Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you think you are one of the applicants affected by this problem , it might be worth while contacting institutions again to ask if they would consider your application now . |
| 2 | Reports about light aircraft landing accidents often say that the aircraft bounced or ballooned , pitched nose-down and then flew into the runway in a series of worsening crashes , smashing the nose gear and engine . |
| 3 | Press reports variously said that the N'drangheta — the Calabrian equivalent of the Mafia — or the Camorra clan of Naples had been involved . |
| 4 | As the scope of foreign policy expanded to embrace areas hitherto regarded as unimportant or completely ignored , and as the geographical scope of the diplomatic network widened , the sheer amount of business to be handled grew correspondingly . |
| 5 | In setting himself such a standard , Herbert sought to fulfil the ambition expressed when he was ordained : ‘ Though the iniquity of the late times have made clergymen meanly valued and the sacred name of priest contemptible ; yet I will labour to make it honourable , by consecrating all my learning and all my poor abilities to advance the glory of God that gave them . ’ |
| 6 | I think , at the Crystal Palace , my sprinting peers suddenly realized that , and it was , for one or two , soul-destroying . |
| 7 | A search of the PPT promoter DNA sequence for other cis acting elements potentially functioning as regulators of expression revealed a region highly homologous to a region present in the rat type II Na channel promoter ( 8 ) ( Fig. 1 ) . |
| 8 | Support workers rarely left because they found other preferred employment or because they disliked the work ( this happened with only three of the workers in Ipswich and only four in Newham ) . |
| 9 | Tt and what else did I put , erm yeah when you are writing things down try and maintain some sort of eye contact , the only time , the eye contact was fine but there were |
| 10 | Bres the Beautiful , who told men when to plough and reap . |
| 11 | Of course , it would be much too simple if die links always proved that two objects were made at the same place and time . |
| 12 | Cases that depend on the result of this one will be left open , and methods of valuing benefits previously agreed or accepted in practice will not be disturbed for 1991/92 or earlier years ( p 103 ) . |
| 13 | Cases which depend on the result of Pepper v Hart will be left open and methods of valuing benefits previously agreed or accepted in practice will not be disturbed for 1991/92 or earlier years . |
| 14 | We do n't you know we 've got clubs still waiting that we signed up last year . |
| 15 | The definition in the Code includes companies wherever incorporated and individuals wherever resident . |
| 16 | If you are not working , do not give up all your time to charitable work — you will be worn out , for voluntary work is a bottomless pit and those who run charities freely admit that they squeeze every last drop of help that they can out of people . |
| 17 | While it might be interesting to compare Mrs. Simper 's and Sophronia 's reactions to lower servants better educated than themselves , the essential point is that a violation of the ordinary division of labour could easily result in a domestic servant losing his or her place . |
| 18 | In the last week of the pantomime , Jennie asked her if she would like to learn to dance properly , adding that Mr Tiller did n't like girls already trained but preferred them to learn his way . |
| 19 | The referendum or plebiscite is a device viewed with suspicion in some quarters , largely because they have often been used to ratify or endorse decisions already taken or policies already embarked on , as was the case with Britain 's entry into the EEC , or because they have been staged , and the issue presented , in such a way as to produce the outcome wanted by the government which initiates them . |
| 20 | The push and pop instructions also increment or decrement the count field of the specified accumulator by one , and signal count over- and underflow . |
| 21 | A box of toys stored in the headteacher 's room for such occasions will keep children happily occupied whilst the head and parents talk . |
| 22 | Filing requirements still apply when , say , the articles are altered informally , and an agm must still be held unless the company has opted out by elective resolution . |
| 23 | How do boys respond to male fictional characters who exhibit traits traditionally defined as feminine ? |
| 24 | Officials leaked papers yesterday showing that British , not French , farmers would be hardest hit by subsidy reductions demanded by America . |
| 25 | The study involves a survey covering both employers and employees in a sample of some 200 firms occupying premises either leased or sold by the public sector . |
| 26 | Aerotow problems usually arise because the pilot ignores the possibility of something going wrong and is caught by surprise . |
| 27 | One expert said : ‘ People using scanners usually find that one side of the conversation is much clearer . |
| 28 | They swam like long rubbery strip-lights through the water 's gentle currents , and kept the rooms , corridors and towers of the castle bathed in a silky , pervasive light which sometimes made distances hard to measure and gave the air a thick sort of look . |
| 29 | They teach kids how to cook and mend cars and fuck one another without getting pregnant ; and the kids are , we assume , much better at all of this than we were , but what use is any of that to them if they do n't know about love ? |
| 30 | The converse of barriers to entry are barriers to exit : it may cost firms more to quit than to stay in the market . |