Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking notes is one of the best ways to stay alert and gain most from lectures , but how many notes and what sort ? |
| 2 | When presented with adequate messages , even though they may contain only the minimal information necessary to locate the target , young children are capable of the necessary perceptual discrimination and message decoding to perform effectively as listeners . |
| 3 | The four found Mary and Reggie in the kitchen , eating properly off plates . |
| 4 | As he progressed over the cobbled stretches of roads that give the race its title ‘ Hell of the North ’ , he was cheered on by police and public alike . |
| 5 | Wear on leather soled shoes was saved by sticking on over soles made from pieces of old tyre inner tubes . |
| 6 | ‘ The radio set can remain on for hours at a time ; you can enjoy it as background to reading , writing , homework , housework … . |
| 7 | We got on to dreams because Vern 's interested in them too . |
| 8 | Erm so Elizabeth got on to Aristocrats so what , what happened ? |
| 9 | Did n't you even got on to frogs and rabbits ? |
| 10 | She got on with children and dedicated herself to their wellbeing . |
| 11 | The study found that the subsequent increase in tax revenue during the period to 1985/6 could be explained mostly by factors such as employment growth , growth of earnings and growth of self-employment rather than by any ‘ incentive ’ effects . |
| 12 | Communicate effectively with colleagues , both up and down the chain of responsibility , to help ensure that risk management activities are sufficiently comprehensive and understood . |
| 13 | ‘ We are just building this up at the moment , ’ Gerwyn explains , ‘ so we sell locally to shops . |
| 14 | There 's a racket goin' on , Aggie ; but you know as well as me it 's been goin' on for years . |
| 15 | It pays to examine all gutter brackets and clips to ensure no water will drip on to walls . |
| 16 | The growth of the liturgical movement , the lay apostolate , biblical scholarship , the need for Catholics to participate in democratic politics at least in order to protect Catholic rights , the urgency of collaborating locally with non-Catholics in opposition to Nazism : all this and much else had produced a profoundly altered consciousness within the more wide-awake parts of the Church by the later years of Pius XII 's reign . |
| 17 | Matthew Evans was to split his role and that the hunt was on for a new m.d. , rumours that Mr Evans was ‘ bailing out ’ and the company was on the block were fanned by the trade 's more supportive friends at Private Eye and pounced on by publishers overexcited at the prospect of getting their hands on , if not the company , then at least some of its authors . |
| 18 | Although Indian Tamils lived mostly on estates , their sheer numbers had a significant social effect . |
| 19 | In effect , the Government had decided that the heavy subsidy given to the readers of the Nationalist and Uhuru , who lived mostly in towns ( half the sales and probably half the readership of both newspapers were in Dar es Salaam ) should take precedence over , for example , the building of satellite radio stations to improve reception in remote areas or the provision of community listening points . |
| 20 | Some of the common strategies deployed within lyrics , for instance creating the impression of the lyric 's reader as an intruder gazing voyeuristically into texts meant for private circulation , is one of the devices employed by poets to protect themselves . |
| 21 | Adequate personal financial resources are an essential component of community care and an essential prerequisite , too , of dignity and self-worth , but , surprisingly , the financial needs of people with mental disorder are often ignored or , at the other end of the scale , such people are at times even treated rather like children — they are provided with pocket money for ‘ treats ’ but all other financial decisions are taken out of their hands . |
| 22 | In the meantime they resolved to preach vigorously against bishops and the Prayer Book . |
| 23 | It says the two complete kernels will be able to sit side-by-side on Windows systems and run their respective applications . |
| 24 | It says the two complete kernels will be able to sit side-by-side on Windows systems and run their respective applications . |
| 25 | Her wig is made up of bottle tops , left over from ordinary twentieth-century life , trodden into the dirt underfoot , pressed on to noticeboards . |
| 26 | Startled staff dived for cover as the liquid dung splashed against outside walls , whizzed through windows and splattered on to desks , chairs , computers and carpets . |
| 27 | Californians have a reputation for latching on to fads , and it 's true — yet a lot of what they preach is eminently sensible . |
| 28 | The cases offered for discussion in the book are both realistic and relevant , as the authors have consulted widely with nurses in clinical practice . |
| 29 | The importance of maintaining links and collaborating effectively with parents and children is also indicated in the literature ( Department of Health and Social Security , 1985 ; Aldgate et al . , |
| 30 | IMPACT : An arrow shows where the stricken Jumbo plunged on to flats in the complex visited by a shocked Queen Beatrix ( inset ) yesterday |