Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] [adv] [vb past] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those old Andy Hardy movies always seemed to have a scene where a bunch of American teenagers would be sitting around in an old barn or something wondering where to stage their amateur dramatics . |
| 2 | Other EFTA countries also began to consider the possibility of EC membership [ see pp. 38158 ; 38444 ] , which tended to undermine ongoing EC-EFTA negotiations on a common European economic area [ see pp. 38307 ; 38353 ] . |
| 3 | This ground-level opposition meant that the mining companies never got to prospect the total area that they wanted to investigate , as they would have needed to get court injunctions to get on each farmer 's land . |
| 4 | THE chairman of a property company at the centre of a row over new pub leases yesterday pledged to investigate the plight of Darlington landlords faced with soaring rent rises . |
| 5 | Slick catching aided the West Indies effort , Lara setting the pattern by swooping low to his left as the solitary slip to despatch Wessels off the last ball of the day 's third over , and their captain gone , the South Africans never appeared to have the conviction that they could achieve their moderate target . |
| 6 | Childebert 's tax inspectors then tried to institute the same reforms in Tours , but Gregory claimed that the city was exempt , and related the history of exemption since the time of Chlothar I. However , if reorganization had not threatened Tours , it is doubtful whether we would have heard of the perfectly sensible arrangements at Poitiers , which suggest not only that taxation was normal in the Merovingian kingdom , but also that it could be organized efficiently , and so far as one can see , fairly . |
| 7 | Secondly , since the ICC rules depend upon adoption by contract their success depends in large measure on the existence of an institutional structure sufficiently homogeneous and of contract terms sufficiently stan-dardized to ensure the likelihood of such adoption . |
| 8 | Age barriers also served to structure the young adults ' experience of the labour market . |
| 9 | SENIOR Ministers face a nail-biting Christmas after Government sources yesterday refused to rule a Cabinet reshuffle . |
| 10 | The malai army doctors really did hold a little surgery for our children . |
| 11 | The source of his personal identity and the nature of financial and status rewards also seemed to affect a teacher 's ability to change his classroom practice . |
| 12 | However , we might question to what extent youth cultures really did represent the struggles , anxieties and aspirations of the parent culture . |
| 13 | Police officers also tried to smother the flames with their jackets as Mr Griffiths lay next to his car . |
| 14 | Member states also undertook to form an independent South Asian poverty alleviation committee " to conduct an in-depth study of diverse experiences " of the seven nation grouping . |
| 15 | Furthermore , OECD governments also began to demand an ownership stake in production . |
| 16 | In Whitby Way vandals unsuccessfully tried to set a car ablaze by throwing a jar containing flammable liquid and lighted rag at it . |
| 17 | However the Tatarstan authorities then failed to grant the necessary licences . |
| 18 | Their concerns now became far more parochial and ethnic , and party considerations undoubtedly began to play a greater part . |
| 19 | To the commuter , the new red , white and blue house colours just had to represent a commitment to strive for quality . |