Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The National Curriculum sections of the ERA , essentially centralising and directive in character , sit uneasily with a variety of other arrangements which undermine the Local Education Authority as intermediary between centre ( DES ) and periphery ( school ) : ‘ opting out ’ , City Technology Colleges ( CTCs ) , open enrolment , local management of schools ( LMS ) . |
| 2 | Such arguments sit uneasily within a tradition of British poverty research where data are constructed in ways which prevent ‘ race ’ ( let alone racism ) being a focus of analysis . |
| 3 | My companions hurried on , desperate to get their hands on the seven hundred thousand pounds in gold which lay somewhere under the tree 's shadows . |
| 4 | Kubitsky was bringing his rifle to bear on a target which lay somewhere in the direction of the grove of trees on the river bank to Rostov 's rear , but before he could open fire three more arrows took him in the chest and he fell over backwards without a sound . |
| 5 | We go downstairs and sit side-by-side on the sofa . |
| 6 | Bring slowly to the boil , whisking constantly , and cook for two minutes . |
| 7 | 2 Transfer fruit and liquid to a large pan , add the peel and spices and bring slowly to the boil . |
| 8 | Add the sugar and bring slowly to the boil . |
| 9 | Put the ingredients in a saucepan and bring slowly to the boil . |
| 10 | Bring slowly to the boil and simmer for 5–6 hours topping up the saucepan with boiling water from time to time . |
| 11 | Bring slowly to the boil , stirring until thick . |
| 12 | Put the milk in a small pan and bring slowly to the boil , then pour over the egg mixture , stirring thoroughly with a wooden spoon . |
| 13 | They suffer badly from the leaf menace . |
| 14 | Well to tell you the truth , I went to own school , when it was er winter , when it comes the winter , they bate somewhere for the winter , do you see ? |
| 15 | Concentrate rather on the walking itself . |
| 16 | These three correspond most to the expectations and hopes previously voiced by bishops and theological faculties . |
| 17 | Some circulate in the Arctic Ocean , others stream down the east Greenland or Labrador coasts and disperse widely in the north Atlantic Ocean , becoming a hazard to shipping . |
| 18 | So often gardens today are geared towards large drifts of shrubs and herbaceous material , which , although ideal for easy maintenance , display little in the way of infinite details . |
| 19 | and the aargh , just squeezed in and this lad sort of shit himself completely and went zoom right up the road then , well I knew what was gon na happen so I dropped right back and er how he missed him I do n't know , it must of been inches or itches |
| 20 | When Connor came back with a pint pot in either hand , he found his wife in the arms of the young Welshman , and stood smiling , watching them dance together to a song that had become all the rage in the last few years : |
| 21 | Well sir , they 're , we support dipping because it 's already been stated to note that we make most of the money for Shropshire from farming , and sheep is one of the big things which we sell all over the country , but unless we can guarantee our sheep are clear of er , disease people are n't going to come here and buy meat and stuff are they ? |
| 22 | All creatures communicate only in the manner to which they are instinctively and inwardly programmed . |
| 23 | A few of the characters develop greatly throughout the novel , Pip being the best example , but also Magwitch too . |
| 24 | Mark and Babur sit together at the head of the bed , holding hands , looking stunned . |
| 25 | Cutely , the two band names sit together in the Guinness Book Of British Hit Singles . |
| 26 | Push gently to a count of five and repeat other side . |
| 27 | The eggs hatch synchronously with the emergence of the wasp larvae , and the namatode larvae infect young female fig wasps before they disperse . |
| 28 | Professional conjurers who do complicated and difficult tricks practise until they can totally forget the technique and concentrate entirely on the audience . |
| 29 | It does this because it shows how if we start from our own case alone , and concentrate entirely upon a conception of mental states which is independent of behaviour , we can not move from our conception of ourselves as subjects of experience to a conception of other subjects . |
| 30 | The fact that the song and the receptor change together in the hybrids suggests that there is some control mechanism which prevents the two from becoming uncoupled from each other ; such a mechanism would have the effect of making it more likely that , whenever a male or female cricket changed its song or song-preference during evolution , some other individual of the other sex will have made the complementary change . |