Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [pron] [vb base] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether we see the Hong Kong boat people as economic migrants or refugees , and irrespective of how we see the hapless millions in Africa who move across boundaries , we must understand that these people need protection and help , even in the short term . |
| 2 | But irrespective of how they construe the common sense which is the policeman or woman 's working knowledge , seniors are agreed that new recruits need experience of life to enable them to deal with the range of situations and people they encounter in their work . |
| 3 | No question was asked , of how you raise the supplementary estimate for this , and |
| 4 | It is n't a good idea to draw a sketch first of how you want the finished work to look , since it never seems to look quite the same when it is finished . |
| 5 | Then you have time to fix on a definite idea of how you want the final mix to sound . |
| 6 | It 's like when you see a lovely lady and you get a knock-back you feel sick , but if a beautiful girl says , ‘ Yes ’ to you — boom you 're away . |
| 7 | But seeing him for the first time was like when you buy a new make of car you never noticed that kind before , then you realise they 're all over the place . |
| 8 | With Shand you get a real-life Boy 's Own character — a man who has had more than his fair share of adventure during 20 years of obsessive travelling . |
| 9 | They tend to be the kind of book you dip into when you need a particular fact . |
| 10 | Most of the women he goes off with when we have a bad row are certainly not the type which would make me jealous — which , of course , is the main purpose of the exercise ! |
| 11 | There are plans to make for tomorrow , but for now I want a dreamless sleep . |
| 12 | The lines seem to shift and shimmer as you look at them and before long you have a powerful desire to look away , anywhere but at the painfully dazzling pattern in front of you . |
| 13 | Until now we have no adequate synthesis . |
| 14 | THE next leg of my journey takes me the short drive to Regensburg and from there I follow a minor road to Cham , last stop before the German-Czech border post . |
| 15 | You go up some steps to a reception area , from where you have a clear view down into the clean kitchen , then down some steps into a dining room that looks like a well-lit Tube tunnel . |
| 16 | Th th there 's a place a coffee , tea room place called Betty 's in York , there where took me in where you have the head waiter take you to your table , for coffee , you know wonderful ! |
| 17 | Gone now is the stylized shroud , for here we see a naturalistic figure , almost a portrait , wrapped in a very convincing linen sheet . |
| 18 | The example nicely raises the issue of the degree to which a general linguistic theory is committed to giving an account of language understanding : for here we have a complex interaction between deictic words ( clearly a linguistic problem ) and a culture 's temporal reckoning systems ( not so clearly a linguistic problem ) , and the pre-emptive usage of deictic words ( which lies somewhere in between ) . |
| 19 | You think to yourself , when I move from there to there I say whatever , and then when I move back to here I say the following . |
| 20 | Depending on how you interpret the above headline , you may either be in favour — or against , the International Tennis Federation 's ( ITF ) recommendation that the ‘ Let ’ Service Rule be abolished as from 1st January 1993 . |
| 21 | Any machine purchases on there you get a free C D disc of your own choice , volume , three or four . |
| 22 | You can just come down to everywhere you want a new |
| 23 | Opportunities to depart from the National Curriculum are severely limited , except where children with particular learning difficulties are concerned , although teachers will have freedom over how they teach the National Curriculum . |
| 24 | lady over there I 've no bad experience with it , I am not muddled-headed during the day |
| 25 | All at once I feel a great need for bed . ’ |
| 26 | The disabled face much frustration and discrimination in their lives and it is vitally important that they receive the maximum help through education , careers guidance , training and help with obtaining employment so that at least they have a real chance to find and keep satisfactory work . |
| 27 | He went on to add , ‘ If we have level funding in real terms at least we have a stable situation . |
| 28 | I hate to say it , but Clause 28 was greeted with a high degree of elation and excitement mixed with horror , a feeling of yes it was terrible news but at least we have an obvious enemy figure , as last an easy target to mobilise against . |
| 29 | At least you have a private room . |
| 30 | On the 199 bus I sit upstairs where it 's smokier than at Victor 's but at least I get a good view of the streets below . |