Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any narrative of his life develops along several parallel routes . |
| 2 | A jagged edge finishes off this dramatic style which was created by David Aumonier in Belfast |
| 3 | So , if this way of looking at the world is what starts up that vital fire in your imagination , then you would do well to take Watson 's top and have as your hero someone imbued with plenty of ordinary commonsense . |
| 4 | ARIES DRESSES UP FIRST HYPERSPARC-BASED WORKSTATION FOR ITS PUBLIC DEBUT AT UNIFORUM |
| 5 | The merlin establishes its territory up in the heather-covered hill areas , and searches out suitable hooded crows ' nests from the year before which it will appropriate for its own brood . |
| 6 | ELONEX SHIPS OUT 17 NEW PC MODELS |
| 7 | A picture evolves over many many years , as a result of finding an area of interest , eg. desks , and persevering with it . |
| 8 | The expressway flies over quiet suburban streets with old-fashioned lamps coming on among the elms . |
| 9 | By this method , produce is subjected to waves and particles generated by a radioactive source which kills off all living organisms , including bacteria , as well as delaying the ripening and decay of fruits and vegetables . |
| 10 | ‘ If he digs up any more plants , ’ Mrs Ames said , smiling , ‘ I shall be very angry . ’ |
| 11 | The available statistical evidence bears out this crude relationship between years of education and earnings . |
| 12 | GAIL ROBINSON STAVES OFF SOME GREY HAIRS BY REVIEWING THREE TOP DOS WORD PROCESSORS . |
| 13 | For the moment , the credibility of the characters , and therefore of the film , hangs on this bizarre elision of nations and voices . |
| 14 | ‘ A constable may arrest a person without warrant if — ( a ) he engages in offensive conduct which the constable warns him to stop , and ( b ) he engages in further offensive conduct immediately or shortly after the warning ( 5 ) In subsection ( 4 ) , ‘ offensive conduct ’ means conduct the constable reasonably suspects to constitute an offence under this section , and the conduct mentioned in paragraph ( a ) and the further conduct need not be of the same nature . ’ |
| 15 | The women centre has served a vital need for the community over the last six or seven years , and if it closes down all that work is basically gone and all the support that we 've build up has gone , because basically there 'll be nowhere that women can go to socialise and to find out what 's going on in Oxford . |
| 16 | But when society closes off all other opportunities there are only two choices for the eunuchs : dancing and prostitution . |
| 17 | Here in Canada we are badly isolated from regular contact with soccer , so when it comes time for the World Cup , the cable sports network dredges up some living bodies to do the commentary . |
| 18 | SEVENTH HEAVEN Alice Hoffman Divorcee shakes up sleepy Long Island suburban neighbourhood in the summer of ‘ 59 . |
| 19 | What should be a harrowing 90 minutes in hell ends up another tedious tourist nightmare devoid of historical perspective . |
| 20 | Demonstrating climate to be the primary cause clears up many such problems . |
| 21 | Zlatko 's wife Fatima conjures up traditional Bosnian fare , but the menu reflects the tastes of their British hosts . |
| 22 | Moreover , the word rape conjures up certain stereotypical images : it is associated with psychopaths , extremes of violence , strangers and innocent young victims . |
| 23 | The very word itself conjures up ancient dusty battles over the cultural legitimacy of cinema , battles that were fought , won and forgotten long ago . |
| 24 | Also at fault is the new broadcasting law , which rules out many potential buyers . |
| 25 | This rules out radical new ventures . |
| 26 | It rules out any accidental exposure and exposing to males . |
| 27 | Since the condition for rationality contained in restriction ( 7.3 ) rules out any systematic relation between v t , the prediction error , and lagged values of v t , it rules out by the same token any persistent deviation of y t from y * ; . |
| 28 | The 1989 review of the NHS allowed tax relief for private health insurance for the over-60s but the rejection of other means of finance rules out any fundamental change in the near future . |
| 29 | All this rules out any causative connection between biography and literature , but there are cases where the Formalists allow biography a legitimate literary function . |
| 30 | It now churns out thirty seven volumes each year . |