Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [prep] [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Suggest that in small groups they make an image to show what it 's like to experience conflicting feelings — of sorrow , loss , relief , excitement , hope , expectation .
2 Tom did n't know that at that station you had to book your pitch in advance , add your name or the name of your band to the list under the No Smoking sign .
3 Erm so I think we 've got ta look at that right across the board though , we 've got ta know that in actual fact we 're covering it temporarily , erm or are n't we covering it temporarily .
4 Members are also reminded that from 1 January they have to have a practising certificate .
5 Although it had been common for surgeons to expect suppuration of the wound as an inevitable concomitant of amputation , Alanson demonstrated that by these methods it was possible for these wounds to heal ‘ by the first intention ’ , that is , without significant infection .
6 The receiver is not , however , obliged to fulfil existing contracts and because of this it is claimed that in this regard he is better placed than the company which of course must stand by its contracts .
7 ‘ I realise that in many ways I have been extraordinarily fortunate , and I never stop counting my blessings .
8 Although the amount NoS had to raise at this point was small compared with what was to come later , those involved say that in many ways it was harder work .
9 Doctors at the Johns Hopkins medical school in Baltimore say that after intensive tests they believe for the first time the Aids virus had been eradicated from the patient 's body before he died from a separate lymphoma cancer .
10 In the light of the Minister 's reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Wakefield ( Mr. Hinchliffe ) , will he guarantee that at European level he will press for a system of mandatory labelling so that eggs are labelled ’ battery ’ , ’ barn eggs ’ , ’ free range ’ or whatever ?
11 There was undoubtedly a big market , as many car firms found that without small robots they could not complete the automation of their paint spraying lines .
12 We found that on two occasions it was unable to copy a large file across 5 floppy discs .
13 Fitzgerald calculated the critical number of samples needed to be 80 per cent certain that the mean score would be no more than one year out , and found that in one book it was 72 samples — which amounted to nearly half the book !
14 We found that in each case it was necessary to think of three dimensions .
15 When , however , in one district , private hospitals attempted to provide data they found that in most cases they could not identify patients ' districts of residence ( S Israel , personal communication ) .
16 Laing accepts that to some extent he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth .
17 The infant was at once created Prince of Wales , to indicate that in Jacobite eyes he was the real heir to the throne of England , and the Young Pretender was soon to become universally known as Bonnie Prince Charlie .
18 In this condition , and with much-increased fuel tankage , it could usually reach at least 30,000 feet , and on one occasion was taken up to 36,000 feet by George Burges — although he reported that at this height it was very unstable .
19 In April 1983 , teachers reported that in some areas they had not been paid for four months and 828 schools had been closed down .
20 It is , of course , desirable to check that nothing has been forgotten and to this end it is usual to ask an operator to go through the designed procedure while observing what he does and also observing that the system performs as expected .
21 They say a watched phone never rings and in this case they were right .
22 The incident that occurred and of all people me .
23 What matters is that the doctors should consider whether at that time he had a capacity which was commensurate with the gravity of the decision which he purported to make .
24 Finally , we would stress that in vocal music we should concentrate on creating musical values .
25 After an appeal at a Qualified Teachers ' Training Day money is now available to help those Teachers who have classes in this category as it is realised that in some cases it is impossible for these people to be asked for money .
26 Do you really think that by that time you will … ‘
27 And if anybody thinks that with reasonable budgeting you could manage on sixty three twenty , I challenge you to do a little personal budgeting .
28 The ideas of morality are modes too , and Locke thinks that with proper application we could develop a systematic science of ethics similar to that of mathematics and geometry .
29 Its mission — and it thinks that within two years it will achieve it — is 10% .
30 The whole group burst out laughing and agreed that on that occasion she should be ‘ let off ’ her reading .
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