Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [pron] [vb -s] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ant repays the tree by sweeping it leaves free of fungi , by assaulting any leaf-eating animals that it encounters and by attacking any competing plant that dares come within chewing distance . |
| 2 | Things begin to crack ; sometimes the cracks become gaps and then we can open them up to make spaces full of creative possibility , but sometimes the cracks become fissures and everything collapses and we have to scratch around in the rubble looking for bits of junk that we can cobble together into something ripe with meaning . |
| 3 | However , Executive Agencies are in some cases becoming trading funds and it appears that many more will become so in the future ) . |
| 4 | He promised luxury homes and he believes that to keep faith , that 's what he must provide . |
| 5 | The headteacher , a kind and progressive woman , remarks that Michael is confused between masculine and feminine roles and she suspects that he has ‘ feminine genes ’ . |
| 6 | Moderate drinkers do not benefit from warning labels and it appears that alcohol abusers pay no attention to them . |
| 7 | The Government is promoting Compacts because it recognises that there will be a shortfall in supply of responsible and qualified young people over the next few years . |
| 8 | I should do really got a clot in one of his legs as it means and went down the other one and got ta take it out , through smoking |
| 9 | Bloomfield states that librarians have so constructed tests on library skills that it appears that ‘ we librarians have a poor understanding of the value of the library for our students ’ . |
| 10 | And I 'll just , just discuss briefly two of the cases that he uses and they 're , you know , they 're , they 're old now , I have n't read the most recent edition of his book , he might have updated his case studies but it does n't really matter he takes two cases er one relating to erm the conduct of the Korean war in the nineteen fifties , and the other relating to the desegregation of southern schools , also in the nineteen fifties , as examples of presidential power . |
| 11 | Although he sounds the traditional warning that all electronics are aids to ‘ proper ’ navigation it is perhaps a sign of the times that he admits that many now see the chart-and- pencil methods as aids to the electronics … |
| 12 | Bosh , I was frightened of the thing for months you know , you know there 's always keys and what happens if I press sent . |
| 13 | The EC is blocking pork and beef imports because it claims that American slaughterhouses are unsanitary ; the Americans are blocking some wine imports because they have not tested a drug used in its production . |
| 14 | However , the car dealer will not need to rely upon those defences if he ensures that a false trade description is not applied . |
| 15 | Now that idea was to get everybody together and erm because there have been certain members of the staff which have n't been looked at for a period of time they 've escaped the net as it were in the last couple of times and it seems that we 've had the same guys for the last three years and some have erm |
| 16 | There is real , entrenched opposition to the imposition of any structure that resembles two-tier boards or which suggests that significant sections of board powers should be devolved to part-time directors . |
| 17 | He draws inspiration from ordinary scenes and simple places that he knows and loves . |
| 18 | It challenges some of the teaching methods that have been used in recent years and it suggests that schools should concentrate on commonsense , practical teaching . |
| 19 | I 'm not being facile , but we came from the sea , we 've dumped on it for years and it looks like it 's getting its own back . |
| 20 | This suits other banks because it means that they can earn interest on surplus funds , knowing at the same time that they can get them very quickly , at call , if necessary . |
| 21 | On the other hand , this lower molecular weight is an advantage in some applications since it means that extruded sheet thermoforms more easily than cast sheet . ’ |
| 22 | Sometimes a murder enquiry will have been going on for some days before it emerges that there is a sexual element involved . |
| 23 | The Commission has many allies when it argues that enlarging the Community will provide the impetus necessary for closer Political integration . |
| 24 | Hormone replacement pills are discovered in the bathroom cabinet , and Clara starts going bonkers as she realises that her husband wants a sex change . |
| 25 | … the everyday sort of things , finding one 's way in the dark , using a compass , picking a lock , making up one 's mind quickly , the sort of things that one wants if one 's in a hurry or a tight corner . |
| 26 | Looking at the age of the sexual revolution he isolates a set of changes that he views as having been particularly significant in shaping the period . |
| 27 | As the parent of a daughter who has had to struggle and cope with dyslexia , I have perhaps more personal knowledge of the difficulties that it causes than many hon. Members . |
| 28 | But Jones may be confronted by more problems than he anticipates when he seeks funds for his ideas . |
| 29 | the prison system has a tendency to create more problems than it receives and has an equal tendency to fail inmates because , out of its survival fear , it tends to respond to corporate threats , real or imaginary , rather than the real problems of inmates . |
| 30 | Mr. Justice Henry is no respecter of persons , and I hope that the hon. Gentleman has not become such a respecter of persons that he supposes that those two people were dealt with out of any consideration for who or what they were . |