Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , regional development grants worth as much as 25 per cent of the capital cost of setting up a plant are available in certain departements ( counties ) in the Rhone-Alpes region . |
| 2 | Same goes for about half the words I 've been learning from that little minx . |
| 3 | er Irene was er , erm bath on a Tuesday and Ron usually goes , Ron does n't stay in very long , Irene just goes for about half an hour so she said Ron is n't coming to the bath today , he 's got a bad throat , and I never thought to say , how is his throat this |
| 4 | Unfortunately the BSE bug incubates for around three years , during which time the farmer is unaware of his cow 's deteriorating health . |
| 5 | The organ contributes for approximately half the orchestra in this work , which appropriately gave the RLPO 's wind section a deserved break . |
| 6 | No , he worries about not worrying . |
| 7 | The Tory Government , my Lord Mayor , has for too long denied people the real choice . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , the rapid uptake of the technology , with the implications this has for very substantial job displacement in some sectors , even if matched in the longer term by job creation elsewhere , is highly likely to create further problems for the economy and for society to handle . |
| 9 | ‘ She stands for so much . |
| 10 | The DT 2600 E has about as many features as can be squeezed on to a hot air gun . |
| 11 | The police officer has about that much space to operate in . |
| 12 | He flinches for only half a second , but it 's enough to take me inside the hall . |
| 13 | Er as a result of the success we 've now got to go back and revisit it , I mean Ian you know has been leading in from from this office er and that it 's the person contact which counts for so much . |
| 14 | Friendship , I fear , counts for very little when the fur really begins to fly . |
| 15 | But , as an unattached freelance ( I ca n't think how she even scraped together the entry fee for this Fair ) , her opinion counts for very little with the company . |
| 16 | and they have all these like really good ideas Head Office and area office and everything like it counts for very little unless you 've got the support of the |
| 17 | But he lives for only two things — the Royal Navy and the Ariadne . ’ |
| 18 | John Talbot lives for only two things — his daughter and his son . |
| 19 | Even companies doing relatively well must keep the tightest control on costs in the prevailing climate , and Hewlett-Packard Co is offering a voluntary severance-incentive programme to employees in some job categories , and looks for about 2,700 employees to leave in early 1993 , about 2,000 of them in the US . |
| 20 | The government 's aim has always been to attract foreign investment ; only its tactics have changed as the tiny city-state ( 639 sq km ) matures and looks for more sophisticated investors to help it achieve the longed-for ‘ developed nation ’ status by 2030 . |
| 21 | That bears the fruits of past , sound financial management , preserved services and looks for as many efficiencies as possible . |
| 22 | You 'll find that quite often this sort of selective improvement will give a room the new look it needs for far less money than a drastic change-around . |
| 23 | Altogether , English Heritage cares for over 350 ancient monuments and buildings from the smallest standing stones to the largest fortresses . |
| 24 | The other two are fourth party repair , which looks after both internal equipment and external customers , and software services , which was launched in January 1993 ( CI No 2,087 ) . |
| 25 | Yes , well the good news is , that there 's actually something called waiver of premium on the plan , which looks after exactly the , looks after exactly that case . |
| 26 | He said his experience as president of Youth Clubs UK which looks after around one million youngsters in Britain , had shown him the pressures faced by young people today . |
| 27 | Most species have registered declines of around 50 per cent . |
| 28 | Britain 's ageing population means record companies prefer to promote album bands like Simply Red to adults , over high-cost , low-return pop acts . |
| 29 | Straightaway I thought ; I need a job and this really looks like somewhere interesting to work . |
| 30 | Looks like just one blow . |