Example sentences of "[vb -s] [det] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a history which quite quickly produces that excess of difference which discredits the theory which ignored it but which also questions the theoretically facile celebration of difference per se . |
| 2 | This produces that variety of note-successions so typical of the total-chromatic usage of serialism ( Example 140 ) : This exercise has been written in such a way as to reveal the considerable difficulty which inevitably occurs when using several serial forms at the same time . |
| 3 | Much credit for this transformation is given to team manager Barry Perkins , a genial and bespectacled Cockney who commutes each week between Richmond and the smoke . |
| 4 | Nobody totally understands that kind of computer . ’ |
| 5 | ( i ) Update Reflex absence records each week on Friday morning |
| 6 | Anyone who thinks that consistency in principle , and not merely in strategy , must be at the heart of adjudication , has rejected conventionalism , whether he realizes he has or not . |
| 7 | Mr Burns thinks that unbundling of subsidiaries from large corporations such as Hillsdown and BP will provide opportunities in future . |
| 8 | The National Wildlife Federation warns that voluntary agreements between companies and an agency " which can not verify or enforce the reductions offers little guarantee of progress " . |
| 9 | It has become fashionable to say that this kind of equality is unimportant because it offers little protection against tyranny . |
| 10 | This kind of interpretation , not surprisingly , is the predominant type in civil-law institutions , because their formality offers little scope for construction . |
| 11 | It is hard to argue the point since no broad surveys have been carried out in Bangkok , but what is known offers little ground for hope . |
| 12 | These grants equalled nearly a third of all EEC grants that year for uranium prospecting ( £416,000 ) . |
| 13 | It follows , therefore , that out of this sum only have the character of being realised surplus-value. if we recognise that capitalist consumption — α — is a limited quantity which is relatively inelastic , represents that part of surplus-value embodied in consumption goods which is ‘ saved ’ . |
| 14 | In a culture where sexual metaphors are frequently used to convey racial and political conflict , the Tehuana represents that aspect of Mexico 's indigenous tradition unbowed by centuries of colonial and male rule . |
| 15 | But they now had a great advantage because they knew that their viral DNA was in the gene and so they could use this knowledge to fish out the gene that clearly plays some role in limb development . |
| 16 | The two poems could be thought to occupy a common ground which goes some way beyond topography , and includes a stretch of the common ground occupied by imitation . |
| 17 | John H. Parkinson offers some thoughts for St. George 's day |
| 18 | It would certainly be easier to mitigate the effects of such a drought if long-range forecasting could be made more effective , and although there is as yet no secure basis for the kind of forecasting required , an analysis of the causes of the latest drought offers some hope of explanations that may have predictive value in future . |
| 19 | Again , this volume offers some insights into people who are motivated to move in retirement and how couples , both of whom were in employment , support each other emotionally after retirement in much the same way as they did before . |
| 20 | But if you do n't want to stretch your luck or your circle of friends , you might think that using a trade association offers some form of protection . |
| 21 | One possibility is that , with all its institutional faults , the spiritual church offers some form of communication with that part of women that maintains contact with the power of fertility . |
| 22 | Drink at least offers some prospect of things improving . |
| 23 | THIS MONTH SHE EXPLAINS THE FUNCTION OF TRADE ASSOCIATIONS , OFFERS SOME ADVICE ON HOME SHOPPING AND FINDS THAT WATER COMPANIES DO N'T ALWAYS COME CLEAN WITH THE CONSUMER |
| 24 | Ray Gonzalez tests the new range of Cogelow carving tools from Henry Taylor , and offers some advice on bevel grinding |
| 25 | He hates this kind of talk . |
| 26 | Research also suggests it discourages some people from re-offending . |
| 27 | The firm receives another offer of £350 for the goods , accepts this offer and is paid immediately . |
| 28 | Camp integrates this aspect of gender with aesthetics ; in a sense it renders gender a question of aesthetics . |
| 29 | Seen from a purely theoretical standpoint , the leap of faith which produces this kind of doubt completely bypasses the question of truth . |
| 30 | ‘ Elonex supplies this sort of thing , ’ says Mr Spiro , ‘ but not because it 's a big revenue earner . |