Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [indef pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This decision represents something of a final throw . |
| 2 | Aswan has none of the melancholy transience of most end-of the-line towns . |
| 3 | According to Schleiermacher , each positive religion contains something of the true nature of religion , and the ‘ primordial form ’ , the ‘ essence ’ , or ‘ transcendental unity ’ of religion , is comprehended not by deducing it from the common elements of particular religions as a kind of abstraction , but in and through the language and traditions of particular religions . |
| 4 | The care pulls up at the studio and Kylie greets everyone with a breezy ‘ G'Day ’ and gets ready for the last few moments as Lola teenage runaway . |
| 5 | fully ordered preferences ( for any pair of possible outcomes , the agent prefers one to the other or ranks them equal ; and the sum of these pair-wise rankings is a consistent and complete ordering ) ; |
| 6 | Such sarcasm ill becomes anybody on the shaky ground that Goldschmidt here treads . |
| 7 | But as we have seen , the law in some cases allows anyone with a genuine interest to make an application for judicial review , and it may take such persons a considerable time to find out about the decision they want to challenge . |
| 8 | Certainly the lateral geniculate nucleus in rats looks nothing like the lateral geniculate nucleus in monkeys . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , The Logic of Fantasy has something of a two-world structure of its own . |
| 10 | But Braque 's work contains none of the expressionistic violence of Picasso 's . |
| 11 | Designed with the shell of the old smiddy and adjoining cottages , the inn retains something of the original atmosphere . |
| 12 | Figure 4 Daily counting chart to show how often a child does something within a given period of time Source : M. Herbert , Behavioural Treatment of Children with Problems ( London : Academic Press , 1987 ) |
| 13 | Back in Baidoa , little Issi knows nothing of the complex politics behind his hunger . |
| 14 | Say , for example , a nearby shop offers something with a normal cost price of £50 on 21-week terms , at 31 per cent APR ; but a town-centre shop ( 50p bus ride each way ) advertises it at 21.3 per cent APR . |
| 15 | The second , call it " soft " conventionalism , insists that the law of a community includes everything within the implicit extension of these conventions . |
| 16 | The dissociation produced by this procedure constitutes something of a theoretical puzzle . |
| 17 | RADA offers two to three scholarships per year for UK students , Webber Douglas offers two , RSAMD offer a small number of scholarships and Guildford School of Acting offers one to an acting student , for fees only . |
| 18 | The reason is to be able with ease to identify the sender of the letter , who typed it , and the file number if the organisation has one for a particular account . |
| 19 | There were several discernible influences at work here — one was undoubtedly her father 's piping , which suggested decorations to the melodic line at North-east songs not always accustomed to such , and the other was acquaintance with young English revival singers who had incorporated into their singing styles something of the sean nos tradition of the West of Ireland . |
| 20 | The end of the road to Flamborough Head brings one to the octagonal old lighthouse , built of stone in 1674 by Sir John Clayton . |
| 21 | Parliament changes nothing in the physical world by passing laws . |
| 22 | Mrs Thatcher sees nothing in the single market which cuts against the grain of her policies over the past decade , since it should promote the free enterprise culture within the EC . |
| 23 | ‘ A good song means something with a good hook and a good melody that you can remember . |
| 24 | Now , suppose a manufacturer of catapults sells some to a wholesaler , who sells some to a retailer who in turn sells one to a young boy . |
| 25 | Every area you look at South Africa in a report I gave to the Norwegian government which they commissioned we pointed out every area is like a major disaster area as if you 've been hit by an earthquake in every area of human activity and that situation needs something like a martial plan if we are , a martial aid plan , if we 're to address it but in the world we live in there 's no prospect of such assistance coming to Southern Africa . |
| 26 | This is true but Hong Kong form means nothing to the average punter . |
| 27 | And although ratings have dropped since the show began airing regularly , Twin Peaks remains something of a national passion . |
| 28 | This fat includes everything from the obvious fats like butter and oil to those hidden in cakes , biscuits and fried foods . |
| 29 | In approving costs the Profitboss sees nothing but a profitable investment opportunity . |
| 30 | Its atmosphere has something of a European town square about it , albeit taken inside and miniaturised . |