Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [noun prp] [verb] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Singer Carol Van Dijk tries to get all mournful and bittersweet in an Edie Brickell vein , but her English-as-second-language lyrics and mellifluous mouth-full-of-marbles phrasing give each composition a fragmented , disclosed aura . |
| 2 | JUST to prove that there is life after rugby , last year 's Grand Slam coach Roger Uttley decided to forsake this season 's Paris showdown in favour of an altogether different sort of grunt-and-grind in Boston . |
| 3 | In a systematic study of his own dream life Freud tried to relate all his dreams to feelings and thoughts experienced the previous day . |
| 4 | MASTER potter Michael Hughes hopes to raise more than just a few laughs when he takes part in a marathon charity event . |
| 5 | Later that afternoon Mr Brownlow wanted to return some books to a bookseller , and to send some money for new books that he had already collected . |
| 6 | MAYOR Brian Lloyd aims to put some fire into his new job and yesterday joined Frodsham firefighters to show he means business . |
| 7 | While the nation mourns ( not ) over the sudden cancellation of the SHAKESPEAR 'S SISTER mega-tour , it would seem that the reason behind the decision had little to do with SIOBHAN 's nervous exhaustion and more to do with the fact that hubbie DAVE STEWART wants to spend more time with his wife and less time on his Jack Jones , staring at his fibre-optic carpet . |
| 8 | Job horse Jo N Jack failed to land any touches at Beverley yesterday , finishing way out of the money behind No Comebacks . |
| 9 | David Kemp today joined the coaching staff at Crystal Palace as new manager Alan Smith attempts to bring some stability to the relegated club . |
| 10 | In preparation for likely positional changes next season , captain Liz Oehlers decided to make some interesting alterations to the side , effectively swapping the defence with the forwards . |
| 11 | Melissa asked , but before anyone could give a coherent answer Monsieur Gauthier managed to impose some sort of order on the chaos and shooed his family , like so many cackling hens , towards the private quarters at the rear of the hotel . |
| 12 | Digital Equipment Corp chief executive Robert Palmer expects to see some ‘ modest reductions ’ in the company 's workforce next fiscal , adding that the company could conceivably downsize to 85,000 to 90,000 employees — but ‘ The emphasis right now has to be on growing the business ; ’ DEC now employs some 98,000 , down from 137,000 at peak . |
| 13 | Animal Behaviour : Ecology and Evolution by C. J. Barnard tries to do this and can be admired for its temerity and useful list of 344 references . |
| 14 | Now London businesswoman Daniele Ryman aims to make all the suffering a thing of the past with the world 's first jet lag shop next to London 's Park Lane Lane Hotel . |
| 15 | Reporting a 36% drop in first quarter profits ( see opposite ) yesterday , Philips Electronics NV declined to make any forecast of full-year results . |
| 16 | The way Mr. Mendez decided to go all of a sudden did n't make any sense at all until I thought about it a while . |
| 17 | Prime Minister Harold Wilson appeared to give some credence to this view in 1966 when he said in the House of Commons that it was the duty of the government to consult with the Trades Union Congress and the Confederation of British Industry . |
| 18 | Accountancy software supplier Systems Union Ltd , has turned in a record result for its 1992 fiscal year , with pre-tax profits up 280% to £1.5m , on turnover that increased 47.6% to £12.1m : the privately-owned London-based company has operations in Europe , the US and the Asia-Pacific region , and opened a new office in Hong Kong in November , with the aim of addressing the expanding South East Asian market and supporting the existing network of local distributors and agents ; it now boasts more than 100 agents , value-added resellers and distributors worldwide ; chairman John Pemberton aims to expand this network further during 1993 ; the group also launched version 4.0 of its SunSystems product line at the end of last year ; SunSystems comprises two main elements — SunAccount , a fully-integrated ledger accounting package , and SunBusiness , or sales purchase order entry , invoicing and inventory and control software . |