Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb -s] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These days , everyone just sits in front of the box for entertainment . |
| 2 | Widdicombe ( 1986 , vol. 1 , table 2.1 ) revealed that in 1985 the proportion of councils in party political control had risen to 84 per cent , hence in ‘ many , perhaps most … councils the party group ’ which rarely figures on organization charts — ‘ has become the focus of political decision ’ ( Alexander , 1982a , p. 97 ) . |
| 3 | The Dalai Lama has sought to secure an agreement with the Chinese Government for the future autonomy of Tibet , which effectively exists at present in name only . |
| 4 | Prior to the block exemption , such agreements would have had to be cleared individually by the Commission , a practice which effectively amounts to notification . |
| 5 | Frictional heat generated along the upper edge of the underthrusting lithospheric slab at depths exceeding 100km leads to the upwelling of magma in an expanding dome within the growing orogenic belt which eventually rises above sea level . |
| 6 | The normal pattern is for the initial expansionist phase to give way to a marginal state , which eventually leads through recession to the residual phase . |
| 7 | For Christianity is a historical religion , one which necessarily relates to history . |
| 8 | To make a hole in masonry or concrete you do not need to exert anything like the pressure you do with a conventional percussion/ratchet hammer drill which basically relies on drill rotation to wear away the material . |
| 9 | Long 's playing in the Concerto possesses feather-light dexterity with sly , wittily contrasted phrasing , which only serves to emphasis the nonchalant brilliance and simplicity of her interpretation . |
| 10 | The direction only applies to evidence which a party " intends to place reliance on " and so can not apply to new evidence which only comes to light after the time for serving statements has passed . |
| 11 | This is the cheaper version which only comes in aluminium |
| 12 | The incompetent , therefore , are the bookish , the ‘ smart ’ ones , those who have the theory but not the common sense , which only comes from experience and practice . |
| 13 | What I now want to suggest is that there is a lot of very successful science currently being conducted which literally depends on functionalism being true . |
| 14 | Overconstrained designs tend to become a compromise between these well defined parameters , which generally leads to low-risk , slow product development . |
| 15 | Their shadow images , like our own lives , are seen as merely the surface reflection of an unseen fabric of energy which majestically moves beyond time . |
| 16 | You have tried to create a product issue which already exists within LIFESPAN using option 5.3.1 — Create Issue . |
| 17 | Awareness — which largely comes through advertising and other such media |
| 18 | It also has the responsibility for controlling the money supply , which largely consists of bank deposits . |
| 19 | The alternative route of return descends the rough western slope aiming for the top of the Kingsdale — Deepdale road , which soon comes into view , and there turns right . |
| 20 | Mr. Munby , in his admirable skeleton argument , has suggested that the approach which best accords with principle may be summarised as follows : |
| 21 | However a bottom-up approach ( which always bears in mind the criterion of relevance to land-using decisions leading to environmental deterioration ) will leave many areas of local or national economic analysis aside . |
| 22 | Right , you , you think proba , this does n't sort of seem right to me , and this is sort of developing your common sense approach to maths , which always goes on top of the actual maths , you 've done the maths , yeah , you have a little look and it wo n't , does that make sense ? |
| 23 | Like spatial position , temporality is an intrinsic property of the object , which always exists in time , and will potentially signify the amount of time elapsed since it was created . |
| 24 | Mental illness , unlike most mental handicap which usually dates from birth or early years , may occur at any stage of life and may be chronic or acute , mild in form or severe . |
| 25 | This can put a strain on the goodwill which usually exists between community workers and DHSS staff . |
| 26 | Despite the growth of research into everyday memory and memory in applied settings ( e.g. Gruneberg , Morris & Sykes , 1978 , 1988a , 1988b ) and the research and theorising which has been done over some 50 years on the psychology of driver behaviour , there has been virtually no research which directly looks at memory in driving . |
| 27 | His formative years were spent living at a small terraced house in , a house which still remains in use today . |
| 28 | The group is now trying to encourage members to increase their commitment to 1 per cent ( which still pales in comparison with the US , where there are 2 , 5 and 10 per cent clubs ) . |
| 29 | This probably led to the practice which still exists of advertising agencies buying space in newspapers ( or time on television ) and receiving a commission from the media owner . |
| 30 | And indeed for the first few weeks there is a manic response of getting up at the usual time and finding things to do , but which gradually subsides into grief and depression . |