Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The National Curriculum sections of the ERA , essentially centralising and directive in character , sit uneasily with a variety of other arrangements which undermine the Local Education Authority as intermediary between centre ( DES ) and periphery ( school ) : ‘ opting out ’ , City Technology Colleges ( CTCs ) , open enrolment , local management of schools ( LMS ) . |
| 2 | Such arguments sit uneasily within a tradition of British poverty research where data are constructed in ways which prevent ‘ race ’ ( let alone racism ) being a focus of analysis . |
| 3 | As usual it will be less well-off smokers who suffer most as a disproportionate amount of their income will be swallowed up in tax . ’ |
| 4 | When Connor came back with a pint pot in either hand , he found his wife in the arms of the young Welshman , and stood smiling , watching them dance together to a song that had become all the rage in the last few years : |
| 5 | When it begins to set , splash a little water on to it , and rub gently with a pointing trowel in a circular motion , to smooth flush , leaving little or no sanding . |
| 6 | They sit together in a non-smoking section . |
| 7 | Mix well , then bind together with a little beaten egg . |
| 8 | If Moby became nervous or anxious , I suggested Jeanne and John tried to ignore it and simply jolly him along unless he became overtly upset , in which case they were to offer short , protective verbal reassurance , insist gently on a ‘ sit ’ , then gradually lead him off again toward the object or person which had spooked him . |
| 9 | Push gently to a count of five and repeat other side . |
| 10 | It does this because it shows how if we start from our own case alone , and concentrate entirely upon a conception of mental states which is independent of behaviour , we can not move from our conception of ourselves as subjects of experience to a conception of other subjects . |
| 11 | Guests eat together around an elegantly decorated table and the atmosphere is very much that of a dinner party between friends . |
| 12 | It 's hard to be one of the boys when the boys unite only against a common enemy and at the moment that is oneself . |
| 13 | Such juries bring together on an integrated basis a variety of relevant experience and opinion . |
| 14 | Take 1 hour to bring the solution slowly to simmering point , simmer gently for a further hour . |
| 15 | Turn into a lightly floured board and knead gently for a few minutes . |
| 16 | report and summarise effectively in a range of contexts ; |
| 17 | Unless your home is totally dilapidated , steer clear of a complete redecoration prior to selling : it will arouse suspicion . |
| 18 | Along the shore , two and a half miles of golden sands slip slowly into a warm , blue sea where visitors can swim , sail and wind-surf . |
| 19 | We therefore divided the periodogram values by the best-fit power law ( see Table1 ) , and binned the results so that the QPO features would on average appear mostly in a single high-valued bin . |
| 20 | Indeed , after our second stop in Bombay a few passengers gratefully chose the option of being one-armed , one-legged , one-eyed , two-headed beggars rather than having to return to their seatettes and fly somewhere for a few months with their hands on their heads . |
| 21 | The Attax and the CF-200 power amp fit together into a 2U rack case , constituting a small , very portable setup . |
| 22 | Our first aim , therefore , is to isolate significant typical events and units of social life and activity , and then to probe for the underlying blueprint , often implicit rather than explicit , that will show how they fit together into a meaningful pattern . |
| 23 | Each side has maintained its own perceptual bubble but these have been made compatible so they fit together as a whole . |
| 24 | Westwood offers an account of how the structures of gender , ethnicity and class fit together for a specific group of women workers . |
| 25 | Einstein was driven to this idea not so much by the experimental results as by the desire to make two parts of the theory fit together in a consistent whole . |
| 26 | Its interconnecting parts — the mechanised looms , the steam-operated factories , the driven conveyor belts — fit together in an ever-increasing and complicated system of cogs and wheels . |
| 27 | They grow opposite on a dark green , purple-tinged stem . |
| 28 | These grow naturally as a single , vertical stem and need absolutely no pruning . |
| 29 | These kindly present-buying people will be set upon immediately by the old cake-shop lady , who will convince them that what all ‘ the young people ’ are going for are these lovely olive green PVC capes that fit nicely over a rucksack . |
| 30 | Never feel uncomfortable warning people you encounter halfway up a mountain who are dressed for the beach that they are taking a great risk proceeding without extra clothing and food . |