Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [be] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not know whether my hon. Friend read Gavyn Davies 's recent article , which showed that what most greatly influences investment is availability of markets and demand , and that running costs come very much second to those factors . |
| 2 | I remember when my mum and dad were on this committee , actually the this records department is part of the Libraries ' erm , committee 's responsibility , records sub used to be there , and used to regularly meet and that used to deal with it . |
| 3 | Sleep spindles are bursts of fast ( 13–15Hz ) EEG activity lasting perhaps two seconds which increase in amplitude to about 50 microvolts and then decline , giving them their spindle-shaped envelope . |
| 4 | Although the three purified GGFs are products of one gene , specific assignment of a single mRNA to each protein is made difficult by the large number of alternatively spliced mRNA variants . |
| 5 | ‘ What people mean when they say homoerotic is images of gorgeous , sweating guys and we do n't do that , ’ retorts George . |
| 6 | The Tilford Bach Choir of semi-professional singers from London who gave enormous pleasure at early festivals have now been followed by the smaller and fully-professional choir of St. George 's , Hanover Square , where Denys Darlow is director of music . |
| 7 | ‘ Far from constituting ransom to achieve the freedom of American hostages , ’ North assured Livingstone over the cooling coffee , ‘ the military goods provided Iran were part of a rapprochement process designed to deliver Iran from the clutches of the Soviet Union and to block the Soviet drive to the Persian Gulf . ’ |
| 8 | A phenomenon that tried clinicians was absenteeism from school . |
| 9 | Huw Beynon is Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester . |
| 10 | Pumice stones are blocks of volcanic lava which are ideal for treating goose pimples . |
| 11 | Chris Welch has written ‘ The sight of cropped heads and the sound of heavy boots entering the midnight Wimpy bar or dance hall is cause for sinking feelings in the pit of the stomach . ’ |
| 12 | Let Ax be demand for product A in country X Ay be demand for product A in country Y , which we are trying to estimate Fx be a factor for which data from country X correlates closely with demand for product A in country X Fy be a factor for which data from country Y correlates closely with demand for product A in country X. |
| 13 | Let Ax be demand for product A in country X in time period 1 Ayz be demand for product A in country Y in time period 2 Fx be a factor for which data in country X in time period 1 correlates closely with demand for A in country X in time period 1 |
| 14 | The poem describes the harshness of the new order : ‘ My goodly stock e'er yet they tasted food , / By cross-grain 'd hinds were driv'n from their abode … |
| 15 | Suppose now , however , that B , having accepted S 's repudiation in June , sees the market beginning to rise rapidly in July and , in an attempt to minimise his loss before the market rises further , buys replacement goods on July 15 at £115 per ton — ; only to discover that by the delivery date under the original contract ( December 1 ) the market price has fallen back to £110 per ton . |
| 16 | The reference points on this are n't easy to track down , but try imagining King 's X with Mudhoney influences and you 're probably halfway there . |
| 17 | The reference points on this are n't easy to track down , but try imagining King 's X with Mudhoney influences and you 're probably halfway there . |
| 18 | All the characteristics outlined apply in principle to the hierarchies which fall within the scope of lexical semantics , that is to say , those which are composed of lexical items , and those structuring relations are relations of sense holding between those lexical items . |
| 19 | The early Church believed miracles were proof of who Jesus was . |
| 20 | Among 6-month-olds ( fig 1 ) , estimated seroprevalences among children who received IPV were 96% for type 1 , 100% for type 2 , and 92% for type 3 , compared with 89% ( p < 0.01 ) , 99% ( p=NS ) , and 76% ( p < 0.01 ) for types 1 , 2 , and 3 , respectively , among children who received OPV . |
| 21 | It 's a normal thing to do , to teach your children everything from the time they 're born , so to put some kind of arbitrary division on where you stop helping is nonsense to the child and it 's , it 's absurd to parents , too , and of course it does n't happen . |
| 22 | Above all , living organisms are part of one another 's environment , as sexual partner , parent , offspring , prey or predator . |
| 23 | B received A 's telegram at 9.40 a.m . |
| 24 | The sheer volume of entries to the adidas Challenge events is evidence of the interest and popularity of these tournaments . |
| 25 | And that 's another thing I mean where erm as I got I mean cleaning was sort of a a spring clean was springtime and that was it . |
| 26 | The deep-rooted need to express grief is part of all religions and perhaps the Protestant churches should see these notices as a cry for help . |
| 27 | Karol Sikora is head of the department in which Chris McKenzie , my own oncologist , works . |
| 28 | The most common presenting symptom was diarrhoea in 100/109 ( 92% ) patients . |
| 29 | The first group to challenge Jesus were representatives of the Sanhedrin : Mark calls them the priests , Scribes and elders ( Mark 11:27 ) . |
| 30 | I bet the only thing that dog smells when you 've had vodka is vodka in your shit . |