Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [noun] and [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Setting a cost limit first , and then trying to tailor services to fit , causes only conflict and demoralisation . |
| 2 | Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne ANGELO ABELA ( father of Lucia , 2 ) Why Weeps the Brogan ? by Hugh Scott ( Walker Books , £7.95 ) A nuclear disaster leaves Saxon and Gilbert believing that a buried museum is their world and that beyond its great doors lies only dust and darkness . |
| 3 | has only colour and silence |
| 4 | These range from the STMA20700 , which is around 0.25 square inches and contains only analogue and input-output tiles , to the STMA23800 , which measures 1.5 square inches and boasts 228 analogue , 1,781 input-output and 3,424 digital tiles . |
| 5 | The broken promises which littered the first of Mr Lamont 's three-part adaptation of Hard Times is testimony to the depth of crisis which grips both Government and country . |
| 6 | It is thought to have been a spout , or larger body of water , which , by the lightening incessantly rarifying the air , broke at once on the tops of the mountains , and descended upon the valley below , which is about three miles long , half a mile broad , and lies nearly east and west , being closed on the south and north sides with prodigious high , steep , and rocky mountains … ’ |
| 7 | The Government needs both imagination and determination in dealing with the problems of working mothers . |
| 8 | The London to Edinburgh route has both day and night services . |
| 9 | The £20 covers both administration and transfer costs ( this is not refundable if you travel between resorts under your own steam ) . |
| 10 | This covers both administration and transfer costs , and is not refundable . |
| 11 | This is a French seaweed — applied at a temperature seven degrees below normal body heat — which tones up thighs and tum by restricting the body 's normal blood flow . |
| 12 | This is an old diagnosis of other ills , of course , but it adds both tension and anxiety to a field of science that would be different , and perhaps even more fun , otherwise . |
| 13 | This means that the feeding of nestlings has to be much more intensive , and parent birds must work almost round the clock to raise a brood successfully before the icy hand of autumn sends insects into hibernation , covers up seeds and vegetation with ice and snow , or sends the fish out into deeper water . |
| 14 | Nurse Harvey 's after a feed soothes away wind and tummy upsets and relieves pain during teething . |
| 15 | He uses only peat and sand for re-potting . |
| 16 | Each year , mining levels mountain peaks and kills off plant and animal species that have adapted to the habitat over thousands of years . |
| 17 | Since every UV system uses both water and electricity during operation , it is vital to consider safety when choosing a unit . |
| 18 | Researchers at IBM have built an experimental p-channel mosfet that uses both silicon and germanium and delivers high performance . |
| 19 | The mass produced American version uses both malt and rice . |
| 20 | However there is , presumably , a gigantic Schrödinger equation which describes both microscope and electron . |
| 21 | I much prefer this Bernstein performance to his later one with the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra , which is so self-indulgent and slow that the final Adagio loses both shape and momentum . |
| 22 | The faces around her suppliant , wary — she is in a benevolent lull , she measures out wit and wisdom . |
| 23 | Maddox ( 1980 ) describes how love and anger , ghosts and grandparents , home and food , jealousy and authority can make it difficult to live with other people 's children . |
| 24 | The " Operating System Interface " section of the manual describes how input and output may be redirected . |
| 25 | There are other reasons for owls not hunting in the rain — it hampers both vision and hearing , and limits vole activity , too , so there 's less prey even for those owls that do choose to venture out . |
| 26 | The important point , however , is that the two " likes " must be treated as like in some respect ; and in the linguistic cases this does not merely mean that the two items co-ordinated must be on the same level in terms of specific syntactic classifications , as has often been remarked ; more importantly , it is clear that they must be alike in both bearing one of the other relations , already introduced , to some third element ; thus , in : ( 38 ) Nora is Irish and beautiful the structure is such that Irish and beautiful are both related to Nora by assignment , while in : ( 39 ) bed and board is going to take half his wages the relation of instantiation links both bed and board to the single entity in the subject position . |
| 27 | It must be shown that the defendant intended ( which , again , includes both purpose and awareness of practical certainty ) to cause really serious injury to someone . |
| 28 | The fact that new cars are normally sold with a guarantee that includes both mileage and time is a useful illustration of the dilemma . |
| 29 | The order of saurischians includes both carnivores and plant eaters . |
| 30 | The only disadvantage in moving across is the fact that you need to process the resulting film or bromide photographically — an extra stage which costs both time and money . |