Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [noun] [adv] [vb base] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Simple square or rectangular shapes still predominate and are probably the best bet for anyone wanting to grow a mixed bag of crops .
2 This phenomenon of ‘ reactivity ’ is well accepted ; desirable behaviours often increase and undesirable behaviours generally decrease when they are monitored .
3 Social and spatial relations both constrain and enable these interactions and understandings .
4 NUMERICAL simulations based on general circulation and energy-balance models consistently indicate that the high latitudes of Gondwana experienced seasonal extremes in climate during the Late Permian period .
5 Comparisons between the public and private sector also suggest that the question of incentives is more complex than it may seem from models such as Niskanen 's .
6 In practice , syntactic and semantic considerations often override or interact with communicative considerations to produce structures that do not follow the arrangement of the source text .
7 However a few people who tested antibody negative have gone on to develop AIDS , and some scientists now believe that — extremely rarely — someone with HIV may never produce antibodies .
8 There is no general agreement about schizophrenia 's cause or cure , and some people even dispute that it exists .
9 However , some of my medical and scientific friends now suspect that some women burn up only 1,500 calories daily — so obviously , on this intake , they would maintain weight rather than reduce surplus fat .
10 The biggest cut comes in Germany where its packaging plant in Braunschweig is to close at a cost of 275 jobs , and the decision highlights the growing structural problem in the German economy : growing numbers of German and international companies now find that the high cost of employment makes it too expensive to manufacture there .
11 Despite the impression given by some articles , marriage is not the only relationship and many non-marrieds equally find that adjusting to retirement is not always that easy .
12 Failure may motivate the bright and able child yet discourage and handicap the child who is already doing poorly .
13 While Western and developing countries apparently agree that they should prevent the ‘ environmentally unsound disposal ’ of hazardous waste , there is no consensus about what the term ‘ hazardous ’ means .
14 Misunderstandings and distorted perceptions often occur when trust is lacking between the initiators of the change and people on the receiving end of it .
15 Ukrainian and Western researchers now believe that the fire at the plant was not extinguished by material dropped from helicopters within the first 10 days after the accident , as originally claimed , but simply burned itself out .
16 Now it is an essential part of the day and young recruits quickly learn that a good breakfast is vital if they are to survive another demanding day .
17 The relations derived in this and other chapters normally assume that the polymer sample has a unique molar mass .
18 Product choice , the degree of soiling and other variables often mean that there are three or four different methods of cleaning a single surface .
19 If we add to that the distinct empires which units and special schools often constitute and whose border crossings have indeterminate customs regulations , then there is scope for duplication and confusion in most LEAs ' provision .
20 Supporters of Croatian and Slovene indpendence blithely state that the Germaninspired EC recognition of the two republics brought the war to a halt in Croatia .
21 A. culicifacies , the sole vector in Sri Lanka , remains susceptible to BHC and malathion and malaria persists there ; in India , and possibly in Pakistan too , the same species shows ‘ pockets ’ of resistance to malathion and even to fenitrothion but extensive areas still exist where there is no evidence of organophosphate resistance .
22 But some things never change and the appalling weather might just have been one of the reasons why the Romans abandoned the village and Britain , 1,500 years ago .
23 But some things never change and the appalling weather might just have been one of the reasons why the Romans abandoned the village and Britain , 1,500 years ago .
24 But these concerns perhaps reflect that the last two of the eight key tasks — on staff training and informing users — have been given a low priority in some areas .
25 It may perhaps have been valid in the past to dichotomize theoretical stances into endogenous ( formulated in terms of what is natural to humans ) and exogenous ( formulated in terms of sociocultural factors ) ( Heelas 1983 ) ; but many biologists today think that there is a built-in capacity for change through learning capable of giving directive impulses for change .
26 In many countries , regular servings of beer , wine and spirits contain roughly the same amount of alcohol — but many people still believe that a measure of spirits contains more alcohol than a glass of beer .
27 He postulates that IBM could create different classes of shares whose dividends would reflect performance of relatively healthy businesses such as the AS/400 and RS/6000 , and possibly AdStar storage products , but many observers now believe that nothing less than a full break-up of the company would enable the better bits to prosper and restore shareholder value .
28 Large fish can be expensive to buy , but small fish soon grow if fed and looked after .
29 But young people now realise that certain buildings , for instance , are theirs and they do n't want them ruined .
30 The precise stage reached by the Yakuts remains more controversial , but Soviet historians generally agree that their tribal society was already decaying , so that the Russians found a community with marked class differences .
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