Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [verb] [adj] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It may also be because there were weaknesses in the older policies , many of which became apparent once policies were implemented .
2 Marshal Pétain has traced in our history pages some of which remain luminous while others give rise to interpretations that still conflict and arouse lively passions .
3 Miranda is lying on her tummy for she has the bath to herself , and she 's pretending she 's swimming , thinking of it getting dark and Manjiku rising , rising from the deep , tracking her .
4 Hardly any part of it stood more than waist high now , much was covered in grass or blackthorn bushes , and it could never have been more than a chapel anyway .
5 She longed for something to do other than trudge the glorious , heather-clad grouse moors .
6 The first phase must almost certainly involve the use of coercion and brutal methods ; the second phase need not rely upon such methods , but can use the methods of the market by introducing cheap goods with which to destroy petty-commodity or peasant production .
7 There is an obvious correlation between a boolean variable and a single bit position in a computer word , with one representing true and zero representing false .
8 The sky above it burned orange and flame .
9 Huy held on to the thin throat until the face above it turned blue and tears appeared .
10 I 'll be given structures in which to evaluate that and people will be continuously assessing me I suppose .
11 Jess uncurled slightly and hooked an arm round the leg , hugging it to her side , scarcely enough breath left in her to do more than murmur :
12 Another welcome gain is that if a husband 's income is too low for him to use all or part of the married couple 's allowance , he can request that the unused part be transferred to his wife — thus reducing his wife 's tax bill .
13 That lack of leadership makes it difficult for him to do other than cavil at our figures .
14 He was the first European to win a Masters title and the difference between him doing that and Tony Jacklin winning the US Open in 1970 is that by the Eighties there were other talents ready to be inspired by the Ballesteros achievement .
15 They ‘ function not as technical specialists but as polyvalent managers ’ , and expect to have technicians assigned to them to do detailed and routine tasks .
16 It was n't simply that he seemed incapable of telling the truth : he could n't begin to express any thought without it sounding false or grotesque .
17 After his departure , we all sat silent and uneasy about what to do next until Catesby cracked a joke and the conversation turned to other matters .
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