Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pron] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had obviously not allowed his degree course to affect his view of what was and was not possible in the physical world . |
| 2 | Many otaku make their living in technology-related fields , as software designers , computer engineers , computer graphic artists or computer magazine editors . |
| 3 | The drunken porter allowing them entrance after the usual altercation . |
| 4 | This gives us the opportunity to compare their results with MLC targets and actual results from recorded farms , before suggesting general advice on the options available for improvement . ’ |
| 5 | Amphetamine produces its effects by causing certain neurons to release more of the neurotransmitter , dopamine — one of the many chemicals used in the brain to transmit signals from one cell to another — suggesting that schizophrenics either produced too much , or were too sensitive to the actions of the transmitter . |
| 6 | It 's possible the gang made their getaway along the nearby M4 . |
| 7 | The Duchess lowered her cup of coffee and gave her young friend a compassionate look . |
| 8 | Mr Anderson has been using the case to support his argument for a change in the law to allow suppliers to recover goods supplied to a customer who goes out of business before paying for them . |
| 9 | As many as 40% of all European farmers have such second jobs , the majority maintaining their farms as sources of supplementary income . |
| 10 | The Inca plunged his subjects into a sleep akin to death . |
| 11 | The Supergrid gave them more freedom to optimise their siting by these criteria . |
| 12 | The arbitrator in the AMD case announced his ruling in February , leaving both companies claiming victory . |
| 13 | The computer turns its interpretation of what is going on into a television picture — healthy tissue is coloured green , tumours show up red . |
| 14 | If a group does not have a lot of money , it may instead call upon public sympathy to sustain its views in the policy-making process . |
| 15 | Despite Wilkinson 's attempts to moderate criticism of the Area Board 's policies , and a trade unionist member 's introduction of some woolliness in the text to accommodate his dislike of any rationing by the purse , the committee 's report , submitted to Gaitskell in June , did make some strong proposals . |
| 16 | When you wash your hair make it part of your routine to gently massage your scalp using the soft pads of your finger tips in circular movements . |
| 17 | A bark alerts their owner to a likely disturbance , enabling them to take effective action . |
| 18 | IBM Corp made its debut at the National Association of Broadcasters Exhibition with its Ultimedia Tools Series , an integrated suite of over 60 software tools . |
| 19 | He explained that the examiner 's hypothesis influences his formulation of questions and biases his treatment of answers by inclining him to fasten onto those that agree with his hypothesis and overlook those that do not . |
| 20 | Due to the link-up QP is now a sending church and as such has a responsibility to support its missionaries in prayer . |
| 21 | God finger-flips the blubbery jail hither and thither like a war-game admiral nudging his fleet across maps of the sea . |
| 22 | After the lunch break Sister shared her experience as a nurse and bereavement counsellor in a busy London casualty department . |
| 23 | That admission made her smile to herself . |
| 24 | The National Governing Bodies whose sports can be accommodated in the facilities have taken the opportunity to promote their sport to a potential audience of four million people and are organising displays , coaching clinics , tournaments and so on . |
| 25 | That failure owed as much to English inability to sustain their efforts for long enough as to successful Scottish resistance . |
| 26 | Nor is it the case that we in fact need a vehicle , a mythological story to carry our awareness of God , of the kind which has been fabricated in the west . |
| 27 | Now , in the courtship of many species of ducks ( see Figure 1.8 , p. 16 ) , the male points his bill towards his back feathers in what looks like a stylized modification of preening . |
| 28 | For some chairmen , moreover , the prospect of playing Father Christmas ( which their rural electrification largesse offered them ) provided a not entirely unwelcome opportunity to affirm their commitment to the local community , and the voices of discontent raised against the policy were few . |
| 29 | Everyone remarks on how aggressive it now is , and it seems Down Under , Hewlett-Packard Co made its point about its new mainframe-killing Emerald servers by launching them in the Fossil Gallery of the Australian Museum , carefully labelling the dinosaur skeletons with jibes at IBM Corp , Hitachi Ltd , Fujitsu Ltd , Amdahl Corp and Digital Equipment Corp : legends such as ‘ ES/9000 — a large body and a small brain led this animal to become extinct ’ . |
| 30 | It was as if the entire French rugby community had conspired to give its favourite son , Serge Blanco , the opportunity to restage his exit in the white heat of Parc des Princes in the centennial final . |