Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [adv] [vb base] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some accounts also suggest that these waves swept over the low-lying parts of St Pierre , near the waterfront , causing some damage and casualties . |
| 2 | Just before they reach the flowering stage — earlier if you need the land for another crop — chop them down , allow them to wilt for a few hours then plough or dig them in . |
| 3 | It would be too much to say that by 1870 Paris had become a fragrant bower — few cities ever manage that — but it certainly was less odorous and pestilential than it had been . |
| 4 | Some melodies barely rise and fall in emotion , so their ‘ contour ’ would be almost level . |
| 5 | Some organizations now insist that their staff be constantly cheerful and smiling , no matter how they feel . |
| 6 | Some parents persistently overlook or ignore their children 's good behaviour . |
| 7 | Some observers also calculate that , if one takes account of the profits forgone from these enterprises in future years and sets them against the revenues raised now , the government may have sold the assets at too low a price . |
| 8 | IBM and Hewlett-Packard decided — or were persuaded by independent software vendors — that a common kernel was not a necessity for competing with NT , which is why COSE does not address the issue , even though some observers still believe that the perceived lack of a common Unix kernel will hand Bill Gates a propaganda advantage . |
| 9 | the security contracts that have covered Wakefield , Drury and Norwich Houses for some years now show that this is an effective method of providing security to Stamford and Rennie House . ’ . |
| 10 | Some haematologists thus believe that all blood should be routinely filtered , and something like four million filters were used in the United States last year . |
| 11 | But some things never change and the appalling weather might just have been one of the reasons why the Romans abandoned the village and Britain , 1,500 years ago . |
| 12 | But some things never change and the appalling weather might just have been one of the reasons why the Romans abandoned the village and Britain , 1,500 years ago . |
| 13 | Many problems which arise from such trades are caused by ‘ bad housekeeping ’ , used figuratively to describe the way in which some businesses carelessly handle and store raw materials such as slaughterhouse waste . |
| 14 | Some relatives now think that without evidence from the Americans there 's little point in the inquest continuing . |
| 15 | After a few hits most brag that they can compete ( Britain 's Goldcrest is a famous example ) and then find that one big failure ( ‘ Revolution ’ ) destroys them . |
| 16 | Some policy-makers also wonder if they did the right thing in opting for ‘ managed competition ’ . |
| 17 | Some members also believe that setting up a faculty would be tantamount to handing auditing on a plate to those critics of the profession who have called for auditing matters to be placed under independent control . |
| 18 | In my own department , I should say that , although some members still believe that literature is best studied in isolation , looking simply at ‘ the words on the page ’ , most of us now like to contextualise it in some way , often historically , and are inclined to ask students to read some texts which are not ‘ literature ’ in the conventional sense . |
| 19 | Recent advances in medical treatment of HIV mean that some doctors now think that it is worth knowing if you have an HIV infection . |
| 20 | Some critics also argue that any qualification of economic determinism threatens the distinctiveness of Marxism . |
| 21 | Some critics also argue that there is a direct link between hospital closures and widespread homelessness and vagrancy , but this argument is not borne out by research . |
| 22 | However a few people who tested antibody negative have gone on to develop AIDS , and some scientists now believe that — extremely rarely — someone with HIV may never produce antibodies . |
| 23 | Some children never learn that it is worth the effort and so do not learn to read efficiently . |
| 24 | Although her views are still regarded as highly eccentric outside reactionary conservative and fascist circles , it is interesting to note that some historians now argue that secret societies like the IRA and the Mafia have indeed played a significant role in world events , and that the Illuminati conspiracy in the 1780s was truly a model for future revolutionary organization . |
| 25 | This account is now generally accepted , although some historians still suggest that Elizabeth herself would have preferred to have reintroduced the 1549 Prayer Book , had she been able to enlist any support for this move from her lay and clerical advisers at court . |
| 26 | Some Euro-cynics even suspect that American companies may deliberately seek to lure naive European competitors into the eagle 's nest . |
| 27 | Some commentators even suggest that the code should be put within a legal framework . |
| 28 | Some commentators also note that many directors of small companies might well refuse to provide their auditors with the proposed statement and the supporting evidence ; if this proves to be correct , it will result in a significant increase in the number of limitation of scope qualifications . |
| 29 | Some commentators now believe that these forecasts underestimate the benefits to trade . |
| 30 | Some Tories even forecast that Mr Major would quit voluntarily rather than face the humiliation of a Tory leadership challenge . |