it stays at a lower level , never rising higher than 1,600ft . |
| 28 | The circuit 's main route works out to be over 140 miles long and involves over 38,000 feet of climbing . |
| 29 | The first covers only five weeks , for a specific product , and involves very specific sizes and dates . |
| 30 | The network of Young Engineers Clubs started some four years ago now includes 30 clubs and involves around 900 boys and girls . |