Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [conj] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Building for fun Eurodisney is the spearhead of a movement that aims to turn architecture into a branch of show-business . |
| 2 | Tivoli is also introducing a new set of management applications that plug into the framework and promises major productivity gains in managing distributed systems . |
| 3 | The Geste brothers are stereotypes and may be laughed at with impunity : but Charles Wogan , as A. E. W. Mason saw him in Clementina , and the ingenuous John Ridd , self-revealing narrator of Lorna Doone , exemplify the intricacies of love and honour in a way that transcends period and social niceties . |
| 4 | For lips that stick , and a crisper outline ( less ageing than a fuzzy one ) , outline lips with lip pencil in a shade that matches your lipstick . |
| 5 | One of the oddities , though , is when C and M slip across a piece that has little or nothing to do with the high-tech graphics which preface their speciality corner . |
| 6 | The exchange has roused the analyst to contributions that are firmer and more energy-consuming than those he generally vouchsafes : ‘ it 's not the past but what we make of the past that shapes our future and present . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ We cut through the crap that exists in ski teaching . ’ |
| 8 | But if I speak of a stone that turneth all to gold , or a treasure hidden in the menstruum of whores , then the imagination is set to work . |
| 9 | I never dared to ask , but I understand now what it is that drives addicts back to the needle time and time again whatever the cost to their health and sanity ; I understand now what the mystics lay claim to when they speak of the peace that passeth all understanding . |
| 10 | It is a warm and gentle day as I walk towards the wood that beckons me , cool and friendly . |
| 11 | These problems require very different sorts of action ; together their requirements conflict in a way that gives him little room for manoeuvre . |
| 12 | These problems require very different sorts of action ; together their requirements conflict in a way that gives him little room for manoeuvre . |
| 13 | Never , ever breed from a mare that has given you any cause to fear her in the stable . |
| 14 | IT 'S DIFFICULT to know whether Joe Bear 's statement ‘ we 're out of tune but you 'll just have to put up with it ’ is an apology or the title of the first song , as Huggy Bear embark upon a set that includes lots of shouting , inept but enthusiastic attempts to play their instruments and generally deconstructs the rock myth with the viciousness of a tantrum in the nursery . |
| 15 | Finally , I put in the hair that protrudes from all over the place on elephants . |
| 16 | Finally , I put in the hair that protrudes from all over the place on elephants . |
| 17 | Pheromones circulate in the bloodstream and escapes through the pores and sweat glands in the armpits and groin , where it is modified by skin bacteria . |
| 18 | Look for a brand that has a ‘ pedigree ’ from the proven commercial growers quality material and check the price per sq . |
| 19 | Look for a jacket that has no vents . |
| 20 | Look for the print that does n't go with another print , and wear them together . |
| 21 | to the tune of four and a half billion , then look towards the legislation that 's been inflicted upon us by the Conservative government . |
| 22 | ‘ You look like a corpse that 's come back to life again . |
| 23 | One exhibition each year will fall under the organisation of the Direction du patrimoine with the programme as follows : ‘ Marseille au XIXe siècle : rêves et triomphes d'une ville ’ ( see p. 9 ) ; ‘ Edouard Baldus ’ ( May 1994 to August 1995 ) ; ‘ L'Imaginaire de la Ruine , 1750–1950 ’ ( October 1995 to February 1996 ) ; and ‘ Les Années trente ’ ( Autumn 1996 ) . |
| 24 | The effects of reforms are analysed using a computerized simulation routine which calculate the tax rates that households face under a reform and predicts the incentive effects of the changes and the consequences for household living standards . |
| 25 | Mr Clinton has spoken out firmly on China 's poor human rights record in the past and has speculated about removing its Most Favoured Nation status which would cripple the developing southern part of the country . |
| 26 | Although there are important differences in the nature of television coverage between the two countries , television provides politicians in both with a direct ( but one-way ) link to the voter and reduces the traditional role of the party as mediator . |
| 27 | Yeah , yeah I hate people who park on the ramp and causes to put yourself to a hill start , they are a |
| 28 | Look at the putty that secures the window frames in place . |
| 29 | Look at the mess that 's made there ! |
| 30 | Look at the light that sends your eyes asleep … . |