Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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31 If you are going to eat in the kitchen make sure overall lights arc on a dimmer switch and that there is enough light over the table — use a rise-and-fall light fixture for example — which can , of course , be substituted for or combined with candlelight at night .
32 The kitchen ceased vibrating , and its walls relaxed .
33 It therefore follows that any deviation from average conditions will result in a difference between the predicted tide and the actual tide experienced .
34 There 's now also a special budget priced Uno ‘ Spark ’ model , featuring over £500 worth of extra equipment , and it is some £300 less than its standard model .
35 Although this freedom offers a better indicator than such things as matriliny or the worship goddesses , it also is not a clear indicator of the political and economic power , in spite of Engels 's belief to the contrary .
36 Metaphors became mixed and feelings ran high .
37 Lange admitted that he had " been over a barrel " after the French government had threatened that unless the accord was accepted , New Zealand would be denied access to French markets for its agricultural exports , the mainstay of its economy ,
38 On Sept. 6 interest in the Iran-contra investigation was renewed when a federal grand jury indicted Clair E. George , former chief of CIA covert operations , on 10 felony accounts accusing him of lying to and obstructing congressional and judicial investigations of the Iran-contra affair .
39 One who deviates so manifestly from these rules as to drive recklessly ought to realize — because the driving test requires a driver to realize — that there is a considerable risk of an accident .
40 Friction led to furious rows and the rows led to Willy demanding that he should be allowed to take a room where he could look after himself .
41 The damage became obvious in 1957 when the Midland lost its coveted position as Britain 's largest bank Barclays ' deposits of £1,346m edged ahead of the Midland 's £1,342m .
42 JOHN Gummer came to the despatch box to give the new guidelines for safe cooking using microwave ovens .
43 Pauline does all the cooking using only top quality produce .
44 Some analysts were gloomily looking to the FT-SE 100 index to fall below the 2,200 level if the 15 per cent base rate is maintained for any length of time .
45 They were expected to take about twenty minutes to sink to the bottom .
46 Father Devlin got in alongside him .
47 Devlin got up and they walked out to the terrace .
48 As Schellenberg and Devlin got out , a sergeant emerged from the hut with the radio mast , and hurried towards them .
49 They seem , however , to have had little support amongst the lords , and the opposition which undoubtedly existed to Gaunt 's reversal of the acts of the Good Parliament lacked leadership and co-ordination .
50 I suppose English critics will always work on the old lines , and try to get behind the book to quiz the author … instead of seeing that he is almost irresponsible , that it is the result of haphazard circumstances , and that the writer rubs his eyes and wonders how this and that got into his pages as much as the reviewer does .
51 Once again , left ventricular function plays a key role .
52 Two moles of CO2 have a mass of 88 grams and n moles a mass of n X 44 grams .
53 He had obviously not allowed his degree course to affect his view of what was and was not possible in the physical world .
54 It took four minutes to connect .
55 Prior to this time , the early seventies , there was no real precedent for autonomous women 's groups organizing around a woman-only issue .
56 Misconduct case GP to appeal
57 After I was at court I had to go back to Low Newton to wait for a few weeks before I could go to Styal prison .
58 What is meant by class and ethnic reductionism and essentialism is illustrated here by Rex 's assumption of deterministic and invariable cultural patterns producing inevitable individual responses .
59 Therefore , the catalyst helping to promote high density among salaried staffs was government support in the form of legislation since 1936 guaranteeing the right of association and negotiation to white-collar as well as manual employees .
60 It seemed to Elizabeth that it took people half an hour to greet each other each day .
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