Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be noted that , despite the historical primacy of arithmetic calculation as the raison d'etre for computers , we ought perhaps to see them instead as symbol-processing devices . |
| 2 | Trevor Senior had given the Conference side the perfect start , firing them ahead after seven minutes . |
| 3 | ‘ Paste me again with that stick of yours and you 're a dead Scotsman , Patel . ’ |
| 4 | It is beginning to be recognised that proficiency in more than one language often carries with it the need to be what one might term ‘ crosslingual ’ , that is , able to generate connections across languages rather than only using them independently of each other . |
| 5 | There are not enough — but it is absurd that , under present arrangements , they and others with specialisms have almost no chance of using them directly with other teachers or with children . |
| 6 | The old bat led me astray in more ways than one . |
| 7 | We need to refer to them because they are a significant element of style , but we shall not in general distinguish them formally from linguistic categories . |
| 8 | From a subjective viewpoint , these differences do not seem to depend on linguistically-represented concepts , and moreover are of such a general character that it is implausible to ascribe them uniquely to human perceivers . |
| 9 | Taylor ( 1982 ; 1989 ) has recently recast his views on soccer hooliganism , bringing them closer to other approaches described in this section . |
| 10 | Attempts to energise old materials by bringing them together in new ways compete with experiments in new materials , such as electronics and rapid hardening plastics . |
| 11 | They did n't move either until they got one of the old horsemen : he got them away without any trouble . ’ |
| 12 | They dig for days to get them out of the ground , and hide them jealously from other Yahoos . ’ |
| 13 | So , as villagers sadly began to dig up bluebell and primrose roots from the soon-to-be-flooded little woods of their pleasant countryside and to plant them elsewhere on safer ground , the Anglian Water Board asked Dame Sylvia Crowe , the landscape architect , to take on the challenge of turning the proposed 3,000-acre inland sea , with its 27-mile perimeter , into an ‘ environmental asset ’ . |
| 14 | All the big firms have strong international links that cushion them somewhat from domestic troubles . |
| 15 | Autistic children are difficult to understand due to their complete individuality ; unlike Down 's people , they do not have any common physical characteristics which place them apart from other people ; they are often very attractive looking children . |
| 16 | Although all my aids had to work in unison , I had to really concentrate on being able to work them independently of each other . |
| 17 | People do seem to find some goals more attractive than others and will pursue them sometimes with frenetic activity . |
| 18 | Molly moved them carefully to one end of the bar before she hung up Hugh 's clothes and her summer dresses . |
| 19 | Ryle 's point is that , since the terms ‘ mind ’ and ‘ body ’ are not of the same category , it is illegitimate to relate them logically in this way . |
| 20 | As the Tabarin and Lothagam jaws share only primitive characters with the earliest australopithecines , this is not enough to establish them definitely as human ancestors . |
| 21 | They then ferry them away to different waters in tanks in the back of transit vans . |
| 22 | She looked right at O and Boy when she said this and it was as if she was trying to scare them in particular , even as if she was trying to frighten them away from each other , as if she was saying , to them , and to all of us , this is what you have to go through , right ? |
| 23 | None of these writers produced research evidence to back up their claims , basing them exclusively on clinical practice and theoretical projections . |
| 24 | However , we shall not discuss them further in this book . |
| 25 | Water lay in the ruts and in some places marshy muddy patches had developed where water-grasses grew and the track had spread to pass them now on this side , now on that . |
| 26 | The September decision of Prime Minister Hage Geingob to withdraw the Border Guards and the Special Constables — formed by ex-members of SWAPO 's People 's Liberation Army of Namibia ( PLAN ) , and of the South West Africa Territory Force — and replace them temporarily with trained members of the new Namibian Defence Force ( until properly trained police officers could take over ) proved unpopular , with SWAPO 's Youth League demanding reinstatement of ex-SWAPO fighters . |
| 27 | Tigers have attacked the dummies and torn them apart without any sign of being discouraged by the sharp jolt they have received . |
| 28 | Suppose I tell them that you want to escort me tonight for personal reasons ? ’ |
| 29 | Once , when the shock of alarm thrilled through her with more than usual intensity , she began to sing , softly , to keep her spirits up , and several phrases had passed her lips before she realized that the song came from her childhood — that she had not sung those words for almost twenty years , had forgotten them even until this moment when , with startling clarity , her memory travelled back in time . |
| 30 | We promised you more of that Hudson Hawk map , and here it is courtesy of David Pitchforth . |