Example sentences of "[vb -s] [conj] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This figure shows the drivechart for the program JANEPLUS , which aims to introduce pupils to the idea of mathematical functions by displaying named figures , each of which either adds or multiplies by a particular small whole number which number the pupils must discover by trial , hypothesis and check . |
| 2 | He has had to make do without his familiar retinue of civil servants and , as plenty of critics from his own side have pointed out , he neither looks nor sounds like a prime minister . |
| 3 | Mr Jencks concludes that to search for a comprehensive policy to tackle the underclass is a waste of time ; different policies are needed for different problems that may be only loosely related . |
| 4 | On the other hand , the first type relies on the information provided by the second which polishes , refines and leads to a redefinition of the problem . |
| 5 | Locke thus belongs to the tradition of contract theory which usually carries with it an implication of ultimate political power and rights belonging to the people ; and the fact that he explicitly develops and allows for a right of resistance also gave his doctrine a subversive potential of which later radicals made effective use . |
| 6 | It 's pretty good knowing someone who lives and works on a big Highland estate if you want to sort out your attitude to the big debate on stalking and access . |
| 7 | Harris , who lives and works on a farm , pleaded guilty to speeding at 62 mph in a 30 mph zone . |
| 8 | A MILD , retiring man , Josep Maria Subirachs lives and works in a modest studio on the 108-year-old building site of Barcelona 's Sagrada Familia cathedral . |
| 9 | ‘ It means that the introduction of any new technology is a seamless process : the training machine looks and operates in a familiar way . |
| 10 | Indeed it was runner-up in the European Car of the Year Award , which is only right because it looks and feels like a European car . |
| 11 | When the polyps are retracted the polypary looks and feels like a piece of wet leather , hence the common name for these animals . |
| 12 | He looks and sounds like a man who feels he can beat anyone in Ireland these days . |
| 13 | The body looks and behaves like a pretty impressive agent in its own right . |
| 14 | This is why — it is just another way of expressing the message of earlier chapters — the bee colony looks and behaves like a truly integrated single vehicle . |
| 15 | ‘ She looks and moves like a winner . ’ |
| 16 | It looks and performs like a pro unit , and even allowing for its reliance on unbalanced connections ( avoid long cables ! ) it 's an all-rounder which amply suits any home or semi-pro studio . |
| 17 | The feeling that England stifles and smothers and crushes like a steamroller over everything fresh and green and original . |
| 18 | Fly is a tall , skinny , short-haired , very independent lady who dresses and swears like a Vietnam veteran ( North Vietnam that is ) . |
| 19 | Montepulciano not only looks but behaves like a stage set , patronising barbers ' shops and swirly baroque cafe ; its hours are numbered by a forbidding clock-tower Pulcinella ; it goes to church , outside the walls , in the most theatrical building of all . |
| 20 | Most animal groups have the musky-scented pheromones that act as a form of communication . |
| 21 | MS-DOS 7 will have full 32-bit internals but no 32-bit programming interface , InformationWeek reports , because , Microsoft says , developers have taken advantage of so many 16-bit MS-DOS features that moving to a 32-bit programming interface would be virtually impossible . |
| 22 | MS-DOS 7 will have full 32-bit internals but no 32-bit programming interface , InformationWeek reports , because , Microsoft says , developers have taken advantage of so many 16-bit MS-DOS features that moving to a 32-bit programming interface would be virtually impossible . |
| 23 | It appends that promise to a clear and comprehensive code of conduct ( one that builds helpfully on the recently published Fleet Street set of principles ) . |
| 24 | It appends that promise to a clear and comprehensive code of conduct ( one that builds helpfully on the recently published Fleet Street set of principles ) . |
| 25 | Notably , it 's the surf brands that look for a plainer , old-school feel that receive the most enthusiastic response from the Badlanders at the Driftwood . |
| 26 | Under the 1961 Constitution executive power is vested in the President , who appoints and presides over a Council of Ministers . |
| 27 | The administration consists of an executive President who is directly elected by universal adult suffrage for a five-year term , and who appoints and presides over a Council of Ministers . |
| 28 | The Constitution provides for an executive President who is directly elected by universal suffrage for a five-year term , and who appoints and presides over a Council of Ministers . |
| 29 | ‘ She shoots and fights like a boy , but there is something different about her . |
| 30 | In all these solutions , the singularity that occurs when corresponds to a Cauchy horizon . |