Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dublin may have a healthy homegrown vibe , but it wo n't produce a hybrid post-dance noise to compare with the messed up trance of , say , Happy Mondays . |
| 2 | pion fired on all cylinders to roar to a five under par 66 and a 36-hole total of 142 , just two strokes adrift of leader Tommy Horton , who was beaten by Brian Huggett in a play-off for the crown a year ago . |
| 3 | Nocturnal birds , such as owls which depend upon their hyper-sensitive eyes to fly in the dimmest of lights , might manage to fly in parts of the cave near the entrance , but some species of swiftlet nest in chambers so deep no light whatever reaches them . |
| 4 | She used passionate verbs such as ‘ adore ’ and ‘ detest ’ , as if she wished to proclaim her readiness to fight for every one of those five strokes , for every one of those five points . |
| 5 | LENNIE Lawrence has promised to be ruthless in his Middlesbrough team selection in a bid to live with the best in the Premier League next season . |
| 6 | We had about two months to prepare for the seven of them ; a period useful not only for the co-ordinating of the PR assault but also , I believe , a safety gap , a firebreak , a time in which the military could take stock , an interval in which Goreng could see if there was to be a resurgence of the lost FAKINTIL in the hills . |
| 7 | Discussion revealed that women 's interests lay very much with lambing , first aid , dairy husbandry and financial management although quite a few were doubtful about their capacity to cope with the last of these subjects . |
| 8 | Following the implementation of the new Financial Services Act , licensed dealers dragged their nets to pull in a few of the old-style hard sell merchants . |
| 9 | This is a small buttonhole to use with a 1 × 1 rib . |
| 10 | Does Mr know that the County Council 's officers are involved as part of a team led by the District Council to redevelop on a medium to long term basis the entire site . |
| 11 | The debts arose out of a ten million pound plan to build a village to care for the elderly in the grounds of the convent . |
| 12 | The debts arose out of a ten million pound plan to build a village to care for the elderly in the grounds of the convent . |
| 13 | Back in the 10th century they would scoop out holes in the sand to get at the crude for medicinal purposes . |
| 14 | They are just suggestions for day and half-day excursions to take in the best of the scenery , rather than the villages the tours pass through . |
| 15 | Such judgements were based upon a willingness to comply to the full with the turning of sports into a ‘ media event ’ . |
| 16 | It will be sufficient for our purposes to point to a few of the features of the chapter as we have it . |
| 17 | And finally , social citizenship rights , on a range from ‘ the right to a modicum of economic wealth and security ’ to ‘ the right to share to the full in the social heritage and to live the life of a civilized being according to the standards prevailing in society ’ were won in the twentieth century , especially in the post-war period when the welfare state was extended so that all were guaranteed education , health care and a ‘ safety net ’ of financial provision through what was then ‘ national assistance ’ . |
| 18 | FIFTEEN years ago few would have picked out the blue-collar Industrial National Bank of Rhode Island to emerge in the 1990s as the pre-eminent banking power in patrician New England . |
| 19 | It was just coming up to three o'clock when the taxi dropped them off in the old town square and Ven guided her to the old town hall where , with barely a minute to go before the run-through of the astronomical clock , Fabia stood in rapt attention . |
| 20 | All of a day to wait for the skilful of ecstasy … she sighed . |
| 21 | Owen cursed and tried to wriggle his way round , failed and had to cut across in front of the donkeys laden with bread and water to give to the poor at the tomb . |
| 22 | He added that Intel has been encouraging its customers to shift from the 386 to the more powerful and more profitable 486 to counter competition from AMD . |
| 23 | It is intended to make it easier for customers to migrate from a centralised to client-server system without major investment . |
| 24 | Experience has shown that the 1110st suitable basis for comparison in this detection scheme is the current rise time ( the time taken for the current to rise from the lower to the upper limit of the chopping excursion ) , because this time is relatively immune to the influence of motional voltage , as illustrated by the Example at the end of this Section . |
| 25 | Ensuring smooth and just running of the case by encouraging parties and witnesses to perform to the best of their abilities ; and by checking unnecessary paperwork , disallowing repetition , speaking concisely , and always remaining aware of costs . |
| 26 | Boxing : Colchester Boxing Club 's Andy Farrow showed his versatility when faced by a tricky opponent as he moved into the national schoolboys under-42 kilos semi-finals.Up against a spoiling boxer in the shape of Greg Algar of Eltham BC at Sandwich , Farrow persevered and kept himself out of trouble to win by the narrowest of points decisions.The judges awarded the fight to the 14-year-old Alderman Blaxill pupil 60–58 , 59–58 , 58–60 . |
| 27 | We are particularly grateful to members of the undergraduate years 1965 , who responded to the Librarian 's appeal for items to display at the Gaudy in June , and to Nina Bawden ( Mabey , 1943 ) who has supplied us with a complete set of her novels . |
| 28 | This offers the opportunity to fire the shutter by having a trip rod to act as a plunger on the shutter button when contact is made with the pulley . |
| 29 | It must have been hard for a short , drunken man to do at the dead of night . ’ |
| 30 | If the British were indeed talking about principles , it was a mistake ; it is a mistake to negotiate with the Chinese about generalities . |