Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a view that is as old , probably , as the human race , and certainly as old as Homer and the ancient Greeks , that there is one ethical structure that represents right for men : a composite of manly virtues , such as courage , endurance , physical stamina , wiliness and political judgement , and a corresponding but complementary conception of what is right for women , womanly virtue being seen as a mixture of timidity , tenderness , compliance , docility , softness , innocence and domestic competence . |
| 2 | Firstly , because there are wide variations between different ethnic groups in the time of arrival in this country and their age on entry , the numbers of those who have reached advanced years , in general small , differs greatly between groups . |
| 3 | In sentences such as 22 , however , dog has a more specific meaning , and refers only to males : |
| 4 | The power in s 48(1) is expressed in general terms but refers only to rules " regulating the conduct of business " unlike the express reference in s 81 to the rights and obligations of third parties . |
| 5 | Every Masai thinks constantly about cattle . |
| 6 | But my Mum , a reasonable representative of that vital retiree market we all hear about , cares little for brands : she worries about her tax form being opaque . |
| 7 | ‘ They break the rules because Bawden cares less for rules than for the things he has to say about the feel of a summer morning , the watery sunshine of an April afternoon , or the flurry of a February snowstorm . ’ |
| 8 | This is the only court of appeal for cases tried by the military court , and looks only at points of law and not at facts and findings , thus providing a restricted appeal . |
| 9 | The medical neglect of psychosomatic illness and hypochondria must shoulder some of the blame in such situations , because the stigma attached to these disorders owes much to doctors ' negative attitudes . |
| 10 | He shouts especially at Pyjamas , who skulks off for a broom . |
| 11 | A separatist , by definition , lives separately from men , although hatred of men does occur . |
| 12 | Sunday , Channel 4 , 9.00pm THE LAST order bell rings tonight for Cheers … but will there also be wedding bells ringing for Sam and Diane ? |
| 13 | And one hybrid of an interlocking holder and the ordinary sort — the life-insurance firm — cares deeply about dividends nowadays . |
| 14 | This is known as a tree diagram ( although it looks more like roots than branches ) . |
| 15 | Just around the corner at Fawbush a senior member of the Canadian art scene , Betty Goodwin , holds forth with paintings , sculpture and drawings . |
| 16 | Memory clearly plays some role at all levels of the driving task , however , there is relatively little research which looks directly at drivers ’ memories for driving situations . |
| 17 | Studies of this type usually focus on general elections alone , but this one looks also at by-elections and at the change between them . |
| 18 | A similar ideological one-sidedness holds both for newspapers and films ( Chibnall 1977 ; Cohen and Young 1980 ; Winick 1978 ) . |
| 19 | Today , Dunvegan means to attract tourists , and the castle museum panders energetically with memorabilia of Bonnie Prince Charlie , including a blond , round lock of his hair , or possibly his wig . |
| 20 | This humble mollusc can be unreservedly recommended as it is hardy and lives exclusively on algae . |
| 21 | He is a prolific author and writes regularly for newspapers . |
| 22 | References to ‘ fraternal solidarity ’ abound , but one looks hard for references to ‘ binding internationalist obligations ’ or the ‘ permanent factors ’ in relations which force Warsaw Pact leaders to account to the Soviet Politburo . |
| 23 | I 'd like to erm just say a few words about erm the three erm reductions in the budget of the erm er the erm community services erm the erm deletion of the arts budgets , you probably have heard this before , but I I do think it 's a great pity that erm when it was on the basis and I think very little knowledge of un and understanding with erm er of what arts is about which is to delete one of the , was one of the erm the the erm things in this council which we actually do best , it 's one of the things which has attracted attention from way beyond Cambridge erm and which is undoubt has undoubtedly to communities in which it takes place , erm as far as the erm erm oh the erm community , staffing of community centres erm this looks like erm in calculations involved handing over the r the management to the community centres to erm volunteers . |
| 24 | He always stands strategically in corners at parties or similar wasteful gatherings of the wasted , his glass tilted in his hand , his broad back against the wall , talking all the while in those low , resonant yet rather monotonous tones which everyone listens to with a sniggery sort of attention . |
| 25 | Hester Eisenstein , for example , looks forward to women transforming the world in the image of what she calls ‘ the woman-centered values at the core of feminism ’ . |
| 26 | The term formative assessment refers to assessment which looks forward to pupils ' future learning , as opposed to summative assessment which looks back at what pupils have already achieved . |
| 27 | Prof Piero Pierotti of Pisa University , one of the most vociferous opponents of the project , says that using metal bands instead of cables may damage the tower 's marble . |
| 28 | Going to camp is like going on Pack holiday but everyone sleeps outside in tents . |
| 29 | Other seem to be trying to assuage a guilt known only to themselves , and a few are out to keep Ali a player , a lure to those who might want to use his name in business ; though the marketplace turns away from billboards in decline . |
| 30 | She delves unpleasantly within folds of rag and greasy hair . |