Example sentences of "[vb -s] several [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this Am , erican system is very expensive and needs several men to operate it . |
| 2 | Laura still needs several months treatment and her parents do not want to leave her side . |
| 3 | The third group of parts covers several matters of importance to the insolvency practitioner , but not of interest to the businessman . |
| 4 | Walking : Take advantage of the summer lift pass which covers several Kirchberg/Kitzbuhel lifts . |
| 5 | Mr. Beazley invites me to give a very broad interpretation to paragraph 12 of the Kalfelis [ 1988 ] E.C.R. 5565 judgment and to say that all these swap actions fall broadly within the test that it is expedient to hear and determine them together ; he argues that the use of the plural in that paragraph shows that the principle there laid down covers several defendants in groups of actions as well as several defendants in an individual action ; and he submits that there is a risk here of irreconcilable judgments , seeing that both at first instance and thereafter , if the cases proceed up to the appellate process , different decisions may be reached in England and Scotland respectively , on the questions of English law which arise ( there is no suggestion that Scottish law applies to these actions ) . |
| 6 | If there are a small number of personal injury lawyers in your firm then consider a newsletter that covers several areas of law such as other litigation matters . |
| 7 | We plough through the inches thick green gunge that covers several miles of the first stretch , jokes about lawnmowers and gardening over Easter . |
| 8 | I have an aversion to noisy cameras , and this one rings several decibels before it 's done with selecting and focusing the lens , and winding on the film . |
| 9 | A company like Novell , with such tremendous assets , has several choices when it comes to an acquisition . |
| 10 | Developers told Computer Reseller News that the company has several fixes in the works , including asking them to install a fan on a small board to blow directly on the chip . |
| 11 | Airconditioned throughout , it has several lounges , TV and piano bar . |
| 12 | The project has several aims . |
| 13 | It has several surprises . |
| 14 | Unlike the previous passage , this one has several vocabulary items specific to ( originally ) black youth culture , for example bredder ( brother — in the community rather than biological sense ) , sound ( a large mobile disco — but see Gilroy 1987 : 164ff for a fuller description ) , spar ( friend ) , skirt and daughter ( both words for women ) , while other words like trod and check are not used in a Standard English way . |
| 15 | Throughout the discussion , the counsellor has several tasks . |
| 16 | This , Uzzell reckons , has several benefits — it motivates his company to do the best job possible ; it instills confidence in the customer ; and , best of all , if targets are exceeded , both parties reap the benefits . |
| 17 | It has several benefits , such as being able to slot a ready-growing plant into a gap to replace a loss or , on a bigger scale , plant up an entire bed , in bloom , overnight ! |
| 18 | She has several mares in the Blue Grass State , and has visited top stud farms there , accompanied by her racing manager , Karl Caernarvon . |
| 19 | This has several advantages : fragile items will be spared the cumulative damage resulting from repeated handling and removal from storage facilities . |
| 20 | This measure has several advantages . |
| 21 | Such an approach has several advantages . |
| 22 | Using optical fibres instead of copper wire has several advantages . |
| 23 | To me this method has several advantages : |
| 24 | Nigel Barley has several advantages as a serious travel writer in the Malaysian archipelago . |
| 25 | The technique of dry brushing has several advantages for this particular subject . |
| 26 | This has several advantages : |
| 27 | If studenting gets too much for you , you can always commit suicide : Try hanging — this is very popular and has several advantages — see above . |
| 28 | The sub-committee pattern has several advantages . |
| 29 | The printer has several advantages over conventional printers ; it is almost silent , the printhead is very light and so powerful motors are not needed and almost any kind of paper can be used . |
| 30 | A new porch has several advantages : it will improve the security of your home ; be somewhere welcoming for visitors ; reduce heat loss from the house ; and cut down noise . |