Example sentences of "[det] [vb base] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my experience , individual plants are not all that long-lived , though some develop into sizeable clumps within two or three years . |
| 2 | Most adults at one time or another suffer from bleeding gums . |
| 3 | Some grow into matted filaments and curds , others into thick leathery sheets . |
| 4 | It also appropriates this amount to individual votes , and performs the sane function for the lump sums authorized by the preceding winter and spring Consolidated Fund Acts in respect of the previous year , and for excess votes in respect of the year before that . |
| 5 | There are big rules , little rules , fat rules , dumb rules , absolutely ridiculous rules and that no rules apply to those who run the joint ; some apply to commercial rafters and all are implemented on private parties . |
| 6 | Agents also work on behalf of purchasers and some specialise in certain tasks , e.g. transport and distribution , advertising and market research . |
| 7 | Soft Furnishers , can be split into several groups , some specialise in loose covers , curtains , quilting , and lampshade making , while others may specialise in curtains , pelmets , bedcovers , fitting rails and rods . |
| 8 | Competition between the numerous jewellers exhibiting at the Paris Biennale Internationale des Antiquaires in the Grand Palais from 21 September to 7 October is intense , and to attract attention some invest in spectacular stands . |
| 9 | Most full-time , qualified youth and community workers ( around 5000 of them in Britain in 1986 ) are employed by LEAs , although a few work for Social Services Departments . |
| 10 | There is not much hope for national authorities to defend their rights before such a court , especially if the principle and aims of closer integration are accepted in the Treaty Amendments , because in the past the Court has used similar apparent commitments to force the pace of integration . |
| 11 | The Small Business Advice Bureau said there was not much call for banksia-blossom owls . |
| 12 | Although the faster dissociation steps must represent dissociation from weaker sites it is not clear whether these correspond to non-GpC sites or a weaker subset of GC sites . |
| 13 | These develop into tiny animals so unlike their parents that the connection between adults and offspring was not recognised until the last century . |
| 14 | These provide for local authorities to prepare both structure ( that is , strategic ) plans and local plans for the implementation of the strategy in smaller areas or for specific purposes . |
| 15 | These consist of solidified fragments of lava which are piled up on either side of a flow by the hotter lava moving more rapidly in the centre of the flow . |
| 16 | These act as formal devices linking together the separate elements of the work , forming organic curves against the geometrical masses , but they also refer back to the serpent in one of the most famous classical sculpture groups , The Laocoon . |
| 17 | These react with rare gases to create blazing , coloured cascades of plasma particles . |
| 18 | These range from similar motifs ( and comparable placing of motifs ) to the almost identical decoration of similar structural devices . |
| 19 | Each horse has a different kind of character , these range from nervous horses to very confident horses , they are much like humans . |
| 20 | These range from private arrangements to penalty . |
| 21 | These range from three-way discussions with Development Advisers through repeat competences to action learning sets . |
| 22 | These range from low-voltage fittings , through HID units to compact fluorescents . |
| 23 | These range from small increases in weak acute phase proteins such as C3 complement , and a two to fourfold rise in proteins such as α 1 -acid glycoprotein ( serum orosomucoid for the traditionalist ) , fibrinogen , and α 1 -antitrypsin , to spectacular rises in a few proteins such as CRP and amyloid A-associated protein . |
| 24 | These range from single units certificating work experience to full time courses which emphasise the European context throughout . |
| 25 | As shown in Figure 2.13 , these range from trivial ones such as merely copying the first operand to the more useful ones discussed above . |
| 26 | These range from qualitative checklists through to multi–attribute analysis ( see Appendix 5 , Glossary ) , although even the apparently purely qualitative approaches must embody some implicit cost/benefit balance . |
| 27 | In order to define mental alienation and abnormality , the psychiatrist must first know what is normal , accepted and socially approved ; since these vary in different cultures and subcultures he will be completely at sea outside his own milieu unless he takes account of the cultural factor . |
| 28 | I stop these couple of young kids and ask them where my home is , but they just laugh at me . |
| 29 | I should be grateful if you would confirm that these seem like reasonable quantities to you and also that only the amendments I have marked are required . |
| 30 | These begin with bodily aspects of the operating posture required and the forces which must be exerted to operate controls . |