Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [noun sg] [conj] [vb -s] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just after passing level with house ( visible away to left ) , avoid stone bridge on left leading to iron gates but fork left 20 yds later on to path which crosses stream and follows it then reaches road . |
| 2 | Learners are always given tasks to do whilst listening which encourages motivation and gives them a reason to listen . |
| 3 | Individual judges may give more or less weight to the fact that it is the government rather than Parliament which drafts legislation and decides what it shall contain . |
| 4 | Argan 's writings are the testimony of a great conceptual writer , the founder of a metaphysics of criticism which fights art and celebrates it with the force of theory . |
| 5 | Would you prefer exercise that allows you to mark definite progress in your skill ? |
| 6 | She loves music and says she 'd like to sing in a band . |
| 7 | Her favourite hobby is of particular interest as she studies wine and treats her guests to informal wine tastings . |
| 8 | Six months on , Sue Hill has been promoted to another department where she sells advertising and loves her job . |
| 9 | Occasionally we read material that causes us to change our view of the world fundamentally , our way of life . |
| 10 | Something provides direction and keeps it in order . |
| 11 | In concert with other senses , the bat 's nose-leaf allows it to find prey and helps it to discriminate between , say , a cold hoof and the warmer blood-filled tissue further up the leg . |
| 12 | For some teachers , then , the presence of examinations seems to constrain them in their approach to classroom teaching ; it limits innovation and inhibits their willingness to explore new teaching strategies . |
| 13 | A husband who rapes his wife can be prosecuted for assault or an offence against the person if he uses force or injures her . |
| 14 | It takes death and makes it so beautiful that dervishes hasten to it ; it takes tears and makes of them a substance more precious than pearls . |
| 15 | Even when it eschews prescriptivism and presents itself as science , grammar/linguistics remains a branch of patriarchal scholarship which is guilty of perpetuating sexism . |