Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [adj] [coord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As more money became available and the number of codebreakers could be increased GCCS managed to penetrate all the really important codes of Britain 's friends and foes alike during the inter-war years . |
| 2 | The drug produced little or no Parkinsonism ( tremor ) , acute dystonia ( abnormal face and body movements ) or akathisia ( restlessness ) . |
| 3 | In a Financial Times poll of senior businessmen , 70% said the budget made little or no difference to their companies or their view of government policy . |
| 4 | Richard became homeless and an alcoholic after leaving home because of constant rows . |
| 5 | The confrontation became heated and a force of Gardai came on the scene . |
| 6 | In the 1960s and 1970s a substantial body of evidence emerged which claimed that schools made little or no difference to pupils ' outcomes . |
| 7 | As the land was reclaimed , these channels became isolated and the river returned to its full force as a single artery and became even more powerful . |
| 8 | The fans became restless and the soccer grapevine was alive with names of likely successors to Mr Stringer . |
| 9 | The Archon looked furious but the general had no more to tell him . |
| 10 | The bedroom contained little but a bed , a trunk and an old photograph of Celia . |
| 11 | There was a sense of menace as the snow fell heavier and the wind blew rope out across the face . |
| 12 | His shoulders felt tense and the top of the range hissed as a tear escaped from his eyes . |
| 13 | But like so many of his generation , he was a product of Scotland 's obsession with football , the game was everything and business , budgeting and sensible investment offered little or no attraction . |
| 14 | One night they almost snapped an axle when Jed 's eyes fell shut and the car left the highway and began to lurch across dry yellow grass . |
| 15 | The words sounded sharp but the tone was kindly . |
| 16 | The electorate numbered 5,700,000 and the turnout was 83.81 per cent in the first round and 80 per cent in the second round . |
| 17 | In the early years after 1885 purity groups received little or no help from the state in implementing the new act . |
| 18 | Doyle seemed wary and the Woman had started to fidget with her long tail of hair , holding it in one hand and drawing it through the fingers of the other . |
| 19 | I only hoped , as the sun sank lower and the breeze grew cool , that I was not going to be obliged to use it . |
| 20 | Mr Key found little or no harm done to Jane Cox , but found the small body of her newborn child wrapped in the bedclothes . |
| 21 | The sun shone warm and the air was now very pure : a calm reflective day , not given to laughter . |
| 22 | At the very thought of it , her limbs went watery and the carrier bags fell from her numb fingers . |
| 23 | Her desk looked untidy and a basket by the fireplace was filled with old magazines and newspapers . |
| 24 | The question appeared casual but the intention sounded genuine enough . |
| 25 | To the thin-skinned Ceauşescus , the broadcasts of Radio Free Europe and the BBC were intolerable , but they recognized that the émigré broadcasters had little or no influence in the West . |
| 26 | The Duke of Northumberland 's political concerns had little or no significance for contemporary society , a fact acknowledged by Nesta Webster in her conspiracy theory novel , The Secret of the Zodiac . |
| 27 | ‘ For some reason as yet unknown , the place got dangerous and the body had to be hidden until it could be buried . ’ |
| 28 | The burdens and lack of stability of his social community became unbearable and the poet yearns for an age of permanence and simplicity to provide him with an alternative to the real world . |
| 29 | The floor was covered with the rubbish of years , but the place seemed dry and the family 's spirits rose . |
| 30 | The door to Joe 's room swung open and a man stepped out into the landing . |