Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the rich landscapes by Yuri Yegorov , from the recently re-named Volgograd , and the huge figurative diptych by Lewishamborn Terry Setch make an interestingly contrasted pair . |
| 2 | Isolated nuclei display an ATP-dependent uptake of calcium , of which 20% was subsequently released by InsP 3 ( ref. 138 ) . |
| 3 | Ankles suffer a high rate of injury wherever poor mats are used . |
| 4 | The cases display a mainly 19C head reliquary of the grandmother of King Wenceslas , Ludmila ; the 10C sword of St Stephen wrought by Ulfberth and a 13C mitre set with seed pearls . |
| 5 | Now , offices , the County Hall and even a car park make a bigger impact but the prison retains its huge central site . |
| 6 | Many books written for full-time or professional interviewers advocate a ‘ system ’ for asking questions . |
| 7 | Highly cohesive groups display a strong loyalty to their members and a strong adherence to group norms . |
| 8 | Climbers make a great mistake , however , in imagining that each of these groups aspires to the dizzy heights of dangling . |
| 9 | Cops nab a ‘ rogue ’ sandwich |
| 10 | On the basis of US experience , Edwards ( 1979 ) identified a progression of employer strategies from ‘ simple ’ ( direct ) control in small firms , whereby arbitrary power to issue instructions and discipline employees is accorded to foremen and supervisors , 8 through ‘ technical ’ control in which machines set the pace of work , especially in mass-production industries , to a ‘ bureaucratic ’ stage where work becomes highly stratified and employers develop a system of impersonal rules to control workers . |
| 11 | In Germany employers gain area 2 from the employment of migrant workers , while in the UK employers lose an amount equivalent to the areas 3 + 4 . |
| 12 | Although the written text may be very general and refrain from referring either to men or women , the illustrations make a definite point for the majority contain male figures . |
| 13 | Beyond the woods lay a valley and in the valley a lake , where the ruins of a fine Georgian house were reflected on a clear day . |
| 14 | Workers at British Aerospace fear a proposed deal with Indonesia could threaten more jobs at Prestwick . |
| 15 | I believe that the general practitioners find a problem list more informative ( although I have never investigated this formally ) and that the copy letters in the notes make a more useful case summary than the handwritten record . |
| 16 | ‘ Sheep make a noise . |
| 17 | Whilst such systems are powerful tools for marketing analysis and direct marketing campaigns ( indeed , such profile codings have been shown to be highly predictive when incorporated into credit scorecards ) , the credit marketer should never lose sight of the fact that these are likely profiles and there will inevitably be a small proportion of targeted customers whose actual profiles display a disparity from the system profile . |
| 18 | It is hereby ascertained that nine pints and one choppin of the said Standard measure make a peck , and that sixteen pecks make a Boll . " |
| 19 | However , cyclists make a good example because they too are starting to wear hard hats . |
| 20 | The environmental groups cite a number of examples of inappropriate use of the funds . |
| 21 | But , in the main , westerners fear a spell in the east will mean a kink in their careers , or that life will be too grey ( ‘ not even a decent pub ’ , groaned one civil servant back from an eastern town he decided not to work in ) . |
| 22 | In contrast , ‘ phalanx ’ growth forms develop a structure of tightly packed shoots ( most of the pasture grasses and some pasture dicots such as Bellis perennis ) ( Lovett Doust , 1981 ) . |
| 23 | Unique and naive in style , these ‘ artless ’ illustrations remain an important element of the stories and part of the total experience . |
| 24 | Whatever advertisers and their agencies may think about the respective merits of Conservative , Labour or even Liberal Democrat administrations , general election mean a windfall of about £10m worth of business for media owners and a favoured few advertising agencies — reportedly some £8m of that spent by the Conservatives , £2m by Labour and a meagre £250,000 by the Liberal Democrats . |
| 25 | Here I must emphasize that , although social anthropologists in the field concentrate a great deal of their attention on day-to-day domestic relationships , it is not really the set of domestic relationships as such which is their ultimate focus of interest . |
| 26 | Although its great hall and courtyard buildings have crumbled , its linked tower houses make an impressive sight from the A85 towards Crieff , and the interior still contains fine tempera painted ceilings , plasterwork and moulded fireplaces . |
| 27 | Figure 16–3 suggests that income taxes introduce a distortion that leads to a level of work that is socially inefficient . |
| 28 | The growth of synfuel industries during the latter years of the twentieth century and the gradual increase of the contribution to oil demand made by these oil shale , tar sand , coal based fuels mean an extension of the life of the IC engine probably well into the mid-21st century . |
| 29 | The Company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry and the Directors may allot equity securities in pursuance of such offer or agreement as if the powers conferred thereby had not expired . ’ |
| 30 | unless renewed , expire fifteen months after the passing of this Resolution or at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company , whichever is the earlier , save that the Company may prior to such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry and the Directors may allot equity securities in pursuance of such offer or agreement as if the power conferred hereby had not expired . ’ |