Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] [be] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This should have been no problem as she was a swimming champion of the South London Schools and had been in excellent health . |
| 2 | Country houses that have been in institutional use |
| 3 | Even more importantly , Maisie did n't like chicken , especially free-range , corn-fed , humanely killed chicken that had been through Jungian analysis . |
| 4 | that the premises in respect of which the grant was made have been completed in accordance with the plan thereof lodged with the board , or ( b ) that the premises have been completed and that such deviations from the said plan as exist are of minor importance and have not materially altered the character of the premises or the facilities for the supply of alcoholic liquor thereat . |
| 5 | Ribbons and slashing are of contrasting bright colours identifying the individual regiments . |
| 6 | This time he did n't miss , he shot past Stowell and United were on level terms , amazingly , they almost snatched the lead a minute later when a brilliant save by Stowell denied Simpson once again . |
| 7 | But , whatever their idiosyncrasies and complexities , this highly individual body of printers served the book well and , if they sometimes failed in their human relationships , achieved in print a beauty and harmony that have been of inestimable benefit to us all . |
| 8 | The NHS has much to learn from other industries and organisations that have been through similar changes . |
| 9 | Lower School was opposite the Chapel and here , under the dark oaken beams and arches , I was taught in a classroom that had been in continuous use as such since 1443 . |
| 10 | Section 4 assistance to the industry has tripled from £1 million to nearly £33 million during the same period and has been of great advantage to the economy of Wales . |
| 11 | The foundation and framing are of English oak , the panels and case are mahogany , while the interior woodwork is polished white hornbeam . |
| 12 | surveyor could not gain access to roof voids but concluded was in reasonable condition for its age . |
| 13 | Stalin was less interested in Korea and the type of state that developed was of idiosyncratic character , in some respects resembling the Soviet Union and in others the kind of communist party devised by Mao Tse-tung during the Yenan era . |
| 14 | Swan Hunter , whose present workforce numbers 2,200 , is now in the hands of receivers and has been in acute crisis since failing to win a vital Ministry of Defence helicopter-carrier order . |
| 15 | Statistics up to 1971 showed it as having an old-age structure and to have been in continuing decline , though there are recent signs of improvement ( Census of Ireland 1981 ) . |
| 16 | At this village off the A40 south of Fishguard is the Tregwynt Woollen Mill , which dates from the middle of the eighteenth century and has been in continuous production of woollen yarns since then . |
| 17 | Carved in Germany in the late tenth or early eleventh century , the plaque measures 13.7x11.3 cm and has been in private ownership throughout this century . |
| 18 | Laura 's Beau was third last year but has been in rotten form since then having been plagued by blood trouble . |
| 19 | The O'Donnells of Donegal had built a stone Tudor mansion on the site of a twelfth-century castle , and the walls that remained were of surprising elegance . |