Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prudent homeowners build their houses on continuous foundations rather than rest them on pier blocks from which they can be bucked when the big shake comes . |
| 2 | With hindsight the RHA would have attempted to follow the advice of Mezey on this issue and would have sought , as far as possible , change from within the institutions rather than imposing it from without . |
| 3 | It is important to write these plans down and to keep them under review . |
| 4 | Lorton swept the coins together and crammed them into the box . |
| 5 | What pinch your fingers together and push it in its |
| 6 | Instead , resting his elbows on his papers , he laced his fingers together and regarded her over them . |
| 7 | The Council feel that SARU should concentrate on raising money for the development of rugby in the townships rather than spend it on overseas tours to countries which can not afford to finance the visits . |
| 8 | PLAN will be supporting the government 's policy to integrate these children into existing family units rather than absorb them into separate institutions . ’ |
| 9 | This encodes the audio and video signals together and puts them onto the tape via the high-speed rotation of the head-drum ; it is this ‘ high writing speed ’ recording method which greatly improves the audio quality compared with VHS mono . |
| 10 | They were side by side , and she rolled on to her back , arched herself to receive him as she stretched her legs outwards and clasped them round him . |
| 11 | During a series of meetings with US President Bush , the US Defence Secretary Dick Cheney and the US Secretary of State James Baker , Moiseyev was informed that the USA would refuse to accept the reclassification of three Soviet motorized divisions as naval coastal units so as to exempt them from the terms of the treaty [ see p. 38027 ] . |
| 12 | Odd-Knut muzzles the dog with a piece of trace line , ties its front and back legs together and lies it on its side . |
| 13 | ‘ We know that , Mr Vigo , ’ he said , wrenching his eyes away and fixing them on an eggshell thin service , made to contain jasmine tea . |
| 14 | Redefine the problem in terms of a challenge , ask them to take two steps backwards and treat it as an experiment . |
| 15 | It is important that colleges and universities use the access funds sensitively and target them on those who need them . |
| 16 | The decision lifts restrictions that were placed by the court on the tiny company several months ago that forbade it from distributing advance copies of BSD/386 code for beta testing , or production software . |
| 17 | As he took up his school books again and moved them into his bedroom , he wondered if his father had told his mother about his leaving school . |
| 18 | All I 'm asking is that you begin to take these methods seriously and consider them alongside your own quantitative skills . |
| 19 | To make a Covenant , just complete the two forms above and return them to us in the envelope provided . |
| 20 | And it occu It seemed to me therefore that really one could only consider this level o at a strategic issue by looking at the quality of the existing landscape and it seems to me , if the proposition is that you should locate a new settlement to the erm North in the Ryedale sector , er of Greater York , then you 're effectively turning planning on its head because I think the usual approach is to try and steer development to less attractive areas rather than put them in better quality areas . |
| 21 | Since LMS has restrictions ( such as levels of pay , conditions of service etc. ) it is important that staff are aware of these limitations rather than perceiving them as restrictions/lack of initiatives placed on them by management . |
| 22 | ‘ I put all the ingredients together and put them on individual plates , but lots of people helped get the lobster out of their shells , and Alfred made the mayonnaise . |
| 23 | Andy yelled , throwing the keys down and grabbing me by the collar and slamming me back against the side of the Landie . |
| 24 | that some concessions regarding ( a ) should be afforded to small companies so as to relieve them of burdens and expense that they might find intolerable . |
| 25 | But she began to gather their limbs together and put them in order , head , body , arms and legs . |
| 26 | I got my part of the control lines together and carried them in a loop round to the kite . |
| 27 | ‘ The initial plan was to put companies together and bring them to the market . ’ |
| 28 | us fifty winters more or drop us at this one now |
| 29 | During the winter , the male digs a hole in the sandy earth about four feet deep and fifteen feet across and fills it with vegetation . |
| 30 | Johnson 's problem was the IAAF 's problem , and the bottom line was that when he was caught cheating in Seoul , the powers-that-be imposed the statutory punishment of two years rather than banning him for life . |