Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [adj] [noun pl] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brilliant you see , he 's done it for so many years can work out the space and everything . |
| 2 | The press serves it too well for that to happen and so the problems which have taxed the left for so many years will continue to haunt it in the future . |
| 3 | Had it not been for seasonal visitors , the list of locally popular dishes would have been depressingly brief ; burned steaks , fried fish , and barbecued chicken . |
| 4 | Resulting deficiencies in the treatment of acutely ill patients can place intolerable burdens on their families and increase interpersonal friction , which may culminate in patients leaving home abruptly and being unable or unwilling to find alternative forms of shelter . |
| 5 | Disruption of these bonds by fluoride in the formation of much stronger bonds may explain how the chemically inert fluoride ion interferes in the healthy operations of living systems . |
| 6 | We have already noted how certain kinds of highly explosive eruptions can produce massive pyroclastic flows which create sheets of ignimbrite . |
| 7 | The two 19″ × 30″ cylinders with a capacity of approximately 23 litres will give a tractive effort of 33,170lbs , when in steam , the same as a class 52XX , and more than an A3 Pacific or a Castle , although without their top speed . |
| 8 | His Supremacy will leave behind him a cosmic creature which a group of utterly dedicated masters can operate . |
| 9 | Quite often a series of progressively unpleasant interchanges will take place with the child becoming more obstinate and the parent more angry . |
| 10 | Lovers of more flamboyant lips should bear in mind the colours of the sun before applying cold pinks , purples and maroons : warm corals , peaches , reds and golden browns look glorious against a lightly tanned complexion — whether real or fake ! |
| 11 | If we can achieve this , we have gone a long way towards solving the axe typology problem since groups of similarly shaped axes would appear as distinct clusters on the page and could be easily identified by eye . |
| 12 | All the letters suggest different ways in which the Bill can be improved , but if we accept this awful timetable motion tonight a Bill of nearly 100 clauses will have very limited time for discussion , and the guillotine will fall in Committee . |
| 13 | Mergers are usually disturbing to employees and managers alike , and a merger of nearly 600 undertakings might have been expected to create more pain than most . |
| 14 | Lovers of wide open sands might choose Comillas , a little fishing port where a simple meal with wine at Il Puerto will cost under £5 . |
| 15 | ‘ I figured the mob of legally accepted guarantors would stop that one . ’ |
| 16 | A fair-sized hospital of about 400 beds will have a staff of several hundred physicians and 1,200 to 1,500 paramedics divided among some 60 medical and paramedical specialists . |
| 17 | Bidwell believes that a group of about 50 consultancies will make up the final membership . |
| 18 | Their half-lives of about 30 years will determine the length of time over which the doses will be delivered . |
| 19 | The measures being taken will include measures of facial expressiveness and of ability to interpret non verbal information , and the investigators expect to find that children of facially expressive parents will show greater ability to interpret non verbal information correctly . |
| 20 | In most areas , the votes of mentally handicapped people may make little difference but in very marginal constituencies , such as Brecon and Radnor , where there are approximately 250 people with a severe mental handicap and where the majority was only 56 at the last election , the voting patterns of even small populations could have a crucial effect . |
| 21 | But at 50°s ; F , it can take 72 hours for food to pass through the gut , and much below that temperature , digestion ceases , Koi fed on a warm winter 's day will then have to pass a cold winter night , when a gutful of even low-protein pellets can turn into a pathogenic sludge causing liver and kidney failure . |
| 22 | Although reductions in the number of clinically apparent cases may mask the circulation of wild polioviruses in the absence of highly sensitive surveillance systems , and potentially delay implementation of control measures , further advances in laboratory techniques to detect wild poliovirus in the environment should increase the likelihood of detection of ‘ silent ’ spread of infection . |
| 23 | Suggested by Margaret Meek , a CBF governor , there will be a move towards a team approach , and a group of around 12 readers will look at 1993 books , their selections co-ordinated by Madeleine Lindley , children 's book specialist based in Oldham . |
| 24 | Measuring 14.5 cubic feet , the boot in the Mercedes is very wide ( up to 58 inches ) but considerably shorter and the sill height of around 31 inches could make it awkward to load heavy cases . |
| 25 | 9 EXPANSION SLOTS : Vertically mounted boards are the best — the sharp , jagged undersides of horizontally mounted cards can scratch your hands . |
| 26 | The more even distribution of food is commonly associated with exclusive ranging in mammals and the presence of potentially aggressive males may enhance dispersion . |
| 27 | ( 1981 ) also shows how positive measures to meet the needs of visually handicapped pupils can help them to flourish in a happy community atmosphere . |
| 28 | At Woodchester and , to a lesser extent , at Stonesfield , we find such a variety of motif and patterning that the pavements themselves could well mirror a page ( or the page ) of design : at Woodchester especially , they comprise an array from which all other instances of closely related pavements could have been taken . |
| 29 | The difference might have been closer but transfers of otherwise non-transferable votes would have had to have been massive in favour of Donnelly in order to ensure his election . |
| 30 | ‘ Alas that a child of barely eleven summers must stand at the king 's elbow to remind him of his duty ! ’ lamented Elizabeth Woodville . |