Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dolphin groups tend to travel in specific formations , exhibiting refined and developed skills in working and cc-operating as a group . |
| 2 | Some anorexics combine fasting with occasional binges , followed by self-induced purging or vomiting . |
| 3 | Because these three associated religions appear to have in common the belief in one transcendent personal creator , it is often assumed that they all believe in the same God . |
| 4 | He was a typical projector of the period , and he also had gifts as a writer , though some of his projects appear wrapped in airy rhetoric : only his colonizing plans are of enduring interest . |
| 5 | The guidelines envisage that over the period to 2011 the proportion of aggregates supply met from primary land-based sources in the region will decline from 85% to just over 20% . |
| 6 | The guidelines envisage that over the 20 year period to 2011 the proportion of aggregates supply met from primary land-based sources in the region will decline from 65% to around 45% , despite a net increase in output . |
| 7 | If my sons want to train as chartered accountants , I shall do everything in my power to persuade them otherwise . |
| 8 | Less able older readers tend to perseverate with grapho-phonemic approximations , whereas the younger , better readers use more mature strategies . |
| 9 | Fancy designer labels tend to come with fancy price tags to match . |
| 10 | We notice that the words tend to fall into natural sets : |
| 11 | And those voltage gated channels predominate predominate in excitable tissues . |
| 12 | As data begin to accumulate on daily food requirements of different species , we can test more fine-grained hypotheses . |
| 13 | New chairman Robert Corbett says most of the losses seem to stem from incompetent grain trading . |
| 14 | So metropolitan councils , and here 's where the confusions begin to creep in metropolitan councils and some non-metropolitan councils , I E district councils so they 're in a separate ca separate category with this electoral sequence . |
| 15 | More successful education about birth control measures and more approachable advisory services may be part of the answer , but many unwanted pregnancies seem to occur among experienced contraceptors who give up without specifically wishing to become pregnant ( Wells , 1983 ) . |
| 16 | It made her think of bath night at Lyra Street ; of the ritual carrying-in of the tub and filling it from pans and kettles set to boil on bright red coals . |
| 17 | That provided a large data set based on face-to-face interviews , self-completion questionnaires and physical surveys . |
| 18 | As shopkeepers themselves , Reg and Sue like to buy from local shops . |
| 19 | Clutch , gears and brakes continue to operate with car-like ease , a factor appreciated by ladies and leisure drivers . |
| 20 | Opportunities exist to push for new contracts within the same company , so individuals do not always have to leave for a new challenge . |
| 21 | Snakes do respond to quick movements . |
| 22 | International : KGB signs up for Hollywood After the success of JFK , Russian spies start to trade in undercover past for over-the-counter assets |
| 23 | These global considerations do rely on numerical computation to a large extent , are nonrigorous , and do not provide predictions of actual behaviour at actual parameter values . |
| 24 | Individual Compacts should refuse membership to any anti-union organisation , because Compacts aim to develop in young people as wide an understanding as possible of the opportunities and choices available to them when they leave school . |
| 25 | These counts covered about 60 square kilometres in which distribution was more uniform than on the coast , but higher densities do occur in favoured spots . |
| 26 | However , careful studies over considerable areas with measurement of heights have shown that the presumed terrace fragments do fall into marked series , so that the basic interpretation seems to be correct , even though features other than terraces may have been included occasionally . |
| 27 | Notoriously these words have crept into ordinary usage from medieval philosophical Latin . |
| 28 | The unique qualities of strength , high moisture absorption , excellent washing and colour retention characteristics have led to Irish Linen 's renowned reputation throughout the world as the best fabric for Household Textiles . |
| 29 | Hares make up some 20 to 30 per cent of a rural fox 's diet , and foxes have increased by three-fold over the last 20 years . |
| 30 | Most considerations have concentrated on certain aspects and left others to the imagination . |