Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [noun] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I should like to make it clear that the suggestion that BAT has been ‘ dumping ’ this pesticide in Kenya has not foundation of truth whatsoever . |
| 2 | Part III of the 1986 Act regulates both types of receiverships , although the provisions applicable to them are not identical . |
| 3 | And in ‘ Macbeth ’ , ‘ when Tarquin ‘ rapes ’ the crown , and the Boar climbs into Duncan 's slashed skin and stands up King of Scotland ’ , one must simply groan , because for all the tortuous extravagance of metaphor , and the twists and turns of myth intended to give it power like twisted elastic , one is not being told anything novel . |
| 4 | One point to keep an eye on here is that the page printer has sufficient memory , a full page graphic at 300 dots per inch needs about 1M of RAM . |
| 5 | When we started the project in 1983 we began in Peterborough , a fairly average city you would think , whose population contains about 17% of people of non-English origin . |
| 6 | If so , will you please save the paper bands around balls of wool ? |
| 7 | Currently the parent has around $3bn of funds under management , 70 per cent of which is invested in West Germany . |
| 8 | The ACFA mailing list represents approximately 68% of patients with cystic fibrosis over the age of 16 in the United Kingdom , and over 80% of those aged 25 or more . |
| 9 | The range , entitled All Skins , embraces over shades of foundation and four formulas , so get your skin ‘ colourprinted ’ at the counter in department stores nationwide . |
| 10 | The problem here is that as a $4,300 box it 's fitted with only 207Mb external disk and 16Mb internal memory , barely enough to handle the Solaris 2.1 operating system that eats up 200Mb of disk space and prefers 24Mb minimum . |
| 11 | Generally synspilus , maculicauda , hartwegi , and bifasciatum prefer to spawn on a horizontal surface , while guttulatum and fenestratum prefer a vertical surface , intermedium often uses both types of surface , while lentignosum and nicaraguense prefer spawning in a cave . |
| 12 | Whereas spending on goods and services directly uses up factors of production that could otherwise have been employed in the private sector , transfer payments do not directly pre-empt society 's scarce resources . |
| 13 | The connecting network thus handles both levels of data transfer through the initial step of passing management-type requests which can pick out the necessary engineering data for the problem solution . |
| 14 | The monk , nun or vicar could , for example , be described as a more involved member than the old lady who attends Matins each Sunday ; she , in turn , is more involved than those who go to church only at Christmas and Easter ; and they are probably more committed than the sailor who , when he fills out C of E on a form , is more likely to be making a cultural than a religious statement . |
| 15 | Hall describes how indicators of geoscience research can lead to the creation of an index which can be used to gauge the rate , level of development , and impact , of a particular field . |
| 16 | If a raised body temperature promotes alertness and staves off feelings of fatigue , high body temperatures are obviously disadvantageous when we wish to get to sleep . |
| 17 | The vast majority were fitted with the more complex three-way converter , which cuts down emissions of carbon monoxide , nitrous oxides and hydrocarbons . |
| 18 | Study claims TV violence concerns only 11% of viewers |
| 19 | State welfare , it is claimed , undermines both kinds of obligation . |
| 20 | Since being autonomous includes both freedom of choice and the capacity to reason about those choices , the impairment of either is a bar to autonomy . |
| 21 | They say its colour scheme conjures up thoughts of Union Jacks , bovver boys and patriotism . |
| 22 | He conjures up visions of conflict of interest saying , ’ … somewhere down the road the interests of Novell will not coincide with the Unix world at large . |
| 23 | And there is a coddling quality , a smooth butteriness that conjures up visions of shortbread biscuits sprinkled with ground cinnamon . |
| 24 | I do n't want to go religious on you , but the approach of April naturally conjures up images of Easter , and hence , the Lamb of God , lamb on the table , and all of that . |
| 25 | SATURDAY PROFILE Man for all seasons sees out winter of discontent DAVE STRINGER |
| 26 | But that must be awful I al I 've always thought for a , a woman who wears really loads of make-up |
| 27 | This book shows how evaluation of learners , course design , curricula , methodology , and materials , can provide teachers and other ELT professionals with a great deal of useful information . |
| 28 | The expert will want to make sure he understands both points of view , and in doing so , he may decide that he should try to persuade one or both of the parties about the other 's position . |
| 29 | The road then takes on connotations of purpose but without ever becoming fixed ; journeys by land alternate with journeys by water . |
| 30 | Kelly takes on role of dishonour |