Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seeing the glow of a red and yellow Shell sign ahead , she drives on and pulls into the forecourt of a self-service petrol station . |
| 2 | And although he co-produces with Michaela Strachen , she is clearly positioned as his — she 's the bimbo who goes along and enthuses about the dancers , whereas he knows where it 's at musically , because he is , after all , a famous producer — he is the man with the knowledge . |
| 3 | Before anyone goes in and sits on the dentist 's chair which forms the centrepiece of the cage , Dr Tydeman will first monitor them using some external equipment . |
| 4 | When the ‘ meaning ’ theist believes , he or she lives within and reacts to the same world as the unbeliever . |
| 5 | The work of the European Commission has all but come to a halt . |
| 6 | It is a political tragedy that this whole subject has all but disappeared from the world 's agenda under the impact of the past three astonishing years in Europe . |
| 7 | Whilst VisiCalc has all but disappeared from the scene it once set there are a host of new and vigorous contenders for the crown . |
| 8 | Brick makes great paving on its own and looks best when used in a pattern |
| 9 | PERSONAL debt has more than doubled under the party of thrift and fiscal discipline . |
| 10 | Although , at 12% , the proportion of Catholics employed is still out of step with the Northern Ireland population , Short 's points out that it has more than doubled over the last 10 years , while the proportion of Catholic apprentices taken on has trebled to 20% . |
| 11 | Using its restrictive definition of homelessness , the Department of the Environment estimates that the number of homeless families in England has more than doubled over the past decade to 146000 last year . |
| 12 | The emphasis is on teamwork and on productivity ; our productivity per employee has more than doubled over the past two years . |
| 13 | The number of companies incorporating environmental statements into their reports has more than doubled over the past year — but many of the statements provide little hard information . |
| 14 | The number of babies born to single women over 40 has more than doubled over the last 10 years with the North West top of the older mums ' baby league table . |
| 15 | The number of babies born to single women over 40 has more than doubled over the last 10 years , with the North West top of the older mums ' baby league table . |
| 16 | In Hereford and Worcester , the amount of land covered by roads offices and houses has more than doubled since the war.In Gloucestershire the figure is ninety-five per cent , with a similar impact on pasture-land . |
| 17 | The number of crimes which result in charges before a court has more than doubled in the last 10 years . |
| 18 | THE use of cheques and payment cards has more than doubled in the last 13 years . |
| 19 | Even after visits made in the extra two hours are excluded there has still been an increase of nearly 39% in night visits from 1989 to 1992 , and the number of night visits has more than doubled in the 10 years since 1982 . |
| 20 | O D A funding of British N G O activities has more than doubled in the last three years . |
| 21 | The number of Darlington firms going bust has more than doubled in the last two years . ’ |
| 22 | Then she stands up and crosses to the other armchair . |
| 23 | He stands up and taps on the table for silence , intending to announce this new discovery , in the hope that it will cause yet more laughter , and increase his reputation for honesty still further . |
| 24 | GUIL stands up and looks over the audience . ) |
| 25 | It seems not , for Philip Swallow immediately removes his hand , stands up and moves to the window . ’ |
| 26 | Short hair stands out when gelled at the roots . |
| 27 | When one drops out and sits by the fire , another member comes along and |
| 28 | The animals need more energy to propel themselves if the water around them is turbulent rather than laminar and Blake predicts that dolphins are able to reach crossover speeds even if surrounded by a turbulent layer of water . |
| 29 | We interpret everything that happens here as happening to the man we met in the living room who is now at a club . |
| 30 | I 'm the sort of fellow who , after a hard day slogging away at the National Theatre , goes home and dips into a much-treasured , well-thumbed copy of Pope or Pepys . |