Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [verb] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 If you throw a dead bird into the air it will describe a graceful parabola , exactly as physics books say it should , then come to rest on the ground and stay there .
2 By the time the mare impacts occurred there would probably have been too little dust available to fill the maria .
3 The football authorities say we can now concentrate on what happens on the field rather than the terrace , because hooliganism is being forced out of the game .
4 Directly accessing the experience of service users avoids inadvertently confounding measures of process and outcome ; where evaluations have used measures of , for example , individual programme goals achieved it may be that the result owes more to staff activity ( in this case , in setting achievable goals ) than to real differences in client experience ( de Kock et al. , 1988 ; Repp and Barton , 1980 ) .
5 Now that you understand why these lace carriage movements occur you should be able to operate the carriage happily , knowing that although it may look unorthodox , there is a good reason for each instruction .
6 College officials said they could not recall any previous speaker receiving such an enthusiastic welcome .
7 But reality in the 1990s mean her story has a side retailers feel they ca n't ignore and that means it 's off sale .
8 A group of mobile cafe owners say they 'll fight moves to ban their vehicles from the roadside on a busy dual carriageway .
9 A group of mobile cafe owners say they 'll fight moves to ban their vehicles from the roadside on a busy dual carriageway .
10 Say Happyhol Cabins confirm they 'll be over Monday to erect .
11 In the course of our case studies , we found that programmers/analysts capable of working in certain specific software/hardware areas ( for example , IBM System 38 , PICK ) were extremely scarce , in some cases so much so that " nobody is training them any more " ( since high turnover rates meant they would not have the chance to amortise the training investment ) .
12 A spokesman said : ‘ Many rang in on car phones saying they would be late . ’
13 During that process the proposals are amended — it is not impossible for them to be amended , although to hear Opposition Members speak one would think that the proposals went straight from Commission draft into law without an intermediate stage .
14 It was about five years later when I was going away for a weekend and knowing that space in the car would be limited , I spent a long time thinking what sketching materials to take which would not need much room .
15 As Japanese banks can count 45% of unrealised gains on shareholdings as capital , Japanese banks with huge equity portfolios thought they would easily meet the deadline .
16 TWO North-East councils say there could be job losses following the Government 's announcement of charge capping yesterday .
17 The small size of the formulations compared to red blood cells means they could penetrate solid tumours , making them more susceptible to chemotherapy and radiotherapy , and they could reach inaccessible parts of the heart during surgery .
18 Opposition MPs said it could lead to hundreds of job losses for fishermen .
19 When the core products ship there will also be add-ons available for the single-user Personal Edition .
20 Council officials say it wo n't in any way effect their inquiry .
21 The pharmaceutical industry supports the EC directive ( 92/27/EEC ) that will require all European licensing agencies to provide what will be known as a ‘ summary basis of approval ’ on granting a licence for a new medicine .
22 Tory campaign managers know they must hold key marginals like Darlington , Stockton South and York to ensure a historic fourth successive victory .
23 At a time when household formation rates suggest we should be going in the opposite direction , simply to stand still .
24 Pa Grant demanded his removal from office ; other committee members thought he might be neutralised by making him treasurer .
25 Council bosses fear there will be compulsory job losses among its 54,000 employees , but hope many will take voluntary redundancy or early retirement .
26 Focus groups said they would pay more taxes if the cost of the Federal machine was cut , and so Clinton announces with great fanfares a 25 per cent cut in White House staff .
27 Well somebody else told me that I mean er er the wine connoisseurs say who would drink that stuff you ca n't drink red wine .
28 But the big record companies say they need elaborate long term contracts to invest in new talent .
29 In the short run , ATP officials say they will cancel plans for another round of applications this summer to their programme , which funds proposals from individual companies and industry consortia , while the Energy Department expects to continue its emphasis on funding research projects within the laboratories that also serve the needs of industry .
30 But Health and Safety officials say they could still be many homes where staff are n't aware of the rules .
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