Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [vb -s] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For 20 days spread over 1988 and 1989 he compared spot and futures returns for five-minute periods . |
| 2 | Scientists are concerned that their increasing use may be having a damaging effect on river and animal life , although it is acknowledged that only a small proportion of the phosphate in our rivers and lakes comes from domestic sources . |
| 3 | MUCH OF THE character and charm of cities , towns and villages derives from good street furniture . |
| 4 | The conference yesterday approved the Consumers and the Community review report , which proposes : A Department of Consumer Affairs ; Special funding to create local , regional and national consumers ' groups ; Quality and standards controls in local government , and the health and education services ; A Quality Commission to replace the Audit Commission , an Education Standards Council , and a Health Quality Commission ; ‘ Go local ’ health services , increased preventive medicine , and regular health check-ups ; Records of achievement for pupils , a flexible national curriculum , a home/school partnership agreements , and a national schools award . |
| 5 | as the level of average consumption rises , an increasing portion of consumption takes on a social as well as an individual aspect … the satisfaction that individuals derive from goods and services depends in increasing measure not only on their own consumption but on consumption by others as well . |
| 6 | Whereas certiorari quashes past unlawful conduct , prohibition prevents future or continued unlawful conduct . |
| 7 | When DMS interacts with atmospheric oxygen it can create clouds over the ocean and can determine how much solar heat reaches the surface . |
| 8 | The idea of the state as societas corresponds to civil association in that it provides a vision of the state as a non-purposive , rule-based institution . |