Example sentences of "[n mass] [vb base] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , only a few clients of Credit Data say that they require every single item of information on file about any credit applicant . |
| 2 | These data show that there has been a posterior transformation of the trigeminal territory to a facial/vestibuloacoustic identity , and illustrates that retinoic acid induces changes in Hox-B1 expression that lead to the duplication of the r4/5 patterns in r2/3 without changing the normal r4/5 domains . |
| 3 | The heron profile that she saw through the grille . |
| 4 | The fry emerge and he shelters |
| 5 | So fish are aware of the popply , slapping noises that other fish make as they travel at speed through the water , of the clicks made by crustaceans snapping their hard shells and the scrapings made by fish grazing over the coral . |
| 6 | With impregnated pellets the fish benefit but you do n't get clouded water . |
| 7 | Once we went to a fish stall and he bought 30 crab sticks for 20p each . |
| 8 | Statistics suggest that you have 25 per cent more chance of having an accident in a black car than in a yellow or brown one . |
| 9 | Our statistics show that we consume all that we 're capable of producing , yet we 're investing less and less in new capacity to produce . |
| 10 | Detailed analysis of the remaining 75 per cent is not possible here but official statistics show that it relied heavily on soft markets desperate for basic manufactured goods . |
| 11 | He was just scooping the lard out of the trout mask when there came a violent knocking at the bedroom door . |
| 12 | I 'm pretty sure that by this stage I was suffering from what medical people mean when they talk about ‘ clinical depression ’ . |
| 13 | Practice partner uses set sentence ( at normal speed of course ) : ‘ What do people mean when they say … ? ’ and finishes the sentence by including the key word . |
| 14 | What do people mean when they say , ‘ No smoke without fire ’ ? |
| 15 | What do people mean when they say , ‘ He wo n't set the Thames on fire ’ ? |
| 16 | What do people mean when they say , ‘ Spreads like wildfire ’ ? |
| 17 | What do people mean when they say , ‘ Fiery personality ’ ? |
| 18 | What do people mean when they say , ‘ Put your hand in the fire ’ ? |
| 19 | What do people mean when they say , ‘ Out of the frying-pan , into the fire ’ ? |
| 20 | What do people mean when they say , ‘ Fire away ’ ? |
| 21 | What do people mean when they say , ‘ Misfire ’ ? |
| 22 | What do people mean when they say , ‘ As weak as water ’ ? |
| 23 | What do people mean when they say , ‘ A lot of water has gone under the bridge ’ ? |
| 24 | What do people mean when they say , ‘ The excuse does n't hold water ’ ? |
| 25 | What do people mean when they say , ‘ Water it down a bit ’ ? |
| 26 | What do people mean when they say , ‘ A watering place ’ ? |
| 27 | He adds : ‘ What people mean when they say we 're not efficient is that they would prefer to have a higher quality of service . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ What people mean when they say we 're not efficient is that they would prefer to have a higher quality of service . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ What people mean when they say homoerotic is images of gorgeous , sweating guys and we do n't do that , ’ retorts George . |
| 30 | This relative freedom from negative reaction is what I imagine most people mean when they say they are happy in their work . |