Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [vb base] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this case I feel a deep conviction that I 'm not making a mistake . |
| 2 | I went down the steps at the sign of the big neon M. I put a five-copeck piece into the automatic entrance which wo n't prevent non-payers travelling but buses in order to embarrass them . |
| 3 | For the next three hours I witness a surreal nightmare of racing fire engines , caravans of police cars with blue and red lights flashing , a few looting bands , but mostly residents in bathrobes and curlers , gathered in silence to watch corner markets go up in smoke . |
| 4 | On deck I feel a perfect target for any sniping moron . |
| 5 | And of course I get a big boost when something like this happens , because words make plain sense , even though Tod always reads them backwards . |
| 6 | Each time I have a pint in the pub at Rhydd Ddu I recall a snowy Easter night spent waiting for mates who had set off earlier to tackle the Snowdon Horseshoe . |
| 7 | During those times I read a great deal — mostly books chosen for me by my father and which I thought more suitable for boys than for girls — Jack London , Rider Haggard , Talbot Baines Reed , Arthur Ransome . |
| 8 | At times I feel a wee bit guilty having returned home to Scotland all in one piece , when so many of my friends have died or were badly injured . |
| 9 | Many times I see a nameless beauty and my soul is moved , but my words can not contort themselves into a likeness of this beauty . |
| 10 | Behind those eyes I see a romantic mind . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ We made love , but life will carry on , and while we 're under the same roof I think a verbal truce is in order . ’ |
| 12 | As Fairburn and Kay explain , ‘ [ i ] f I produce a poor product , then I will gradually lose market share , and my competitors will gradually gain it . |
| 13 | Did they ever say to you I do n't want a diffused light I want a direct light ? |
| 14 | We see an awful lot of people have got a tremendous investment in traditional character cell terminals and by a character cell terminal I mean a dumb terminal of twenty four lines of eighty characters . |
| 15 | Mummy I want a tiny bit more please . |
| 16 | Mummy I want a big bit |
| 17 | Mummy I want a big bowl have a big bowl |
| 18 | Many of the cars being repaired have been converted to accept unleaded according to manufacturers guidelines which suggest a quick correction of engine timing will do the trick . |
| 19 | In essence the two approaches diverge around theories of the person , with Reform Islam stressing the autonomy of the individual and his direct access to God , as against popular Islam and South Asian Sufism which tolerate a wide range of ritual customs , accommodate to wordly hierarchies of ranking and power , and are based on notions of mediation with God by Saints possessing divine secret knowledge and intercessionary powers . |
| 20 | Process industries produce a number of items from a single raw material , as opposed to discrete manufacturers which produce a single product from multiple raw materials . |
| 21 | Type B non-profit — non-profit organizations which obtain a significant amount of financial resources from sources other than the sale of goods and services . |
| 22 | One solution would be to redefine the Type A in terms of current financial resources and perhaps also to replace ‘ entirely or almost entirely ’ with ‘ a significant proportion ’ , so that the Type A non-profit organizations become : non-profit organizations which obtain a significant amount of their current financial resources from the sale of goods and services . |
| 23 | In units which employ a multidisciplinary approach , each patient might be allocated one member of staff ( a ‘ primary therapist ’ ) who has the main responsibility for dealing with the patient 's problems . |
| 24 | All these churches have domes which cover a central area and are supported on pendentives . |
| 25 | First the system which develops on the basis of the covenant includes inter alia a complex set of property rights , income transfer mechanisms , and restrictions on the capital and labour markets , in addition to a set of values and prescriptions which prove a rigorous test of motives . |
| 26 | The majority of people also voted for parties which advocate a Scottish parliament , but the Government rejects it . |
| 27 | Where there are more than two parties which command a substantial vote in the country , the simple primary voting system produces even more distorted results , even within a single constituency . |
| 28 | Adequate consultation between all such parties which ensure a clear understanding of the system of operation proposed and the likely risks does much to simplify the design of sprinkler systems and the need for other means of protection and alarm . |
| 29 | The pace of life is slow here , with only one hotel in sight and a small handful of unpretentious restaurants which prepare a delicious seafood fare . |
| 30 | Golf course get the thumbs down — the study says they have little to do with farm tourism — and further farm museums , rare breed centres and farm attractions which need a large number of visitors to service a high capital investment should not be encouraged . |