Example sentences of "[vb -s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he turns pale-green again . ’ |
| 2 | MOTOROLA SIGNS CHORUS FOR MICROKERNEL ON POWERPC … |
| 3 | class control ; 2. interest shown by pupils ; 3. exam results ; 4. reinforces nurture within a particular religious tradition ; 5. encourages religious conversion ; 6. develops openness and tolerance towards other religions ; 7. level of information retained about religions ; 8. helps pupils to become kind and compassionate ; 9. promotes good citizenship ; 10. develops strong sense of social justice ; 11. lack of complaint about having to attend school worship ; 12. encourages willingness to question everything . |
| 4 | Although it costs more than 49p to pick up a copy today , ‘ The Faust Tapes ’ represents money well spent . |
| 5 | There is thus ample evidence to support the view that let evokes permission ( assumption , command , etc. ) as not obstructing the realization of the action permitted . |
| 6 | I ca n't do that bloody thing , it goes arsehole upwards and all over the place . |
| 7 | Too long a time with any one of the above steps of the sequence would only serve to emphasise their ignorance , whereas variety offers opportunity for different kinds of engagement . |
| 8 | This area is probably more suited to the older children , and offers opportunity for experience of sorting , matching , comparisons and shape . |
| 9 | Variety offers opportunity for comparisons and the discovery of new and different properties , which may be generalised later ; experience of many rounded things will suggest that ‘ rounded things roll ’ . |
| 10 | This use assumes the importance of student impressions , but not their absolute truth ; it offers opportunity and incentives for self-development , but no direct penalties ; and it provides a mechanism for students to blow the whistle if problems move outside the range of acceptability . |
| 11 | Two other women lay upon the counter a pickle-bottle and a glass vessel of a kind which altogether defies description . |
| 12 | Wonderful Town was the work of the Bernstein/Comden/Green team responsible for On The Town , and although Wonderful Town is a little patchy in recording , ( which does not give a particularly strong idea of the show as a whole ) , there are plenty of excellent numbers , and their variety is refreshing from the barber-shop style ‘ My Darlin' Eileen ’ to the bluesy ‘ Ballet at the Village Vortex ’ , passing through the remarkable ‘ Swing ’ , which defies description . |
| 13 | The sheer scale of Berlioz' Requiem defies description … the massive symphony orchestra , four brass bands placed around the auditorium . |
| 14 | There 's a purity to ‘ Nevermind ’ that all but defies description , it washes over every tune , every note even . |
| 15 | It was not hype or cleverly taken pictures designed for ‘ sophisticated ’ audiences , sated daily by instant coverage of war and disaster ; the problem is real enough — and in real terms , it very nearly defies description . |
| 16 | Academics contribute to it , certainly , but writing as critics , not academics , for it involves judgement as much as elucidation . |
| 17 | He stresses the way in which the acquisition of a gendered subjectivity is necessarily conflictual and involves struggle . |
| 18 | It is also possible to analyse , in a very similar way , the behaviour close to homoclinic orbits involving the stationary points C+ and C { 10 } , and , indeed , the behaviour close to the special point X on Fig. 6.2 , which represents parameter values at which all three stationary points are connected by heteroclinic orbits { 11 } . |
| 19 | And he offers provision far more than we can ever expect . |
| 20 | Lead underwriters are American Express Co 's Lehman Brothers , Bear Stearns Co Inc and Robinson-Humphrey Co . |
| 21 | Port Solent offers berth holders more than just the first class yacht sales and repair facilities of the south coast 's most prestigious marina , it also offers 24 hour access 365 days a year . |
| 22 | Clinton economic plan offers change of direction |
| 23 | A man with a mission who offers change |
| 24 | Some of the best partnership schemes are those where business offers support and resources to schools which are willing to tackle real problems . |
| 25 | AS SYBASE OFFERS SUPPORT |
| 26 | The group also offers support for individuals going through difficult periods . |
| 27 | This offers support for the idea ( in those practices with at least one partner with a special interest in diabetes ) of concentrating diabetic care on that partner , thus reinforcing that general practitioner 's skills . |
| 28 | Oracy involves teaching and assessing children 's language behaviour with other people . |
| 29 | Some legal definitions need to be agreed before progress can be made , including a definition of the environment and what constitutes damage . |
| 30 | Their solution offers money and resources to the powerful . |