Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | May I take this opportunity to thank you for your continuing support of the Society . |
| 2 | Thousands of warriors collect from the huge Masai district to have their heads shaved by their mothers before undergoing rituals to launch them on their new — somewhat dull — life as elders . |
| 3 | The tendency to render horrific incidents of this sort into funny tales or ‘ atrocity stories ’ ( Dingwall 1977 ) , told ritualistically within the occupational culture of the station , is a further attempt to strip them of their emotional hold . |
| 4 | That same feeling of pride and excitement is here today and I use those so so meaningful words to greet you as your National President . |
| 5 | Fido 's owners should be aware of this and take steps to play him at his own game . |
| 6 | The French still use the word ‘ negre ’ for a ghost-writer because Dumas quite openly used other authors to help him with his colossal output . |
| 7 | I am leading you along the path I had to tread to find the most suitable disease , for only in this way can I be sure that the reader understands the nature of the ultimate decision and the ludicrousness of any attempt to confuse it with my own stick and gloves or any prior misinformation regarding the state of my own health . |
| 8 | If it should please God for my sins to separate me from my dearest Pamela , you will only resolve not to marry one person . |
| 9 | It is a pleasure to welcome you to our Open Day . |
| 10 | The Spirit of the Lord , the ruach adonai passes to David to equip him for his princely service . |
| 11 | I 'd like Mrs Perks to have it for her little boy . |
| 12 | He never reacted hostilely to any such suggestion , except to say to me that she was difficult enough in a friendly association and matters might be worse ( his own words ) if he took any action to remove her from his political scene . |
| 13 | The boys at school were sure to snigger at him behind his back , and the Irishman and his rough friends would have one more excuse to belittle him for their own amusement . |
| 14 | They spent an additional £45,000 on renovating it — although the beacon needs more work to restore it to its former glory . |
| 15 | One coach only needs a small amount of work to restore it to its original condition , but the other requires extensive work . |
| 16 | In England , possibly as a result of the Continental view , rumours arose that the Great Fire occurred as a result of acts by ‘ papists ’ and the King ( who had married Catherine , the daughter of the King of Portugal in 1662 ) had to combat the ugly anti-Catholic mood of Londoners and Parliament , particularly when another rumour arose of a plot to overthrow him for his Roman Catholic brother , the Duke of York . |
| 17 | So instead of renting out the planes from the Blue Max museum , the team came up with a plan to use them in their own production . |
| 18 | Formerly a private hotel , it has needed only a little work to convert it to its new use . |
| 19 | However , even when the genetic indices are expressed in money terms , farmers and their advisers will need help to interpret them for their own individual situation in these early days . |
| 20 | The general purpose database manager like SUPERFILE , needs a bit of work to configure it to your own particular needs . |
| 21 | Even when Liverpool won the FA Cup in May to present him with his first trophy , Kenny Dalglish still held a significant place in the hearts of the Kop . |
| 22 | Time to wade through the shite and allow Mike Patton to take us to his demented world — a warming thought indeed . |
| 23 | Current ideas of the structure of water visualize it as being composed of a random network of molecules linked together by hydrogen bonds ( Figure 7 ) , some of which are strained or even broken , but with a general structure not unlike that which is found in ordinary ice , also known as hexagonal ice to distinguish it from its variant form , cubic ice , which is formed at lower temperatures . |
| 24 | DAVID CAMPESE , whose genius inspired Australia to the world title 12 months ago , is on course to help them in their 1995 defence . |
| 25 | [ 12 ] Most dog owners have had the misfortune to see it in their own pets in a dog fight . |
| 26 | ‘ Then let me tell you that you have no right to include me in your sordid games . |
| 27 | Even in making oneself more aware in preparation for a choice , it will be enough that one can identify which would be the relatively stronger inclination in the fullest attainable awareness ; there will be no need to experience it in its full intensity or to prolong it after the choice . |
| 28 | But she was quite ready to assign her nuclear units to a NATO Multinational Force ; indeed , she was , in effect , already doing so through the joint targeting of her V-bombers with the US Strategic Air Command , subject to her right to use them for her own purposes if vital national interests were at stake . |
| 29 | Of course in order to be effective anti-viral agents they must at some stage be dependent on a viral enzyme to convert them into their active form , or they must selectively inhibit viral enzymes directly . |
| 30 | Election Comment : Albany at Large : Watch the birdie PRESIDENT Mitterrand did not allow last week 's premiership crisis to deflect him from his usual Monday morning pastime : playing golf at St Cloud , near Paris . |