Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Near Bering Strait the small inflow of Pacific water circulates locally in the pycnocline layer .
2 The unit tries to keep the offenders out of court , an aim that sits uneasily with the government 's new philosophy that prison and punishment work .
3 But it sits uneasily with the often-heard principle that ‘ local services should respond to local needs ’ .
4 At first sight this degree of fluidity in the Japanese labour market sits uneasily with the presumption that employment is for life because this would make wages a quasi-fixed cost .
5 This power , while it is comfortable in the context of this poem sits uneasily with the images of nature and creative forces proposed in the Eolian harp , This Lime Tree Bower My Prison and Frost at Midnight .
6 The title sits uneasily on a place which is , for very good reasons , unsure of its own identity .
7 ‘ With the Hendrix show the work goes right across the range and it covers all the bases . ’
8 There 's always a demand for jokes and it goes right across the board , ’ says Neville . ’
9 And study after study comes up , even in this brave new world , about the fact that only eight per cent or so of the child care is actually done by men , and this goes right across the classes .
10 ‘ It 's easy , simple and elegant and it goes right across the age range . ’
11 There 's a gap in the wall , and it goes right onto the platform — there ai n't no fence or nothing stopping me getting out .
12 A woman of taste and energy , Mrs Baer goes right to the source — provincial villages in France — for her fine curtains , natural linens and variations on the theme of blue ( or beige or grey ) and white stripes so sought after by decorators .
13 Goes right to the spot .
14 The Clapis area is reached by taking the road to the Col du Cayron , just before Gigondas , then a forestry road which goes right at the col and contours round the hill .
15 Broadcasters do try to offer advice , but it often goes right over the heads of enquirers .
16 Children 's playground , goes right into the playground .
17 It goes right into the subconscious of course ; no memorizing involved . ’
18 Now there 's the machine is g there the laminated copper er these commutators and it 's on main shaft that goes right through the generator and the turbine .
19 If on the other hand it goes right through the C/L continue your turn and make a 40° intercept the other way ( ie onto Hdg 130° in fig 52 ) .
20 Not only will this make the water unpleasant but it may cause leakages if the corrosion goes right through the cistern .
21 It was supposed to have gone into a cave that goes right underneath the house
22 No it goes right out the building .
23 This one goes right out the building , round and round and it drops down , phew then it goes up .
24 This assertion that the modus should be enforced directly not only fits badly in the context , but also seems to contradict a text of Julian discussed earlier , in which he proposed using the traditional cautio method to secure performance .
25 It is getting into the position of an excellent prize of war ; strategically it points right into the heart of Japan and into the hands of an enemy it weakens the Japanese bastion of Western defence .
26 This does n't just mean doing a sedentary job but refers rather to the type of person ( who could well be a housewife , doing a basically non-sedentary type of job ) who calls the children to bring something from the next room rather than getting up herself , or who goes to great lengths to avoid journeys up and down stairs , or who will drive round for five minutes to find a parking spot near the exit of the car park rather than walk for two minutes …
27 To put this more concretely , there can be legitimate arguments about the nature , quality and function of a listener 's response to the actual sound and structure of , say , an Elvis Presley or Bing Crosby song ; what is not legitimate is to move this ‘ thrill ’ , however defined , bodily across the theoretical topography so that it sits wholly under the sign of commodity-fetishism .
28 Hintertux is a tiny hamlet and offers little in the way of nighttime activity but Mayrhofen , 15 minutes away , positively buzzes in the evening .
29 Although ‘ Hot Hot Hot ’ , the other failure , retains the manic absurdity , it offers little in the way of additional entertainment .
30 Although ‘ Hot Hot Hot ’ , the other failure , retains the manic absurdity , it offers little in the way of additional entertainment .
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