Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [adj] [subord] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SunSoft Inc borrowed the laid-back format of the Tonight Show and Johnny Carson — down to the band , the couch and the jokes — to make its announcements at the end of last month : it would be a shame if those well-crafted anti-Microsoft Corp anti-NT ads they ran as ersatz commercials during the breaks do n't get a wider airing , if for nothing more than their amusement value . |
| 2 | It 'd be a shame if those well-crafted anti-Microsoft anti-NT ads they ran as ersatz commercials during the breaks do n't get a wider airing , if for nothing more than their amusement value . |
| 3 | ‘ Such people , ’ I continue aloud , ‘ who are rendered suspect of nothing more than their swarthiness , are repulsive in their manifestation of a sinister attraction . |
| 4 | To get out of her more than his allowance , of course . |
| 5 | It simply occurs to me that you know a great deal about me , whereas I know nothing about you other than your name . ’ |
| 6 | So feeble had my efforts become that my last entry was concerned with nothing less than my manner of dribbling . |
| 7 | ‘ But , more than that , she seemed to want everyone to know that she was sitting with somebody other than her husband . |
| 8 | Justin Lekhanya , the former Chair of the Military Council , was placed under house arrest on Aug. 1 following allegations that he was plotting to return to power ; he was prohibited from associating with anyone other than his family and his doctor . |
| 9 | For example , people with family responsibilities , when they are very ill , have very little energy to cope with anything other than their illness . |
| 10 | I 'm interested in someone other than my seaman , she thought . |
| 11 | There is nothing in any of the standard sources to suggest that the undoubted eminence Hizir Bey enjoyed in the last years of his life derived from anything other than his excellence in and his position as kadi of the newly conquered city . |
| 12 | He had always been the gentleman with her , and if , at times , he had regretted what he would ultimately do to her , because he had begun to care for her more than his plan demanded , he could not let that deter him . |
| 13 | ‘ Lewis , ’ Hari said in exasperation , ‘ please give me credit for some sense , how do you think I 've survived on my own since my father died ? |
| 14 | It is to protect the insured against liability for the accidental death or injury to someone other than his employee . |
| 15 | ( ii ) If the wife becomes entitled to the whole house and requests that the matrimonial home be conveyed or transferred to herself and her " new husband " ( to whom she is not married ) , is the wife making a gift for inheritance tax purposes to the " new husband " ? ( iii ) The Inland Revenue capital gains tax concession mentioned in Chapter 2 may not be available ( on a strict interpretation of its wording ) to the former husband if he conveys or transfers his interest in his former principal private residence to someone other than his spouse or ex-spouse. ( iv ) A conveyance to someone other than a party to the marriage will not attract the stamp duty relief of s83 of the Finance Act 1985 , ( see p22 ) but if it is a voluntary disposition , exemption L of The Stamp Duty ( Exempt Instruments ) Regulations 1987 ( SI No 516 ) ( Chapter 2 ) will apply . |
| 16 | Mum got him when she was on her own after my Dad died . ’ |
| 17 | She is never left on her own as my mother stays at home when I go out , but she just waits on my bed and wo n't eat for food until I come back . |
| 18 | One may guess at the Spaniard 's dismay when Moctezuma passed him some lumps of greenstone enjoining him to hand them to none other than his prince . |
| 19 | But I had a strong suspicion even then that he was drinking to something other than my health . |
| 20 | ‘ On Charlie ? ’ the one in the bathrobe said incredulously , from which Lucy gathered that whoever Charlie might be , his reputation rested on something other than his generosity . |
| 21 | The misspelling may be because the child has not previously seen the word written down , but more likely because he has seen it in the context of his reading , without paying much attention to anything more than its contour — that is , he has recognised the word without having to decode it , and has understood it without giving its spelling structure close attention . |
| 22 | But Jamie Blandford can inherit a dukedom , a palace and a lifelong seat in the House of Lords without anything more than his blood to recommend him . |
| 23 | It is useful to record dialogues , so that you can practice on your own when your language helper is not available . |
| 24 | THE TITLE of America 's wealthiest person bestowed each year by Forbes magazine has passed to John Kluge , a media baron from Virginia less known for his billions than his wife 's passion for the British royal family . |
| 25 | As an actor , lang is at her best when her passion is given space to soar . |
| 26 | In fact , it never occurred to me that it made a difference until I was in a trial and a scout said ‘ We 're quite interested in the coloured lad ’ and that was the first time I realized they thought of me as anything other than my name . |
| 27 | And how can you lecture about anything other than your work ? |
| 28 | Parenting breakdown meant that the child had been looked after by someone other than its mother for at least six months . |
| 29 | The debate was opened by none other than our party visitor to Kursk , Ia . |