Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Therefore , to whom belongs the credit for this near miraculous escape from falling victim yet again to socialist ideology and dogma , which is in decline and disrepute everywhere , except for a few Third World countries ? |
2 | Poems order experience and share it ; understanding them and writing them involves an act of creativity , and in both activities there is a kind of joy involved when the order of words , or insight into the effect of that order , corresponds with the way things are . |
3 | One of them involves the observation of events as they actually occur , and the other involves experimentation which causes events to take place . |
4 | There is nothing wrong with the service and tourism sectors , but overreliance on them produces an economy just as vulnerable to recession as previous versions built around heavy manufacturing industry . |
5 | ‘ Neither of them fits the picture of a proper mother . ’ |
6 | Nothing destroys a sense of humour more than fear . |
7 | Nothing irritates a daily newspaper picture editor more than an allegedly topical photograph sent to him by post . |
8 | No-one wins a dispute with Graham , so there 's hardly any point indulging in a slanging match . |
9 | So water for me represents the ordinariness of life which Jesus can take and make very special . |
10 | First to tell me wins a signed photo of Jon Newsome : - ) |
11 | Now , everyone confronts the same challenge , and Mr Lang is looking for consensus . |
12 | Everyone agrees the camera loves her ’ |
13 | Everyone agrees the republics need all the parctical help they can get to stop them tearing themselves apart . |
14 | Everyone agrees the safety of 500 pupils is paramount . |
15 | ‘ One of them plays the piano most beautifully . |
16 | One of them frisks a large steel ashtray and hands a roach to another . |
17 | The article also quotes a source at the Ministry of Industry as saying that the government wants the spin-off , with corporate outside investors for the new entity , adding that , although the government is not opening up France Telecom 's capital to outside investors , ‘ nothing prohibits the privatisation of its subsidiaries . ’ |
18 | Nothing slows the work of |
19 | Following the first leg little or nothing separates the two teams . |
20 | Everyone understands the common language of money . |
21 | The pragmatist might suggest that precision is fine only so long as everyone understands the term : in fact , Pulex irritans is less obviously a flea , than ‘ flea ’ . |
22 | Ms Li dismisses any suggestion that anyone will feel like a second-class citizen : ‘ Everyone understands the changes our country is going through . |
23 | Herein lies a big problem for managers who must take steps to ensure that everyone understands the need for involvement — To this end a series of seminars and talks should be arranged in order to explain the issue , seek ideas and the commitment of everyone to meeting the challenge . |
24 | In case you find that potential recruits feel that the Park Society offers a marginally cheaper way of supporting the Welsh countryside , I think it is important that everyone understands the difference between us . |
25 | But , internally , you need to make sure that your auditors and your , and everyone understands the same thing . |
26 | First , it makes good sense because everyone understands the language of money as a common denominator which goes across all boundaries . |
27 | It had begun to look as though the Western powers had embraced the premise that no-one kicks a cringing dog . |
28 | When the Tories briefly took control of the council , they implemented current Conservative philosophy — to sell council homes and encourage what for them represents the truest democracy , a property-owning democracy , which is less about one-man-one-vote than every man a home-owner . |
29 | It 's not very nice because everyone thinks a fire is flames but the really dangerous thing is smoke and you literally ca n't breathe in the smoke . |
30 | ‘ I 've been talking to people about this , 'cos everyone thinks the video is so sexy , you know . |