Example sentences of "[vb -s] and [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ORCHESTRE : [ Rousseau gives ten reasons why the Paris Opéra orchestra makes the least effect of any European orchestra , the seventh of which is ] the unendurable noise of the baton which covers and deadens the whole effect of the ensemble . |
| 2 | Marx made the point that : ‘ Production in general is an abstraction , but a sensible abstraction insofar as it actually emphasises and defines the common aspects and thus avoids repetition . ’ |
| 3 | It further develops and tests a notational scheme for this function which could eventually become the basis of a standard in this field of practice . |
| 4 | This programme develops and refines a detailed model of the Scottish economy constructed and made operational under a previous ESRC programme award . |
| 5 | For example , needs to account for why if the sentence P and Q is true , then so is the sentence Q and in order to do that it assigns a certain structure , for example as on the handout in my assigned structure and brackets P Q. Erm anyway erm it just has and has a separate particle operating on two distinct sentences that are not ordered syntax needs to account for the well-formedness of the structure , sorry P and Q. The ill-formedness of P Q and the similar grouping of and with or that is in English between sentences and where you can find one and find another but not with , not you do n't say John loves Mary not Peter loves Jill . |
| 6 | stuff 's no problem but er once it starts and get the medium stuff done as well |
| 7 | He pauses and gives a lazy Dirty Harry-style smile : ‘ But if it 's falling off a building I 'll let someone else do it . ’ |
| 8 | She looks and feels a million dollars now . |
| 9 | The post-privatisation product looks and tastes no different ; but its price everywhere is sharply higher . |
| 10 | What is more , Kylie herself profits rather than suffers from her not specially glamorous girl-next-door looks and produces an unstudied and effective portrait of a young , underage provincial girl who falls for Charlie Schlatter 's equally youthful sailor and gets dubbed a deliquent . |
| 11 | Nothing much different inside , either ; still looks and smells the same : polished parquet flooring , sumptuous but fading old rugs , assorted mostly very old furniture , lots of big houseplants on the floor and time-dulled landscapes and portraits on the wood-panelled walls . |
| 12 | When eating small mammals , it frequently strips and eats the soft parts from the carcase discarding the skin and bones , and it sometimes accomplishes this in a most peculiar fashion . |
| 13 | It makes so much difference if you tell each other what you hope for , rather than expecting your partner to know , or to assume that your partner wants and expects the same things . |
| 14 | signifies and requires a substantial redefinition of the traditional relationship between these sectors . |
| 15 | Such vivid , metaphoric language epitomizes and illustrates the ultimate truths and values of the police world . |
| 16 | The priest who is thought of as a man who goes into poor areas and preaches and helps the needy and the poor as Saint Francis did , is showing rich tourists paintings . |
| 17 | Analogue design remains important because it accommodates and defines the basic building blocks of electronics . |
| 18 | On page 16 ANDY PARKES accommodates and buys an extraordinary number of Oddball fish for just over £250 . |
| 19 | ‘ It must be hell for you living with flesh that bubbles and erupts and goes a ghastly shade of taramasalata — |
| 20 | Text retrieval seeks to interpret what the user says and retrieve the appropriate document from the database . |
| 21 | Well , in many cases the consequence is that the cat chases large numbers of wild creatures ; catches , kills and tortures a certain number depending on how efficient it is . |
| 22 | The pornographic monologue of the monk 's expressed thoughts soon turns into a pornographic play , in the dialogue between monk and wife whereby each tests and reassures the other that their desires , and their readiness to hide those desires under the dissimulation of a financial bargain , match . |
| 23 | The avowed programme of Montjoie was to find the link between various arts and to investigate their common tendencies , and Canudo invented the term ‘ cérébrisme ’ to describe this attitude : ‘ Montjoie is the mouthpiece of Cerebrist art , for Cerebrism , according to its own definition , embraces and explains the entire artistic evolution of our age during the past forty years , and in the widest sense , being an aesthetic that is indissolubly cerebral and sensual — against all sentimentality in art and life . ’ |
| 24 | The federal government also plans and builds the largest and most expensive central facilities with the active participation of the state governments , who can also be persuaded to find fairly large experimental facilities at universities . |
| 25 | But the secular mind looked to them a starved mind , desolate of passion because robbed of faith , and it never occurred to them to doubt that religion possesses and monopolises the spiritual life . |
| 26 | Venturing beyond this façade , JOHN HATT describes and photographs a serene land of ancient houses and haunting fados |
| 27 | JACK BANNISTER clarifies and identifies the continuing weaknesses |
| 28 | Before it the system quails and adopts an easier but illogical alternative . |
| 29 | Write until the words begin to make sense , the cogs mesh , the wheels start to turn , the creaking movement quickens and becomes a smooth , oiled run , and then , with luck , exhaustion will be forgotten , and the real writing will begin . |
| 30 | Damien Robb was in superb form from placed balls , converting five frees and making an immense contribution to his side 's victory . |