Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] [det] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ the smoke of the innumerable tall chimneys lies over all like a poultice … houses and shops go on for ever , and at the back of them , blotting out all the rest of the world , rise great precipitous mills like frowning cliffs , at whose base are the small houses where the folks live like coneys at a mountain foot . |
| 2 | One person holds up each of the objects in turn and says ‘ This is a thing , a very pretty thing , what must the owner do to receive it ? ’ |
| 3 | Val Savage searches out some of the cleanest looks for this summer . |
| 4 | Then he brushes over some of the issues which run through the play which are especially noticeable at the end . |
| 5 | Air now passes down this to the mouth of the fish which is connected to tiny openings in the parchment cocoon . |
| 6 | Another way is to give five points to the team which finishes first and ten to the team which fills up more of the bottle in a single round . |
| 7 | When the fainter member passes in front of the brighter , it naturally cuts off some of the light , and Algol ‘ winks ’ . |
| 8 | And unlike most of the blondes popping up in Aussie soaps she does n't fit into the bimbo mould either , which rules out many of the high-profile parts . |
| 9 | LocoScript PC Easy cuts out some of the more esoteric features that can usually be found in a word processor these days — advanced layout features such as newspaper style columns , the ability to add footnotes , access to an on-line thesaurus etc . |
| 10 | The sentencing decision in Billam ( 1986 ) marks out some of the more serious varieties of sexual assault , and this could be used as a basis for introducing a new scheme of three or four graded offences : there are precedents for this in other countries . |
| 11 | This formulation is attractive as it marks out some of the broad historical shifts in the representation of Blacks in film . |
| 12 | It takes on more of the form of a consultation , aimed at course development , rather than simply being a judgemental exercise . |
| 13 | Therefore , as the firm takes on more of the cheaper form of financing , debt , the cost of equity should rise so as to offset the advantage and maintain a constant cost of capital regardless of the debt — equity ratio . |
| 14 | William Parker takes on some of the baritone material with unabashed lyricism and plangency , leaving Elly Ameling to bring refreshing charm and beauty of tone to the soprano Mélodies . |
| 15 | Baker 's yeast breaks down some of the indigestible phytic acid in wheat and generates carbon dioxide in the process , causing the bread to rise . |
| 16 | When this introduction is successfully achieved the topic can be introduced , and the counsellor should try to ensure that the group takes over most of the talking . |
| 17 | Their favoured nightspot is LIS 'S , a neon-lit discotheque throbbing with the latest music which takes up half of the 45,000-seater Olympiysky indoor soccer stadium . |
| 18 | Mum or Dad shows the top picture card in the tray and then sounds out each of the letters beneath . |
| 19 | It is of great credit to the Committee that it describes the situation so clearly and that it points out many of the problems that have come about as a result of Government policy towards private residential care over the past few years . |
| 20 | I give my usual answer : that it probably all happens as the bird is ‘ flying ’ at top speed underwater , and that the pressure of the water holds the fish already caught against the bird 's sharp mandibles while it snaps up another in a fraction of a second . |
| 21 | Property Department 's Shona Jennings eyes up some of the plastic cups collected at Drummond House . |
| 22 | A and the forms as it stands picks up most of the points that we 've just raised . |
| 23 | Indoors , though , ordinary window glass generally filters out some of the UV content of sunlight , and the author has never experienced any difficulties of daylight interfering with end results . |
| 24 | FILM / A-Z of films for the capital : The programme of the 33rd London Film Festival was announced this week : We give complete details and Owen Slot picks out some of the highlights |
| 25 | If one picks out some of the chief things which are good , one may find that the one thing they seem to have in common is that they are pleasurable experiences . |
| 26 | So some of them you can work out buy if you know what a transformer does , it steps down all of the current , it reduces the voltage . |
| 27 | Oddly enough , his criticism gives off less of a religious odour than that of Leavis , who was secular all his thinking life . |
| 28 | The history of the Edwardian Conservatives sums up many of the problems associated with the history of the party . |
| 29 | I feel it sums up many of the issues we have been thinking about recently … ’ |
| 30 | ’ That section sets out some of the principles to be applied , and , for example , points out an alternative course which can be followed by judges where the extent of wasted costs is not clear : see section 6.7 , p. 20 of the guide . |