Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [noun] are " in BNC.
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| 1 | Always make sure that sheets or cushion covers are not wrinkled , as this can cause great discomfort and may break the skin . |
| 2 | If the queries coming into the public relations or press office are short questions they can usually be answered on the spot , but quite often they will be in the form of a general request for information on a specific topic and it could be that your organisation has in its files a good deal of material which could be sent out . |
| 3 | Those first learning to water start or carve gybe are best off in the flat water to windward by the spit . |
| 4 | Stand-by or supply teachers are needed if community language teachers are to be released to carry out the necessary development work . |
| 5 | Smock or frock mills are so called because their shape is said to resemble a man dressed in a smock . |
| 6 | Emphasis is on self-help , and the organisations that can give support or provide equipment are listed . |
| 7 | Sequences of strokes or stroke segments are used to identify characters . |
| 8 | There 's not much wrong with having to undo three screws at the back , although those machines with a lever or clip system are obviously easier to get into . |
| 9 | A quarter of the present patients had no identifiable gastrointestinal infection/infestation ; it is possible that new organisms or occult infection are implicated , and , although unlikely given the absence of CD4 receptors on healthy biliary epithelium , HIV may itself damage the biliary tree . |
| 10 | I had read enough to know that the figures for anorexics who starve to death or commit suicide are frighteningly high . |
| 11 | The biggest challenge facing the city is to create a dynamic economy in the ex-socialist eastern districts , where unemployment is exploding , and where pay levels are at best 60 per cent of those in the west — sometimes little more than a third . |
| 12 | The companies who thought they were buying themselves employees to stack their shelves or deliver mail are getting nothing of the sort . |
| 13 | Ordinary pea gravel or spar chippings are easier on the eye and the pocket . |
| 14 | Other commands to validate and execute either a search , navigation or trail request are parsed and then sent to the appropriate process . |
| 15 | House-soiling , howling and barking , destructive or escape behaviours are not uncommon problems in these over-dependent relationships . |
| 16 | If aids or alterations such as handrails or alarm buttons are likely to be needed , the nurse may liaise with an occupational therapist and social worker about having them supplied . |
| 17 | As far as those who experience difficulties in learning or have disabilities are concerned there are ‘ excluders ’ and ‘ includers ’ . |
| 18 | Please note that host companies are unable to accept direct bookings . |
| 19 | In fact , as we have seen , it boils down to a moral evaluation of differentiation ( rather than a ‘ scientific ’ finding ) : the differences that distinguish criminals are things that are deemed to have ‘ gone wrong ’ with their biology , psyche or values . |
| 20 | The fact that UK-based professional advisors are used should not affect matters , nor should the fact that trust accounts are prepared in the United Kingdom . |
| 21 | What is new is that lay people are being given ministerial training . |
| 22 | In an important article , Titmuss suggested that lay people are better advocates than lawyers in certain tribunals and the Consumer Council doubted the wisdom of allowing lawyers to practise in the new small claims courts which it proposed . |
| 23 | Particularly in parts of the world such as Australia the planation surfaces contribute a major part of the geomorphological story and Ollier ( 1979 , p. 534 ) has concluded that process studies are of limited value ; the present is not invariably the key to the past , much of Australia is not in equilibrium with the present conditions of base level , tectonics or climate , and cyclic theories do not fit the Australian scene very well . |
| 24 | There are those that say bras are n't an appropriate subject for a vicar 's wife . |
| 25 | Some reports suggest that OSF members are reluctant to fund ANDF any further because it will inevitably dim their distinguishing marks . |
| 26 | Ensure that cut pieces are a good snug fit in all holes , and that they lie level with the surrounding blockwork . |
| 27 | Materials that cause inactivation are called inactivators and , in addition to dirt , there are many others . |
| 28 | A few infections arise from inanimate sources : for example , pathogens that cause tetanus are harboured in the soil . |
| 29 | How can the colour of your bum be more important than the safety of your brain , unless the BSJA supports the dressage riders ' theory that show jumpers are brain dead anyway ? |
| 30 | In practice , this means that censure motions are possible and questions can be tabled on the general issues where it could be held that the minister ought to have issued a directive . |