Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A roe deer came down into reeds opposite to munch at green stuff . |
| 2 | When asked why she allowed the computer so to dominate in this way , she replied ‘ It 's the first time they have been quiet for a whole week ! ’ , reflecting the second cause in the list above . |
| 3 | So I suppose I shall have to rely for my silver lining upon Carrie Schlegel of Capistrano Beach , California , who was kind enough to write to this magazine to say that I was God . |
| 4 | It has been an exhausting three days for the Labour Whips as they trawled the corridors of the Palace to try to find people who they could wheel in to speak in this debate . |
| 5 | In the absence of powers of compulsion , the evident determination of the proposed witness not to cooperate in any way may well dissuade the court from making an order . |
| 6 | Sir Leon Brittan , the EC 's trade commissioner , has warned Poland and Hungary not to retaliate against western protectionism , even if they are entitled to do so . |
| 7 | Bearding the lion in his den just to ask about some knitting was a bad idea . |
| 8 | 1.1 Duty not to compete within the duration of the employment contract This aspect of the duty of fidelity requires the employee not to work for any person who is or who might be in competition with his employer during the working day . |
| 9 | It is not the intention here to go into great detail on the subject of nutrition , but rather to give a simple guide that may be useful to those who want to make sure that the elderly parent in their care is being properly nourished . |
| 10 | One part of the duties of owning a laser printer is the task of replacing consumables — the toner cartridge and photoconductor unit spring readily to mind at this point . |
| 11 | At Rothschild , for instance , they defend a decision not to invest in British biotechnology by saying that there are no good commercial ideas in Britain . |
| 12 | Failure to act in a particular way will not be an abuse of power unless the decision not to act in that way is beyond the limits of the discretion given to the power-holder . |
| 13 | He continued by saying that ‘ the decision of the chief constable not to intervene in this case was a policy decision with which … the courts should not interfere ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ There is a lot of work still to do in this match and we must concentrate on getting the right total in our second innings . |
| 15 | DENMARK scraped a narrow but precious 1–0 over Albania in Tirana yesterday to stay in second place in Group Three . |
| 16 | And I in I invite I suppose the County Council really to respond to this issue of how they would intend erm indeed the districts , how they would intend to use these criteria certainly in a more rational and erm intellectually rigorous way than the sort of erm statements that were included in their January nineteen ninety two report . |
| 17 | Cosloy , impressed , invited the band over to play at this summer 's New Music Seminar in New York , where they pulled apart the Knitting Factory with a glorious show that proved to be one of the most talked about of the week . |
| 18 | On April 27th he signed a decree giving the president responsibility for foreign affairs and the same day warned the Serbs not to count on Russian help — a calculated snub to Serbophiles in parliament . |
| 19 | Sideways moves for ministers such as John MacGregor apart , one of the few appointments not to smack of some form of pay-off is that of John Patten as Secretary of State for Education . |
| 20 | ‘ That Mrs Scamp is an old witch , I tell you , I come here three weeks ago to look after this place for my brother Rajiv while he does his business accountancy course . |
| 21 | No possibilities here to warm to any feeling of myself as " clever " ; the aching question instead was why the divine hand had seen fit to bestow these talents on me and not on the next child . |
| 22 | Isaac and Austin Copley set up the rail users group over 2 years ago to complain about poor service on the Banbury London line . |
| 23 | A variant would partly ’ privatise ’ social security by cutting benefits ( and payroll taxes ) and getting workers instead to invest in private pension funds . |
| 24 | He had paid three pence at the booking office for his ticket and , after waiting ten minutes or so on the cold and draughty platform for the next London-bound train , he had arrived at Christchurch some ten minutes later to run through torrential rain toward the group of cottages which flanked the open park in the town centre . |
| 25 | Because I changed out there , but we had to pay about five pounds just to change from one line to the other . |
| 26 | And ma'am just to deal with one point which was made raised by Mr in his statement , I can not we we have un undertaken a very detailed landscape analysis . |
| 27 | A GIRL of seven has become the youngest person ever to sue for sexual harassment . |
| 28 | ‘ Kavanagh said the steak was n't great but that the lamb was good , ’ Maggie added but Moran was already on his way out again , muttering that not even simple things were made clear in this house and if simple things could n't be made clear how was a person ever to get from one day to the next in this world . |
| 29 | 1992 is the 350th anniversary of the outbreak of the English Civil Wars — the greatest single period of conflict ever to occur on English soil . |
| 30 | After that there are ever greater distances still to conquer in 48 hour , 6 day and the ultimate 1,000 mile races . |