Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [noun] [prep] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have to know that sort of thing otherwise I would n't know how hard to fire the retro-rockets to give you a gentle landing . |
| 2 | Even this is inadequate , but I want to forestall the objections ( because I agree with them ) of those who say that Wages for Housework simply means providing married men with state-paid servants … an argument which the Wages for |
| 3 | In fact the pollution control officer has as indices of activity neither the policeman 's arrest rate nor the evidence which some other compliance system enforcement agents can exploit , such as the dollar amounts recovered by consumer protection officers ( Silbey , 1978 ) . |
| 4 | In these , messages are carried as flashes of light rather than electrical signals so there is no possibility of interference . |
| 5 | In 1894 Gertrude Tuckwell ( Secretary and later President of the Women 's Trade Union League ) advocated ‘ the gradual extension of labour protection to the point where mothers will be prohibited from working until their children have reached an age at which they can care for themselves ’ , and the Women 's Labour League agreed that mothers with children under five should not be employed . |
| 6 | One recent survey revealed that 13pc of couples only make love once a week though the researchers believe the number who do n't have sex at all may be even greater . |
| 7 | Meanwhile research revealed that 80% of SMEs already used suitable PCs , and over 50% were strongly attracted to the idea of a ‘ single source ’ through which a variety of services could be accessed . |
| 8 | Though she 'd heard that victims of attack often suffered from delayed repercussions — depression and sleeplessness amongst them — neither had struck her yet . |
| 9 | The world believed that women like Ada Gaily were uncomplaining ; the world was wrong . |
| 10 | Oh yes , you get that , you get that kind of mimicry , but again you 'd expect it in , in , in both sexes I should think , unless it just happens that males for example normally are bigger and then it 's taken on a , a secondary characteristic which is a possibility . |
| 11 | It 's reckoned that 80% of people only read the headline , so it 's important that you put your name in it , or at least have your name strongly upfront . |
| 12 | But Maloney also revealed that Lewis v Bowe almost went on outside the ring this week . |
| 13 | In the remaining chapters , it is argued that religion in Ireland basically solidifies the opposing alliances in an exclusive way and precludes a common state form , thus providing the structure of violence which such divisions entail . |
| 14 | Peter McIntosh , the co-author of this report and a pioneer in the historical study of sport in modern Britain , concludes that the state via the Sports Council should ‘ base both research and promotion on enjoyment rather than social function ’ . |
| 15 | The canoes were unloaded and preparations for dinner underway . |
| 16 | The real point about the events of 1558 is that it was a missed opportunity for the Catholics , missed because Mary of Guise still temporized , still would not put the weight of the ‘ state ’ behind that of the church . |
| 17 | It seems clear from the overseers ' accounts for the late 18th century that two of the four adult Titford brothers were living as occupants of houses once held as leasehold properties by their better-off ancestors . |
| 18 | Thus the philosophical Greeks and the industrious Chinese will do as instances of non-restriction only on condition that we allow ourselves a strangely overgeneralized view of the Greeks and the Chinese . |
| 19 | The Working Party 's stance stems from the fact that 70 per cent of the Board 's distributable income arises from Test match generated funds , and therefore the Board sees as its ‘ principal function and power the promotion , financing and betterment of cricket generally with an essential object being the achievement of the highest possible standards at international level ’ . |
| 20 | This study shows that treatment with metronidazole selectively reduces intestinal inflammation and blood loss in patients with NSAID enteropathy . |
| 21 | The Table shows that patients on NSAIDs hadsignificantly less inflammation than patients with inflammatory bowel disease but the blood loss was similar to that of patients with Crohn 's disease . |
| 22 | The survey Godwatching ( IBA and John Libbey , 1988 ) showed that 62% of adults sometimes watch religious programmes . |
| 23 | ( It is worth noting that titles of discourses often supply a broad explanatory context ; we might , for example , have called this extract ‘ The Piano Movers ’ , and immediately made it much more meaningful by doing so . ) |
| 24 | Yes , you 've heard it before but JOHN ROBB reckons that World Of Twist really have come up with one of the singles of the year in ‘ The Storm ’ . |
| 25 | Yes , you 've heard it before but JOHN ROBB reckons that World Of Twist really have come up with one of the singles of the year in ‘ The Storm ’ . |
| 26 | It is a position of danger where miracles of healing may occur but miracles of disaster also . |
| 27 | Despite this , a pilot survey indicated that 10% of drivers still forget to lock all doors , shut all windows or lock the boot . |
| 28 | One of the fundamental principles behind the concept was that short landing strips for unladen aircraft were more readily found than sites for runways maybe a mile in length needed for a fully laden bomber to get airborne . |
| 29 | They both came to realise that supremacy within capitalism ultimately requires the use of force or the threat of its use — whether against the Soviet bloc or inter-capitalist rivals . |
| 30 | The bulk of the working-class press continued to argue that discussion of contraception only hindered the advancement of social reform . |