Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [conj] [verb] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Most were either destroyed by Patriot missiles or did little damage .
2 Many rural authorities followed the example of Cambridgeshire village colleges inspired by Henry Morris , the chief education officer , so that Devon , Somerset and Leicestershire all wrote the notion into their development plans and did actually build some , which would support the argument that the major move towards equality that was achieved by the 1944 Education Act was the diminution of the gap between rural and urban children — this was not Butler 's two nations becoming one but it was a step towards it .
3 These names need not be complete module names and need only approximate to the range required , as LIFESPAN PMR will start and finish the report with valid names which are nearest to those specified but which do not exceed the range given by them .
4 He came close to joining the Italian giant Ferrari but did eventually join an overseas manufacturer in 1954 , when he joined Ferrari 's rivals , Maserati .
5 With a six-inch reach advantage and making better use this time of his wicked left jab , Eubank was hoping to become the first to stop Gimenez in 45 fights .
6 This might sound like an accurate description of your holiday planning and did indeed arise out of a closely related activity : weather forecasting .
7 They became interested in the Oakeley Family and did much research for their Introduction , when they published extracts of the diary in 1980 .
8 ‘ I go to high street shops that do high fashion looks at low prices , Ms Selfridge in Belfast Oxford Street are good . ’
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