Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Baden-Powell 's characterisation of street robberies as ‘ little adventures ’ also rubs uneasily against other headlines and news stories of the period : ‘ DARING RAIDS BY BAG-SNATCHERS . |
| 2 | The industry contributes widely to academic research . |
| 3 | Solidarity with working-class activists sits unhappily with non-directive help offered to autonomous community groups . |
| 4 | But high street use differs greatly from technical use in the hills , where getting the right balance between warmth , weight and function are critical . |
| 5 | In a famous sentence he says that ‘ Person … is a forensic term appropriating actions and their merit ; and so belongs only to intelligent agents capable of a law , and happiness and misery . ’ |
| 6 | Recall that constructivism refers only to mental representations at the level of the input systems , as entities which can be translated , more or less directly , into the language of neuropsychology . |
| 7 | Bourdillon 's figure for this was ‘ the annual provision of not less than 250 volumes for lending and reference purposes per thousand population ’ , but the figure is not as uncomplicated as it seems , since it refers only to new books and not to stock revision ( for which no standard was given ) . |
| 8 | Though the Laffer curve strictly refers only to overall tax level , and not that for any particular tax . |
| 9 | Customs state , in their official publication , Single Market Report ( Special Edition , Christmas 1992 ) , that amendments to the draft regulations make it clear that the register refers only to temporary movements , ie for a period not longer than two years . |
| 10 | Again , Guérard gives a recipe for saddle of hare with hot beetroot which differs only in minor respects from the one Pomiane published two or three times and which I myself used often in the fifties , and eventually quoted , with acknowledgements , in French Provincial Cooking . |
| 11 | The Christian achievement turns less on individual geniuses than in any other period of remotely comparable length in the history of this ever fermenting religion . |
| 12 | Thus the interpretation of X as a projecting corner in Figure 12a is made because that interpretation fits together with allowable interpretations of the other features in the picture , to form a set of possible solid objects ; the same is true of the different interpretation of X in Figure 12b . |
| 13 | The explicit confirmation that the Commons really does not matter was the real constitutional crisis waiting to happen , vindication to all those Euro-sceptics who argue that Maastricht rides roughshod over parliamentary sovereignty . |
| 14 | Existing catalytic converters can produce extremely low hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide outputs only in optimal conditions . |
| 15 | It looks suspiciously like knee-jerk retributivism , spuriously ennobled by reference to the ‘ community ’ . |
| 16 | The route lies predominantly within agricultural land of good quality apart from a section to the south of the Edinburgh/Carstairs main railway line where it is flanked by residential developments . |
| 17 | It is at his feet that we throw ourselves like the bound figures which form the pedestal of this statue ( one captive looks upward with adoring eyes ) . |
| 18 | Much of what matters most in religious experience and belief is personal and private . |
| 19 | Stir until all ingredients are amalgamated and the whole mixture looks rather like thick honey , with about the same consistency . |
| 20 | As this has been achieved with a style of football that owes little to romantic idealism , Charlton is not in trouble-free waters although even his most vigorous detractors are now inclined to take a pragmatic stance , appeased by success and forced to accept his widespread popularity . |
| 21 | It cares little for social conventions , either . |
| 22 | This is the exclusive preserve of the cave explorer who cares less for personal discomfort . |
| 23 | When recruiting , the Profitboss looks only for potential profit contribution , for profit-seeking attitudes and ability . |
| 24 | The peculiarly disinterested institution of science develops only in special circumstances and remains constantly vulnerable . |
| 25 | Many teachers — and parents — believe that the core of mastering reading skill lies only in individual contact between adult and child . |
| 26 | [ Honeymoon , by the way , just in case you ca n't cut the etymological mustard , has only in recent times come to denote a nuptial holiday involving the purchase of duty-free goods and the taking of too many colour prints of exactly the same scene . |
| 27 | Whatever lingering nostalgia he might have felt , Delves chose to look ahead , to concentrate on the new business opportunities that Mr Akayev is keen to encourage in his ‘ little Switzerland ’ , most of which has only in recent months been opened up to foreigners . |
| 28 | Profile reveals that new Polo owes much to old car ; driving position good , as is rear entry with low lip ; GT engine gives 75bhp |
| 29 | Okay all he 's done is given tacit consent , he owns property in England , fine , but that still counts only as tacit consent . |
| 30 | The va n't Hoff equation is only approximate and holds only at low concentrations . |