Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [noun] [conj] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A starting point for this exercise was to look at the courses due for validation or review in 1993 . |
| 2 | Nevin , out in the cold for the last year at Goodison , said : ‘ I 'm aiming to create as many goals as possible for Aldo and help take Tranmere into the Premier League . |
| 3 | to maximize commitment to the objectives of the enterprise employees must be told rapidly about all matters that affect them directly , and as soon as possible about matters that affect them less directly . |
| 4 | but to feel sorry for women and put their view forward because , I mean , you still the situation of a Friday when men go down to the pub and you know they 're all Jack the Lad ! |
| 5 | Israel 's uniqueness stems from the fact that it considers itself to be in a perpetual state of war with its Arab neighbours which , together with the Nazi barbarities of the last war , is somehow supposed to make the rest of the world feel permanently sorry for Israel and give it the right to carry out any intelligence operations it likes . |
| 6 | ‘ Yet to come is a Netware client for Unix users that will allow access to Novell Netware LANs — that will be very interesting for users that want better integration between PC LANs and mission critical Unix applications . ’ |
| 7 | We carry the memory of childhood like a photo in a locket , fierce and possessive for pain or calm ; everybody 's past is inviolate , separate , sacrosanct , our heads are different countries with no maps or dictionaries , people walk vast deserts of grief or inhabit walled gardens of joy . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , the problem with the Desktop Division , according to Engels , is that its targets were unrealistic for products that have not yet achieved critical mass . |
| 9 | We 're always a little doubtful about statements that have to be forced out of witnesses by revealing the extent of our prior information . ’ |
| 10 | However , it is unfortunately true that many unconventional forms of service can be relatively inconvenient for users and tend to have a romantic , if empirically unsound , appeal . |
| 11 | Someone had to wipe the inside of the windscreen clear of condensation and clear the outside of the build-up of brown slush . |
| 12 | But Prince has floated free of grassroots or use value , and ascended to an aristocratic , aerial domain of licence and luxury — where he 's instigated a promiscuous chaos of stylistic miscegenation . |
| 13 | Goff thought none looked fully relaxed or wholly free of shyness or worry , even though it was really Minton , who played the grand seigneur , who was racked by doubts , anxieties and self-pity . |
| 14 | Once that has been completed the scaffolding will be removed and the Banco di Roma will provide indefinitely for a team of gardeners and maintenance officers to keep the upper walls free of weeds that grow in the crevices , loosening small bits of masonry and concrete that are then dislodged by birds or lizards . |
| 15 | But Karajan 's will was superhuman where music is concerned and he always had in his hand a trump card : a capacity for inner detachment that left him free of bitterness or rancour for all that has been written and said about him over the years . |
| 16 | However , quite small areas of land can be used successfully for conservation programmes , provided they are kept free of pesticides and contain the plants on which butterflies feed , such as clover , thistles and stinging nettles . |
| 17 | For details dial free of charge and ask for Total Water Heating . |
| 18 | It is because the men here are too often afraid of women and seek to control them . |
| 19 | Tax havens , or international offshore financial centres ( IOFCs ) , are popular with taxpayers and attract considerable amounts of investment . |
| 20 | These days graphs are very popular with companies that need to present quantitative financial information . |
| 21 | In the light of this decision it is easy to understand why hire purchase has become popular with traders and finance companies as a means of supplying goods on credit . |
| 22 | Be especially careful with lights that look like toys , as small children may try to play with them . |
| 23 | Patients are advised to eat regular meals , avoid certain foods , take tablets or inject themselves with insulin , monitor their blood glucose levels , to be careful with alcohol and see their doctors regularly . |
| 24 | It would therefore not be too unfair to conclude that many teachers , whether in primary or secondary schools , are , by tradition , unfamiliar with discussions that involve the whole curriculum of a school . |
| 25 | Although some people join the ranks of the old with relish and gloat over the advancing years ( 'I 'm in my 80th year' — i.e. 79 ) , others have commented on the incongruous feeling the idea of being old creates within them . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm weepy with exhaustion and worry . ’ |
| 27 | We recognise that our resources are different in nature and serve different purposes , and that whilst computers may suit one use , paper records are better for others . |
| 28 | Until recently , you could sit on a Shetland cliff-top in summer and watch the sea-birds — terns , kittiwakes , gulls , auks and sometimes shag — feeding in concentrated groups on or just under the surface of the sea . |
| 29 | Rightly or wrongly we believed that as long as we were discriminated in every walk of life it would be absurd to pretend that everything was OK in rugby and play against the English and then go back to the township . |
| 30 | However , any diet high in foods that contain few vitamins and minerals is likely to lead to some degree of illness . |