Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [adv] [verb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet the mathematical calculations that would be necessary to explain the principles of vision are just as complex and difficult , and nobody has ever had any difficulty in believing that little animals can see . |
| 2 | Morley Street and Granville Again are set to clash in the Coral-Elite Hurdle which has also attracted this year 's Champion runner-up Oh So Risky and Martin Pipe 's Tyrone Bridge . |
| 3 | The mighty IBM , which has probably set more industry standards than most other organisations put together , is not being drawn into the argument . |
| 4 | Hippocampal long-term potentiation is clearly a model system of immense promise — and indeed one which has already yielded much information — about the ways in which neurophysiological changes can be translated into biochemical and structural mechanisms . |
| 5 | Crucially , it seems likely that the Indian budget next March will abolish exchange controls on the rupee and there are also moves to lessen the swingeing import taxes on works of art into the country which has currently restricted much purchasing in London sales to NRI 's non resident Indians or to collectors who keep their works of art outside the country . |
| 6 | He aims to grab 8% of the audience by offering more music and less talk , thereby attacking the BBC 's Radio One , which has recently offered more talk and less music . |
| 7 | Of all the opportunities that have been placed before dealers during the past year the one which has undoubtedly received most press coverage is desktop publishing . |
| 8 | ‘ They give them stuff to read which has really got some relevance to the children 's life . |
| 9 | The impetus for change comes from the Management Charter Initiative ( MCI ) , an employer-led pressure group which hopes eventually to transform all management qualifications into quantifiable ‘ competences ’ . |
| 10 | Tall , ruddy-faced and tending to corpulence in his early forties , he had about him the self-satisfied air of a man who has already achieved some measure of public acclaim ; he wore his thick shock of fair hair brushed across his forehead from a centre parting in two matching wings , and his upper lip was thatched with a fashionably luxuriant mustache . |
| 11 | Despite what others may do , one man who has already proved this year that he is far from finished is Joey Dunlop . |
| 12 | Wright looked acclimatised to the First Division , more so than his partner Bright , who has yet to score this season . |
| 13 | A bankruptcy petition can be issued against anyone who has a judgement debt registered against them of £750 or more and who has neither paid that debt nor satisfied the court that there is a valid counterclaim . |
| 14 | Professor Garrow 's studies show that a 10-stone woman who has just lost 20lb can eat the same amount — without gaining weight — as a 10-stone woman who has always weighed that amount . |
| 15 | The females close in on him , led by some old lady dolphin who has obviously had much practice at settling sharks . |
| 16 | What can an Alumni offer , beyond what we are trying to deliver , except entry to anyone who has ever done any sort of course at Salford ? |
| 17 | Neuberg ( 1989 ) is an author who has recently considered this type of work in detail . |
| 18 | Say what you like about the first-past-the-post system , but it does let you know who has actually won each seat . |
| 19 | Faldo , who has never won this championship , went into lunch one hole down against Frost who had a 66 to a 67 . |
| 20 | That lack of sensitivity has not made her especially popular in the locker room , but she has nevertheless gained enough respect to be selected to the board of the Women 's Tennis Association over many years , and she currently serves as its President . |
| 21 | She has also lost all hope of repair , she does not believe that her lover will return . |
| 22 | Diana is said to have been deeply distressed by reports that she has recently suffered another outbreak of bulimia nervosa , the binge-eating disease . |
| 23 | ‘ She has never worn such gear in her life . ’ |
| 24 | she has never got much energy in the morning as you know ! |
| 25 | She has always had this dream that I would make it to university and she will be devastated if I do n't continue , but the way I am feeling now , I do n't want to . |
| 26 | And she does indeed have some kind of magnetism , even in a snapshot … |
| 27 | Everyone who comes here finds this place therapeutic . ’ |
| 28 | she 's just looked this way now . |
| 29 | I think she 's just had another baby or summat . |
| 30 | And er and she 's still got that crystal dish . |