Example sentences of "[vb -s] [noun sg] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The narrator himself — the subject of his poem — joins in , and offers sympathy to the defeated party .
2 Will the Minister confirm that at least one Government Minister receives money from the set-aside scheme ?
3 It destroys hope for a better life .
4 The limpet , like Neopilina , produces shell at an equal rate right round the circumference of the mantle and so builds a simple pyramid .
5 The resultant image , far from putting reductionism in question , turns racism into a perpetual seduction of the senses .
6 Indeed , this represents part of the larger problem of ensuring that administrative authorities accord due facilities for representation before the promulgation of rules .
7 By mutagenesis we have shown that this residue constitutes part of the DNA-PK recognition site and is required for DNA-PK phosphorylation of the Jun-Core protein .
8 Any single form or cohesive group of forms ( e.g. , a bunch of intertwining leaves ) which constitutes part of the overall design .
9 JACKIE HAYDEN TAKES A LOOK AT THE BLACK CLOUD CURRENTLY OVER THE MUSIC INDUSTRY HERE , BUT OFFERS HOPE OF A BRIGHTER FUTURE .
10 If a planning authority grants permission for a particular construction or use in its area it is almost certain that some local inhabitants will be prejudiced in the quiet enjoyment of their properties .
11 During the North-East ABA Select v London and Home Counties match , Spennymoor 's Stephen Hodgson will meet London 's Barney Doherty , who pipped Hodgson on a majority points decision for the national schools title in the finals at Derby recently .
12 Hitch , then of Horden and Peterlee , now professional , unluckily lost a majority points decision after a ludicrous bout in which Noi 's headguard came off six times in one round .
13 I could afford the naked women but not the naked scepticism , the carping and sniping and the public washing of dirty linen which represents freedom to an English editor .
14 Leapor often understands friendship as a spiritual comfort : accordingly , she advises women to pursue friendship , rather than beauty , since death is in sight : ‘ To smooth my Passage to the silent Gloom , / And give a Tear to grace the mournful Tomb ’ [ ML , 1 , 8 ] .
15 The Government figures for investment , although accurate , represents investment on the cheap and not the full cost required for a decent job .
16 Individual small bids ( up to £100,000 ) may be submitted on a non-competitive basis and the bidder receives stock at the mean accepted price .
17 A rough lane goes downriver from the bottom end of the street in Keld and this soon develops into a lovely path amongst trees from which Kisdon Force is reached by a shod detour .
18 This involves completion of the first meiotic division , followed by ovulation , fertilisation , and the resumption of the second meiotic division .
19 White represents grief to the Chinese , Indians and Persians .
20 Work with vulnerable elderly people frequently involves recognition of the significant losses in their lives .
21 If , then , we define the first aim of college as being to provide an intellectual training in the useful arts , we might leave both schools to continue their debate on what exactly constitutes usefulness in a rapidly-changing economic and social world .
22 And since , for the Euroelection , Spain is one big constituency , it needs support beyond the Basque country .
23 Paradoxically the paid specialist therefore adds support to the voluntary ethos of the CAB by enabling the volunteer to meet better the demands of advice work .
24 5 ) The same issue contains info on the 1991 Road Traffic Act .
25 The tier of local government which accepts responsibility for the major spending departments of education and social services becomes dominant in financial terms and consequently in status .
26 The Principal in charge of the section from which the investigating team leader is drawn then accepts responsibility for the entire investigation .
27 The earliest military site at Corbridge lies west of the Roman town at Red House , where a large Agricolan supply base and works depot was discovered in excavations carried out before the construction of the new bypass .
28 Indeed , lawyers and others may operate in the belief that international law is an important , though not conclusive , element of the political relationship between states , or that law has an important ‘ symbolic ’ role to play — in other words , it adds credence to the political and moral case put forward by the peace movement in a way that does not depend on international law being ‘ effective ’ .
29 One reason why the modern reader has difficulty with a positive evaluation of the term ‘ national prejudices ’ is that , in the twentieth century , prejudice has taken on a substantive meaning .
30 As shown in Appendix III , even if a tenant owes money to the local authority for rent , and to the fuel boards for heat and light , it will be the weekly credit caller who gets paid first .
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