Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [conj] [vb base] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most common drill — and this is even practised by the better players who may be struggling with their groundstrokes — is to put targets within 60–90cm ( 2–3ft ) of the baseline and inside tramline and think in terms of rallying while aiming at the targeted areas . |
| 2 | Reynolds worked to win the church political esteem and influence through its contributions to affairs of state . |
| 3 | you can actually have that money and give to your daughter , okay ? |
| 4 | A bargaining strategy is the broad framework or plan for obtaining your overall objective . |
| 5 | People with mental disorder are no different from anyone else in wanting to live in good , decent housing , and local authority housing departments and housing associations are often willing to discriminate in favour of mentally disordered individuals in making properties available for rent , provided they can be assured that tenants will receive the right support and help from skilled professionals when they need it . |
| 6 | Another important purpose was to use the village Soviets as gates through which peasants would enter into wider administrative experience and escape from the stifling parochialism of the mir and the skhod . |
| 7 | Some further evidence of the complexities involved in handling the problems of the relationship between social and economic change and change in the family comes from accounts of the way in which families handle problems of migration in societies undergoing processes of urbanization and industrialization . |
| 8 | And I was delighted to have the neighbourhood laid out for me in the way a child sees its domain , and to earn a little money and receive from Mme Bluot the excellent unsold cakes and breads she would otherwise have had Didier feed to the ducks . |
| 9 | If fleeing fails and the prey is cornered , it may make a last-ditch stand and turn on its tormentor . |
| 10 | Brush lightly with a little milk and bake at 220C/425F/Gas 7 for 12–15 minutes until well risen and golden brown on the bottom of the scones . |
| 11 | The words ‘ I ask you , son , to care for the lands which will come to you with your usual diligence and look after them so that they may come to your sons ’ , although they do not sufficiently express a trust but advice rather than obligation to leave the lands , are none the less regarded as having the force of a trust in favour of the grandsons after the death of their father . |
| 12 | I have complete faith and trust in the universe . |
| 13 | Although broader than the days when Lord Rothschild described it as populated entirely by men who ‘ are aged fifty-three , live in the South East , have the right accent and belong to the Reform Club ’ , it is hardly representative of the population as a whole . |
| 14 | If you take the line of least resistance or fail to be consistent , you will actually make things worse . |
| 15 | Er , the I I also make the point , that er , my understanding is having now talked to a number of the other C A B's , that in fact they were looking to Thamesdown money advice centre because this money was actually to replace funds that previously had been er , available through the Allied Dunbar sponsorship scheme , and which has , which I gather was withdrawn er , at very short notice , and they were looking to Thamesdown to er provide that support and resource as a county resource , and I I therefore felt that it was right to bring it forward . |
| 16 | Roll one rasher around each prune and secure with a cocktail stick . |
| 17 | Before , developers paid £600 for SCO Unix and Open Desktop source code , Partners now pay £450 and get source code , technical support and help in establishing market leads . |
| 18 | Friendship is more likely to be offered in terms of emotional support or help in times of crisis . |
| 19 | Her central role in the family can be continued by helping her provide emotional support and care to other family members . |
| 20 | The effects of technical advancement and change in industrial structure on material handling requirements of firms in South Wales |
| 21 | I use a packet mix ( sponge ) and set out petit fours cases , drop a teaspoon of mixture into each case and bake for about eight minutes . |
| 22 | This is followed by a summer vacation course , after which the students can normally join the second-year course and graduate in the usual way at the end of four years . |
| 23 | If a question is capable of being answered in a sentence , answer it immediately in that sentence and proceed to explanation afterwards . |
| 24 | That Christie 's estimates were no guide to value was clear at once , when Mr Sheaf began 16 hours of auctioneering by selling a rare feathery painted goblet and cover for Dfl16,100 ( £4,878 ) , four times expectation . |
| 25 | The reader 's relationship to Proust 's text switches from the closeness , produced by paraphrase and quotation , of listening to the text speaking for itself , to a more removed perspective from which de Man and his reader stand back from that text and speculate on a general rule about language . |
| 26 | Markets intensify economic inequality and add to the numbers of the poor . |
| 27 | A promise which ensures that every garment — and not just the fabric , is totally waterproof for your complete protection and comfort in any weather . |
| 28 | Laughton and his board have put faith in the players and they must repay that faith or look for another club . |
| 29 | Sew with strong thread or secure with skewers |
| 30 | Still , when it comes to the treatment of the frontiers of computing , the areas of advanced research that come under the general heading of ‘ artificial intelligence ’ ( AI ) , there is still a great deal sadly lacking . |