Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | These BOB specialists are , however , quite often the principal firms involved in an internal trade route rarely discussed in polite company in Champagne . |
2 | In about half of all cases hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is familial , the remaining cases presumably arising from sporadic mutation . |
3 | Finally , Portes suggests that in the struggle , the groups rarely come into direct confrontation with the dominant class , but usually with members of the bureaucratic-technical class who staff the agencies of the state ( Portes 1985 ) . |
4 | Daffodils , crocus and hyacinth are the blooms most associated with this time , yet even in these three species there is great variety . |
5 | Percentages are based on a total of 46,652 solicitors altogether working in private practice . |
6 | When is a building sufficiently furnished for full habitation ? |
7 | This suggests that a high degree of practice of a specific task in the situation where it is needed can lead to success , but whether such skills so acquired in one situation are transferable to others is a contentious point . |
8 | Where was that traditional British reserve only abandoned for cloying camaraderie under the influence of injuriously vast quantities of alcohol ? |
9 | A roe deer came down into reeds opposite to munch at green stuff . |
10 | That 's to say , she had firm features and smartly cut , possibly dyed hair obviously kept under regular control , and she behaved as if she had known a time when she turned every head and expected you to be aware of this too . |
11 | there could occur a case where the issue raised was so sensitive and the revelations necessarily following its decision so damaging to national security that the court might have to take special measures ( for example sitting in camera or prohibiting the mention of names ) . |
12 | The great advantage over owning a holiday home in the normal way is that the buyer only pays for one week instead of fifty-two . |
13 | One of the techniques to be tried out in the study is the value of using grid square mapping of the attractions in the urban areas , a technique hitherto applied to extensive resource assessment . |
14 | Chancery Division so held in Prudential Assurance Company Ltd v IRC [ 1992 ] STI 925 . |
15 | Tolkien obviously hoped in one way to recreate it . |
16 | In Committee , the Lord Chancellor , Gardiner , a prominent campaigner against capital punishment , tried unsuccessfully to lessen the impact of the Commons amendment by proposing that the five year experimental period should expire on 31 July , only if Parliament so determined by affirmative resolution of both Houses . |
17 | Recently , for instance , the GHI Taste Panel tucked in to ready-made Christmas cakes ( see page 107 ) , while two more GHI researchers literally went into cold storage ( -18°C ) to test out the thermal properties of the vests featured on page 105 . |
18 | In such industries the products literally flow from one process to the next , but , unlike in the mass production of individual products , this process is continuous for weeks or months on end . |
19 | Triadic harmony , which may have originated in oral practice ( improvised parallel singing ) , was for good reasons highly developed in notated music but remains fundamental to most recorded music . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | Roger suddenly launched into this discussion about how they 'd identified the need for someone to join the team with a view to becoming a main board member ; this person would effectively release him from a lot of the day-to-day public company responsibilities and the accounting , reporting and auditing areas , so that he could focus on being part of the entrepreneurial team , organising financing and liaising with the City . |
23 | Higher production , higher oil prices and increased interest income all contributed to this improvement in performance . |
24 | In addition , when applied two or three days prior to going on holiday , protective filters leave the skin better prepared for first exposure to the sun while preserving the natural qualities of the skin . |
25 | Voluntary organisations in many cases became the effective agents of enforcement , as well as pressure groups constantly campaigning for further intervention , and here they became quasi-state apparatuses , a pattern which had a long history . |
26 | Dimples mischievously collide with each other at odd places around his face as he glances at me and wonders how on earth I could ask a question that is so dumb and yet so fundamental . |
27 | Fortunately the two groups only met at one session . |
28 | Home responsibilities protection only counts for full tax years , which is a disadvantage , since most of us do not arrange our lives from April to April . |
29 | As our plans only allowed for one day on Mykines , we made the hølmur our main target , and after leaving our things in the empty house in which we had arranged to spend the night , we set off to follow the steep cliff path which leads to the bridge . |
30 | Now , you , for instance , " she said , her vague look suddenly sharpening into pinpointed attention , " you , I should think , do . |