Example sentences of "fish [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Usually the fish soon desist , their curiosity satisfied , but the fish or snail should be moved if a snail is unduly stressed ; inactive and , literally , withdrawn .
2 He was promptly pitched overboard and just as promptly swallowed by a great fish or whale which the Lord had directed through the waters for this especial purpose .
3 Similarly , if a fish or shrimp dies , trying to remove the carcass from within the labyrinth of rockwork is a nightmare , and often it is better to simply check that no nitrite or ammonia surge occurs in the tank , doing partial water changes if it does , and leave the corpse to the scavengers .
4 It is far easier to imagine Ms or Mr Trim tucking into a low-fat meal , perhaps featuring fish or chicken accompanied by vegetables .
5 Easy vegetables are vital , creamy purées can be made in advance : apple and chestnut for game , leek and broad bean for fish or chicken , celeriac for red meat .
6 Use fish or chicken more often , or the leaner cuts of red meat .
7 no chicken burger or fish , what was it fish or chicken ?
8 Besides being the sun 's foster-mother , Mokosh could foretell the future , and she could change herself into any form she pleased , bird or fish or snake of the swamp .
9 Several readers like the combination of filo and fish or seafood — prawns , salmon , trout .
10 I also like to lay in one or two other special bottles for the festive season — a slightly heavier red that will cope with rich roasts or casseroles and a crisp dry white to drink with fish or seafood dishes .
11 Outside diners are given a choice of fish or meat main course when they book , and sit at smaller tables around the antique-filled dining room .
12 It is a very gentle process and the length of time required to complete the smoking depends on the size of the fish or meat to be processed .
13 Fish or meat pâtés are a useful standby for fillings .
14 Have pulses ( peas or beans ) with one meal each day ( for example , a portion of peas to accompany fish or meat ; red beans in chilli ; peas or lentils added to a curry ; beans on toast ; lentil soup ; a corn on the cob ) .
15 This is bad enough on food dishes , but with those there is at least the powerful odour of the fish or meat to smother the distasteful detergent smell .
16 This is unnecessary as in my experience most of these species will quickly adept to dead fish or meat if you allow them .
17 Served together they make a wonderful mixed antipasto — a dish used by Italians to stimulate the appetite for the pasta , fish or meat to come .
18 First , all juices and liquid which come from fish or meat to be potted , whether especially cooked for the purpose or whether left-over from a joint , must be drained off before the food is pounded or packed up for potting .
19 Darlington appeal co-ordinator Michelle Le-Neveu said donations did not have to cost a lot but should be high in nutrition like tinned fish or meat .
20 When an inquisitive fish or crab provokes them to such action , it finds itself struggling in a mesh of filaments while the sea cucumber slowly inches itself away on the tube feet that protrude from its underside .
21 Black beans are used extensively in Cantonese cookery and are usually served with fish or beef .
22 A shoal of bream , whatever the size of individual fish or number of fish in a shoal , behave as one .
23 Its feeding technique is also similar : drifting downward through the water , it captures small fish or plankton with its tentacles .
24 Playing golf is unlikely to kill Scandinavian fish or pine trees by causing acid rain .
25 For example , the mwali and bagi of the Trobriand Kula , which were mentioned earlier , are media of exchange which represent value , but it is not a monetary value which can be converted directly into fish or pig meat or yams .
26 In 1828 von Baer showed that the human embryo never passes through a stage equivalent to an adult fish or reptile .
27 Oil of water body , neither fish nor beast is the otter :
28 For centuries , European people ate the Solan goose on Fridays , believing it to be more fish than bird .
29 Demersal fish browse this carpet ; the sea-bed in high latitudes supports many more species of fish than surface waters .
30 The TV crews are today scheduled to move into the town more famous for fish than football , and begin the invasion of a club arguably best known for achieving the record Scottish Cup result , the 36-0 defeat of Bon Accord in 1885 .
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