Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Few hats hanging on OSF/1 peg |
| 2 | The hit man has been called in a few times to finish off Jeffrey Probyn yet never once has he managed to carry out his murderous brief . |
| 3 | Some offices send out information automatically while others wait for you to approach them . |
| 4 | I went over to his home for a few days to sort out helmet and leather contracts . |
| 5 | To reduce costs some firms lay down eligibility criteria for relocation assistance . |
| 6 | It seems probable that some doctors carry out mercy killings by administering large doses of pain-killing drugs which shorten life significantly , and the law may well protect them from liability . |
| 7 | Paul Glenfield 's remarkable run on the river continued when he was runner-up with a 4 lb 8 oz chub and a few bits taken on bread . |
| 8 | Also we went down to the H.Q. at Pages Park where we saw some men putting up photographs of the line in the past . |
| 9 | This Preface summarises the main respects in which the proposals of the FRED differ from those of the Discussion Paper , and explains why certain proposals were retained although some commentators pointed out difficulties or expressed objections . |
| 10 | The very short duration of most of the " events " for which they are providing services , and the gaps which occur between these " events " , make it highly appropriate for such organizations to bring in labour on a casual basis . |
| 11 | In an analysis of the 1987 accounts of 470 banks the Commission had found that the three major banks had used such reserves to cover up losses , and that 46 out of 65 banks , which in fact made a loss in 1987 , had reported profits . |
| 12 | Undercapitalisation entails risks when such firms carry out eurobond " bought deals " or take on large positions in secondary market trading . |
| 13 | He 's surprised to find such jokes hanging on hospital walls . |
| 14 | Such interpretations pass over differences in primary social organization and ecology , and ignore the effects of particular environments like zoos and experimental laboratories . |
| 15 | Similarly , history lines can be amended which is particularly useful in the case of retrospective pay awards , because if the correct " reason for change " code is used , the system will in these cases calculate back pay including shift and other allowances due . |
| 16 | These operations bring out effects of many kinds and on different levels of abstraction : high-quality or low-quality products or services ; radically new products or only small improvements in the old ones ; high or low job satisfaction among employees ; commercial profit or loss . |
| 17 | These companies stepped up production of ‘ exclusive ’ products and concocted hundreds of new items to sell , usually under the same upmarket brands . |
| 18 | ‘ These workshops bring in people of mixed physical and mental disabilities , who are usually excluded from these sort of things . |
| 19 | These planes eat up turbulence . |
| 20 | More and more people these days take on step-grandchildren when their children marry . |
| 21 | How these banks set about merging will make or break them |
| 22 | These figures backed up comments from a great number of part-time farmers that the off-farm job was a financial necessity as opposed to a choice . |
| 23 | The Utes who once inhabited these regions handed down tales of gods as entities with a wry sense of humour , human faults and even a mean streak . |
| 24 | The Utes who once inhabited these regions handed down tales of gods as entities with a wry sense of humour , human faults and even a mean streak . |
| 25 | All of these processes burn up fuel and energy is therefore lost in the transfer . |
| 26 | The Brecons have a one-piece upper and therefore fewer seams to let in water . |
| 27 | Students who spend many hours writing up laboratory reports in the evenings have not organised their time effectively . |
| 28 | I spent many hours working out patterns and ‘ staggering ’ rows so that they knitted correctly . |
| 29 | Although ‘ change ’ perhaps suggests dynamism and enthusiasm — in keeping with a successful Club — the energy did not always stretch to the players on the course , for here complaints of slow play were regularly made , doubtless aggravated by televised golf tournaments in which players spent many minutes lining up putts . |
| 30 | Each Council has its own plans for its area and is very willing to advise and in many cases back up advice with grant aid . |