Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Mosley repeatedly argued that his Blackshirt organization was a self-defence force and that although he could have disrupted other political meetings he never chose to do so . |
| 32 | new liners and that in the eight hours we were on shift . |
| 33 | And for eight hours she devoted herself to sufferers and staff — smiling , chatting and listening . |
| 34 | Within eight hours she had developed central abdominal pain , vomiting , and distension . |
| 35 | She said : ‘ On one day , the water ran dirty for eight hours it was impossible to drink , you could n't make tea and washing was filthy . |
| 36 | I was cold and hungry — in eight hours I had only had three tangerines — and I throbbed from toes to groin . |
| 37 | If they do n't respond to me in the next forty eight hours I 'm going to send them a second letter er tel . |
| 38 | Anyway , this somebody must of given her the idea , I think it was our local doctor oh you 'll be alright you know , you have to have to have them in forty eight hours you see so |
| 39 | I carried out tests and after eight hours he said he wanted to go home . |
| 40 | Are there assumptions I can safely make about the language they understand , their level of awareness , the social and political groups they identify with ? |
| 41 | Walking towards the station , having promised to bring back with her all sorts of expensive food items Tina had requested from Selfridges ' Food Hall , Cecilia thought how much she liked living on her own and that at seventy-six she was too old to have Jasper and Bienvida running around her , fond of them as she was , not to mention Tina 's boyfriends and the odd hours she kept and her lying in bed till noon . |
| 42 | The British , Commonwealth and European titles he has won since then were all taken while fighting in London . |
| 43 | Sole calls it a day |
| 44 | you can play with them you 're you 're quite happy , but these other strange objects you do n't really know what the rules are . |
| 45 | With these modified rules it is easy to adapt the procedure of this section for use in the PFRS format ( Exercise 3 ) . |
| 46 | You got any discreet contacts you could tap into fast ? ’ |
| 47 | With differing or conflicting values they would often be pulling in different directions and pursuing incompatible goals . |
| 48 | The noises ‘ car ’ , ‘ dog ’ , ‘ house ’ bear no resemblance to the item in question , neither do the noises ‘ anger ’ , ‘ fear ’ , ‘ contentment ’ or , meekness ' bear any resemblance to the emotional states they are intended to convey . |
| 49 | On the basis of these expressed views we hypothesized that attitudes towards the use of the booklet , with the attendant possibility of consequent change , would generally be more favourable in the northern than in the southern schools . |
| 50 | In strong syllables it is comparatively easy to distinguish from , from , but in weak syllables the difference is not so clear . |
| 51 | Will the Prime Minister therefore tell us what specific proposals he has made for supporting economic projects in the republics of the former Soviet Union , particularly in the distribution industries , which are obviously of basic importance to economic growth and to the development of markets ? |
| 52 | There could hardly be a better reminder of what they were up against : a regent in Scotland with whom they were now at war , but whose political skills they recognized , and whom they regarded with respect , acting for their sovereign in France who so far failed to rule that she got a foreign monarch to tell them off . |
| 53 | The political skills you have to increase your power and influence within an organization . |
| 54 | All guitars , from the cheapest acoustics to the top-of-the-range electrics are buzz-checked in soundproofed rooms ; their playing actions are measured and if any guitar falls below the proscribed tolerences it is sent off to be readjusted , perhaps even fret-dressed , before rechecking , packing and shipping . |
| 55 | Thus , in presenting in Part II of the book a descriptive analysis of the routine work of field officers , the working definitions they observe in doing the job are stressed . |
| 56 | By all the normal rules I should have pulled away before that , but if the road was clear I could let things get more serious before doing anything , and if it was blocked it was already too late . |
| 57 | If you fall into this category you should make a list of all the outstanding and unfinished projects you have on the go . |
| 58 | One answer is that in the late 1980s we have been witnessing structural changes , whereas in more normal times we see only adjustments and changes within a set structure . |
| 59 | Like everyone else , teachers may be unaware of the prejudiced views they hold and admitting their prejudice can be a very painful process . |
| 60 | It should now be apparent that for any rights theory to be capable of satisfactorily addressing the broader problems which now confront our traditional representative institutions it will need to transcend the essentially liberal principles which lie at the heart of Dworkin 's thesis . |