Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [noun] [conj] [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The polytechnics support vouchers because they believe that the system will give them parity of resources with the universities by allowing them to compete for students on equal terms . |
| 2 | It serves them right for playing a game in which even the winners become losers if they try to repeat their success . |
| 3 | Figure 6.5a shows the thin pointed region through which trajectories leave B if they start inside the rectangle ABCD on the top face of B. Combining eqn ( 6.4 ) with ( 6.3 ) we obtain where ( 0 , n* ) is the point on the top face of B where the unstable manifold of the origin returns to the stable manifold of the origin when r = r* . |
| 4 | The drivers represent ICI and we rely on them — we have to work together . ’ |
| 5 | Instead , ducks catch pests before they attack the rice and their manure fertilizes the soil . |
| 6 | Many fruits change colour as they reach maturity and this can be a useful indicator , although not in every case : apples will often colour up early if occupied by a burrowing pest , some pear varieties only change colour once in store and marrows are past their best when they turn yellow . |
| 7 | In the latter case , however , the commissioners give consideration because they refrain from pursuing the threatened proceedings . |
| 8 | Commuters read paperbacks as they sit in trains , but find that they may need to rest from this activity more frequently than when they are reading in a comfortable and well-lit place at home . |
| 9 | The successful companies take risks because they have Profitbosses to whom they can delegate , whom they can trust to make " risk-decisions " on their behalf . |
| 10 | Most hill-walkers ' wildlife experiences take place as they mow down interesting species caught in the glare of their XR2 's headlights on the way home from a hill . |
| 11 | Parents have feelings and they have rights too ( or they should have ! ) . |
| 12 | Purchasers seeking clearance and other parties submitting information to the regulatory authorities face prosecution if they supply false or misleading information . |
| 13 | I have been dead for a long time and by day I circle the huge air above the hills and by night I sleep in the quiet rock , as quiet as the rock , and the little worms mean consolation as they eat me . |
| 14 | As Willie McRae , a prominent Scottish antinuclear campaigner , once remarked with unpleasant directness : ‘ Ye dinnae keep pigs until ye ken where tae pit the shit . ’ |
| 15 | It has done nothing to encourage banks to reserve against dodgy loans or write them off , for some banks risk insolvency if they do so . |
| 16 | ‘ Young Italians follow football like we follow the Royal Family , ’ said commission spokesman David Lewis . |
| 17 | But that also means that wild flowers and herbs get cut before they have a chance to flower and propagate . |
| 18 | Some things change colour as they grow . |
| 19 | Anticipatory and parenthetical structures increase difficulty because they require the reader 's mind to store up syntactic information which it will use later on ( see 7.5.3–4 ) . |
| 20 | Managers perform appraisals when they monitor day to day operations , ensure that tasks are completed and help individuals to work better . |
| 21 | In some organisations such as the armed forces , rank is a clear expression of authority , and orders gain credibility because they come from someone of higher rank . |
| 22 | Whereabouts do they run courses and do you know if any centres provide training while you work ? |
| 23 | It is clear that countries with fixed exchange rates and those with flexible exchange rates face difficulties when they experience inflation rates higher than those of their major trading partners . |
| 24 | be because leaders want power and they get power and so they want more power . |
| 25 | ‘ The teachers get cross and they do n't do anything . |
| 26 | So got to continue on there on behaviours recognize people that you see around about recognize to be aggressive , some as assertive some as passive . |
| 27 | It 's only when their special tree is threatened that the two girls become friends as they fight to protect it . |
| 28 | The shopping malls have windows where you find |
| 29 | All languages have systems but they do not all use them for the same purposes ; what is an essential distinction in one language may be quite disregarded in another . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's frustrating because clubs play games but I refuse to be drawn into a Dutch auction . |