Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much later , in the eighteenth century , the Spanish artist Goya shows a caged owl being swooped upon by two free-flying birds , while a small caged bird sits nervously in front of it . |
| 2 | Near Bering Strait the small inflow of Pacific water circulates locally in the pycnocline layer . |
| 3 | This idea that the essentials for salvation are never ‘ above reason ’ sits uneasily with what Locke has already said about the practical difficulty of working them out for oneself . |
| 4 | But it sits uneasily with the often-heard principle that ‘ local services should respond to local needs ’ . |
| 5 | At first sight this degree of fluidity in the Japanese labour market sits uneasily with the presumption that employment is for life because this would make wages a quasi-fixed cost . |
| 6 | The unit tries to keep the offenders out of court , an aim that sits uneasily with the government 's new philosophy that prison and punishment work . |
| 7 | This power , while it is comfortable in the context of this poem sits uneasily with the images of nature and creative forces proposed in the Eolian harp , This Lime Tree Bower My Prison and Frost at Midnight . |
| 8 | In other words , the ideology of limited intervention which the current Conservative administration espouses sits uneasily with its need to respond to the demands of industrial and property production and to those for environmental conservation and local control over land policy . |
| 9 | The title sits uneasily on a place which is , for very good reasons , unsure of its own identity . |
| 10 | Like the peasants who hedge their bets , Mozambique sits uneasily between war and peace . |
| 11 | Additionally , bargaining is a closed , private activity which sits uneasily astride the current emphasis on open government and public participation . |
| 12 | ‘ With the Hendrix show the work goes right across the range and it covers all the bases . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It 's easy , simple and elegant and it goes right across the age range . ’ |
| 14 | There 's always a demand for jokes and it goes right across the board , ’ says Neville . ’ |
| 15 | a blockage yeah it goes right across you , you 've got you 've got catarrh and I 'm thinking you can only have catarrh if you 've got a , you know if you had a real bad cold and or the flu or something but she said it 's all in there . |
| 16 | It goes right across into politics and administration , does n't it ? |
| 17 | And study after study comes up , even in this brave new world , about the fact that only eight per cent or so of the child care is actually done by men , and this goes right across the classes . |
| 18 | There 's a gap in the wall , and it goes right onto the platform — there ai n't no fence or nothing stopping me getting out . |
| 19 | A woman of taste and energy , Mrs Baer goes right to the source — provincial villages in France — for her fine curtains , natural linens and variations on the theme of blue ( or beige or grey ) and white stripes so sought after by decorators . |
| 20 | Goes right to the spot . |
| 21 | After following Wilton Lane to the north for around ¾ mile the route goes right to Dunsdale Farm and on to meet the B1269 . |
| 22 | and goes right to that wall does n't it ? |
| 23 | I know but the one that goes right to Church Hill , that one . |
| 24 | They say peace , it does n't just go on the top two inches of the surface water , it goes right to the very depths of your life and keeps . |
| 25 | The Clapis area is reached by taking the road to the Col du Cayron , just before Gigondas , then a forestry road which goes right at the col and contours round the hill . |
| 26 | Broadcasters do try to offer advice , but it often goes right over the heads of enquirers . |
| 27 | I 'm afraid they do , but because they perceive television as entertainment , it goes right over their heads . |
| 28 | What goes right over high over the Thames . |
| 29 | It goes right into there , and I was staggering all day , you know when I would get up ? |
| 30 | It goes right into the subconscious of course ; no memorizing involved . ’ |