Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [conj] [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Cleft grafting on the spot is the primary example of field grafting and is widely used in California where varieties of vines cultivated change rapidly with fashion : a grower simply cuts off the whole of his existing variety at rootstock level and clefts on the new desired variety .
2 Lenders have confirmed that they do not seek possession where the borrower has suffered a severe reduction in income support but is still making a regular and routine payment , nor will they repossess — which is the point that I was making — where income support is paid direct to them .
3 The Popi also has its own roof terrace and is ideally situated — right next door to the Nitsa studios , so you 'll never be short of company and action .
4 Primary pleural lymphoma has been described , particularly in Japan but is said to arise most frequently from old inflammatory pleural disease , is usually of B cell type and is usually localised to the pleura .
5 An 18th Century canal Lengthsman 's cottage , Ty Banc , Resolven , has been restored by Neath Borough Council and is now operated by West Glamorgan Association for the Disabled as a team room and gift shop .
6 I mean I want to start with , with pensions pay and er , basically what 's happening is that everyone 's suffering pay cuts er and er th th what the government is doing is , first of all is attacking the State pension scheme er , and it 's allowing , er , employers to continue to rip-off occupational pension schemes and er since it 's pay , and it 's our pay , we wan na make sure we control it and I do n't see why the employers should be allowed to continue to exploit er , us both at one , both in terms of the pay we get now and the pay we get when we retire , whether it be at sixty whether it be er , whenever we wish to er retire and er , I think it 's very important if the government is er committed to crime prevention , that it actually starts doing something about those for , those , those employers , and Maxwell has , has been er referred to already , he 's just the tip of this very big iceberg er , and er , up and down the country , people are suffering substantial thefts of pay er employers are systematically organizing wages snatches , that 's what this er pension fraud is all about , and it 's about time that our government actually got round er and tackled this very important corporate crime issue that 's actually going on at the moment and er , I think that it 's very important that we ensure that we 're involved in er managing our own pension sch p pension funds , and therefore we should be pushing through demands of the er th the , the charter for pension fund democracy , and ensuring er that the government actually listens to what we 're saying , and actually er comes up with answers why we can not have the right to control our pay cos I can I ca n't see an any reason that they come back and say why democracy , why they ca n't , why , why they wo n't allow us to have a greater say and control our own pension funds and that 's I think is a legitimate demand that we should be campaigning for , up and down the country .
7 ‘ Hepatitis B has long been recognised as a risk to healthcare workers and is now considered by many authorities to be the most important infectious occupational disease , and yet we are still failing our workers , ’ she said .
8 And there will be a Rockwool product that 's simply cut out for it .
9 Whatever type of construction you 're thinking about , there 's a Rockwool product that 's specifically engineered for the task .
10 A baby grand piano stands in the drawing room and is often played by guests ( not this one unfortunately ) .
11 Whichever explanation is revealed by the major research effort that is still needed for the rest of the 1980s , the population changes discussed above have also had a major impact on rural communities , and so it is to this topic that attention is now turned .
12 Boston 's solution is to look to the example of Cuba , where she recently found it ‘ exhilarating to see a third-world nation that is adequately fed and healthy ’ .
13 He is said to have served for twenty-five years as rector of the cathedral fabric fund and is undoubtedly found in association with the cathedral 's masons and workshops .
14 It has , they said , ‘ made valuable and acceptable a building type that is usually considered unglamorous . ’
15 It was rated ‘ 5 ’ in the recent research assessment exercise and is fully recognised by the ESRC for studentships .
16 The response of those engaged in the arduous labours which led to the conclusion of the Convention is no doubt not dissimilar to that of the scholar who writes a book on the doctrine of unconscionability in contract law and is then taken to task by a reviewer for his failure to cover breach and termination — in other words , for not writing a different book .
17 Nitrification is higher under slash-and-burn regimes than under primary forest in southwest Venezuela and is apparently regulated by ammonium activity .
18 The computer keyboard also has a Delete key to delete letters in front of the cursor , a Backspace key to delete letters behind the cursor , a set of Cursor Movement keys that move the cursor up or down one line or side to side one space , a set of Function keys that perform preset functions with a single keypress and an Escape key that is normally used to reverse or undo the last action .
19 Cotton paper used to be made with cotton rags but is now made from cotton linters , which refers to the second harvest from the cotton plant .
20 In addition , the East Tullos test bed has now been fully approved for Olympus engine testing and is well advanced in achieving the same status for RB211 engines .
21 She turned professional at 15 and spent 2 years on the tennis circuit and is now ranked in the top 5 in Britain .
22 Whilst with JM Liz has successfully completed the Institute of Personnel Management examinations and is currently taking the Open University Effective Manager course .
23 Oligonucleotide B contains the ICP4 core sequence and is therefore expected to compete well with the longer ICP4 oligonucleotide .
24 It accounts for some 8.5 per cent of all take-home lager sales and is also sold in draught .
25 Like biotechnology , while there is a core definition that is generally accepted , some relevant topic areas have been neglected and some unrelated topics ( eg NMR ) have been suggested .
26 It is a concession of importance , since it indicates a greater convergence between the male and female work pattern than is usually suggested .
27 Employing this methodology , Nyman and Silberston , as already noted , find a significantly higher occurrence of ownership control than is generally assumed .
28 The museum has recently set up the Jewellery Discovery Centre and is also planning to spend around £2.4m refurbishing Soho House , once owned by the eighteenth-century industrialist and inventor Matthew Boulton .
29 Short-term memory has capacity limits and is readily purged , it probably keeps a record of the current situation , whereas the long-term memory is the repository of principles and strategies .
30 The story-line and the characters may seem incredible — like beautiful Remedios who floats up into the heavens while folding the household sheets and is never seen again — but Marquez defies you to disbelieve in them .
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