Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suffice to say , whether Boogie , Bop or simply Blues , this set of Brothers , whatever they once were before they fell out and dispatched solicitors to sue their siblings , will be wearing dark glasses , pork pie hats , black side-burns and will be playing Stax/Atlantic type material . |
| 2 | Dahl argued that power is fragmented between the different groups involved in the decision-making process since different groups got their way on different issues . |
| 3 | This led the Germans to emphasise their strengths in things other than politics , especially culture ( during the first half of the 19th century ) and industry ( during the second half ) , using these to build the German nation . |
| 4 | Supporters of a no-confidence referendum had gathered 440,000 signatures to support their demand . |
| 5 | Ripa di Meana 's idea would , however , require an international treaty whereby Italy would relinquish sovereignty over the town in exchange for the other member states financing its revitalisation . |
| 6 | The French fabliau in England may take one of two basic forms : fabliaux composed in Old French in France of which copies made their way to England , and fabliaux composed ( in most cases re-composed ) in the Anglo-Norman dialect , presumably in England . |
| 7 | Wildlife is abundant in fish , ducks and water hens , and it is a great joy in springtime to see mother ducks bring their families down the steep church embankment , across the road and onto the pond . |
| 8 | Some writers feel that there is much more scope for local authorities using their wide powers to charge to enhance their revenue ( Blair , 1991 ) . |
| 9 | John Saville , chairman of the J Saville Gordon parent group , said there was nothing to prevent the local authorities using their compulsory purchase powers to acquire the site if they so wished . |
| 10 | Our view is that we should let local authorities make their own decisions about their priorities . |
| 11 | The case could interfere with Annie Murphy 's plans to promote her book ‘ Forbidden Fruit ’ , which gives intimate details about her affair with the bishop . |
| 12 | * Uganda has announced plans to promote its small population of mountain gorillas as a tourist attraction . |
| 13 | Prague , Budapest and Berlin Various combinations by air or coach with special arrangements in all the countries concerned for student or older groups to plan their own programmes ( min 10 ) . |
| 14 | Greenpeace has criticised ICI 's plans for not revealing exactly how much pollution and waste each plant produced in order to enable environmental groups to monitor its progress in reducing them . |
| 15 | She spent hours unpicking her pre-war frocks in order to remake them for her daughter . |
| 16 | Because of its importance , most of the great houses launch their latest creations at the Biennale . |
| 17 | A few deep breaths to steady his racing pulse , and he was ready . |
| 18 | Bernard would lie awake for hours waging his nightly battle with carnality , slapping it down , groaning . |
| 19 | By understanding how various properties of objects influence their identification , we gain the background knowledge necessary for building more efficient artificial recognition systems , for understanding the development of recognition in children , and its impairment after brain damage . |
| 20 | Some birds laid their eggs on the floor and others showed signs of frustration . |
| 21 | He had seen Caballeros make his 3 and knew that unless the Spaniard cracked he would need to finish with two birdies himself . |
| 22 | The experts got their calculations wrong and the daily influx into London is vastly greater at the end than the start of the eighties , or any prediction forecast . |
| 23 | Even before the securities houses announced their decision , the advantages of issuing new equity had slumped along with the Nikkei . |
| 24 | Richard Dreyfuss was booked one week and on the night of the show a confusion over dates and times led his film company to arrange a business call that linked up Los Angeles , London , Australia and New York and he just had to be there . |
| 25 | This will take time to catch soaring turnover — up from £72million to £142million — as the group pays fees to BT and other international carriers for calls using their lines . |
| 26 | Darlington and South West Durham health authorities made their pledge while unveiling plans for the new Patient 's Charter at a press conference in Darlington . |
| 27 | It was an age in which all classes of society were expanding , in which men from every walk of life who enjoyed adventure and travel could find new opportunities as merchants to invest their talents at a large rate of interest . |
| 28 | Then , yet again , those Germans upset my best laid plans . |
| 29 | Even now his contemporaries raise their eyes and murmur ‘ Ssshh ’ because there are still alive those whose feelings might be hurt and the extent of it all is better buried under the marriages and the more undeniable liaisons . |
| 30 | It was from a corner that Malcolm Allen headed the second after 18 minutes to claim his eighth of the season before Andy May volleyed the third from the edge of the box against his former club . |