Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [conj] [det] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't need to plead for long ; soon the authorities realised that this determined woman could look after students better than anyone . |
| 2 | The actual contouring and shape of the body is almost exactly the same as the Berlin Pro , but Jim asked that some additional chamfering be applied to the top of the body . |
| 3 | The old Tominahs say that this crescent-moon shape means the bottom arc of a great vertical circle of our lives — the section at which we are all most deeply plunged into matter . |
| 4 | Some researchers suggest that this environmental scanning process might best be achieved by developing especially organised environmental scanning units that are positioned towards the top of an organisation 's hierarchy . |
| 5 | The researchers found that this geographical pattern is best matched by that of sugar consumption , in which the leading countries are , in descending order , the UK , the Netherlands , Ireland , Canada and Denmark , and the countries with the lowest consumption are Italy , Yugoslavia , Spain , Portugal and Japan . |
| 6 | ( d ) Action on receipt of reply to search If any adverse entry , do n't complete until , as buyer 's or mortgagee 's conveyancer , you are satisfied as to the position . |
| 7 | At night a clamour of frogs and crickets arose and this diabolical piping served to string nerves which were already humming tight a little tighter . |
| 8 | Both the big store and the smaller , independent retailer will assess the stock carried and any national advertising programmes in the pipeline , before deciding what product to promote . |
| 9 | There is now an expectancy effect created that any new atrocity is likely to be connected to the earlier ones . |
| 10 | Robert Meaby says that more young talent is in the Eastbourne pipeline and indeed the addition of a good player or two can work wonders — Rossalls 's new recruit David Tonroe , 19 , from Hong Kong , has spent two years at university in California , plays to plus one and has already appeared in the Eisenhower Trophy . |
| 11 | Thorndyke predicted that this last condition would be the most difficult to understand and to remember and that the story condition would be the easiest . |
| 12 | the authors speculated that this partisan dealignment reflected a continuing erosion of the class-party tie . |
| 13 | From time to time the sense reel , the mind boggles and all cerebral control is lost . |
| 14 | A quick investigation in a dictionary reveals that this curious sounding device started life as a bull 's Penis . |
| 15 | Spenser recognises that this last perspective is unlikely to seem immediately convincing to a supposedly rational English audience . |
| 16 | This important theorem states that any square matrix A satisfies its own characteristic equation . |
| 17 | And books to read and some fantastic grass |
| 18 | It also calls for steps to ensure that any future aid projects in Malawi serve the cause of human rights . |
| 19 | Led by Alberta Premier Donald Getty , the western provinces demanded that any constitutional reform package had to include a Senate which was wholly elected and which included an equal number of representatives from each province regardless of its size . |
| 20 | Andrew Burt explains that another common reason is that the instruments of assessment specified in the module descriptor are not being used or have been varied . |
| 21 | The fruit is the enlargement of Magritte 's known oeuvre by as many as 200 works , never previously illustrated , which Sylvester and his team have recovered from private collections , and a serious attempt to unravel that most taxing issue of the existence of different versions of the same composition and of different images which carry the same title . |
| 22 | A key element of the deal means that all senior AVMD staff , including senior partner Jan Robinson , have signed five-year contracts to stay with the group . |
| 23 | Custom and practice determine whether any particular pub is managed or tenanted , and the company has no formal policy in favour of either alternative . |
| 24 | The defendant denied that any secret process existed or that he had taken and used any information . |
| 25 | The Department of Education and Science , the Local Education Authority , potential employers and a whole host of other organisations bring pressure to bear to influence the direction that schools take and all these pressure groups demand speedy and effective responses . |
| 26 | Chichester-Clark denied that any such deal had been made . |
| 27 | Adair argues that any working situation produces three sets of needs for the people involved and therefore effective leadership is determined by the variables operating in a given situation : |
| 28 | Miliband argues that this complex relationship between state and society is ‘ shaped ’ by the factors that Poulantzas dismisses as unimportant . |
| 29 | The poet believes that any sensual experience will present an obstacle to his complete and serene inner contemplation , a state he is trying to achieve in his mind to gain perfection in an imperfect world . |
| 30 | Time , distance , and social isolation ensured that each patrolling constable carried a mobile Panopticon with him . |