Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been tacitly assumed that someone , somewhere in an organization collates economic facts and integrates them through a rigorous form of evaluation , so that decisions become almost self-evident provided only that the decision-makers realize that no one can make perfect predictions and that some allowance for uncertainties is needed . |
| 2 | For example , the snake uses its forked tongue to gather scent particles from the air and tastes them on a special membrane , called Jacobson 's organ , at the back of its mouth . |
| 3 | King 's Highway ( 17 ) : Edom 's refusal to let Israel pass along this main road involves them in a long detour south and round . |
| 4 | The central figure points me to a single chair , placed opposite . |
| 5 | First , cases of ‘ excessive defence ’ have a grounding in legal justification , in that the occasion was one which justified the use of some force , and this places them on a higher social plateau than killings with no element of justification at all . |
| 6 | In addition , even medium-sized plants can dominate the labour markets of small towns ( for example , in the cases of Westland at Yeovil and Clarks at Street ) , and this places them in a strong position in their dealings with the labour force ( Lever 1978 ) . |
| 7 | HRM does not invalidate the procedures and skills of personnel management but , rather , places them in a different conceptual framework . |
| 8 | There is general recognition that , although social workers and their agencies can not combat the structural causes of social problems , their knowledge of the effects of poverty and other disadvantages places them in a unique position to influence social policies ( Wharf , 1985 ; Townsend et al . , |
| 9 | It therefore places them in a paradoxical relationship and leaves the believer to live with the tension of relating to the world . |
| 10 | ( Hartman has shown that the average person has one or less nightmares a year ; and only one person in 500 has them on a weekly basis . ) |
| 11 | The electrons may be emitted from a hot cathode maintained at a fixed temperature and then conducted through a stable arrangement of electric and magnetic fields which imparts to them a certain amount of energy and focusses them in a particular region of space . |
| 12 | The accused agrees to transfer shares to the victim but before doing so he transfers them to a third party . |
| 13 | Inside is a long , uncarpeted prison-like corridor with bedrooms on either side of it , a television lounge which is furnished in the drabbest possible manner and a recreation room which contains nothing but a few wooden chairs and tables . |
| 14 | Jesus wants me for a sunbeam , Uncle Philip wants me for a little flower . |
| 15 | He wants me in a purple gown to match the set and shows me drawings of the dancers ' outfits . |
| 16 | New Zealand has the playing infrastructure but it has nothing like a big enough commercial base . |
| 17 | Like Pynchon , he has admitted an influence from Kerouac and the Beats , and , in his 1973 article ‘ The New Tradition ’ , Sukenick places himself within a late phase of the modernists ' ‘ Revolution of the Word ’ where verbal and structural experimentation were aimed at coping with the enigmatic nature of the world ( Federman 1975 : 42 ) . |
| 18 | When a child loves you for a long , long time , says the Skin Horse , then you gradually become Real . |
| 19 | The explanation seems to be that consecutive measurements have been found to be very consistent , whatever variation exists manifests itself over a longer period corresponding to several averaged measurements . |
| 20 | Pearson ( 1983 ) further showed that the identification of these groups as ‘ the dangerous classes ’ manifests itself as a continuous historical phenomenon . |
| 21 | Jill Duffy 's psychological involvement in housework , for example , manifests itself in a 105-hour week . |
| 22 | Sticky Block — Holds you for a few seconds . |
| 23 | Its atmosphere has something of a European town square about it , albeit taken inside and miniaturised . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , The Logic of Fantasy has something of a two-world structure of its own . |
| 25 | Fishbane has something on a grander scale altogether . |
| 26 | Thoroughly wet wood has something like a third of the strength and stiffness of completely dry wood . |
| 27 | Every area you look at South Africa in a report I gave to the Norwegian government which they commissioned we pointed out every area is like a major disaster area as if you 've been hit by an earthquake in every area of human activity and that situation needs something like a martial plan if we are , a martial aid plan , if we 're to address it but in the world we live in there 's no prospect of such assistance coming to Southern Africa . |
| 28 | The reason is to be able with ease to identify the sender of the letter , who typed it , and the file number if the organisation has one for a particular account . |
| 29 | Glenshee has four cannons and Aonach Mor now has one on a one-year trial basis . |
| 30 | The British have fallen in love with this Mediterranean island because it has everything for a perfect holiday : sunny skies , glorious beaches , bustling resorts , friendly people , fascinating sights and beautiful countryside . |