Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you , if you put down the letter for people like this , sort of , I would of done one of two things , I 'd would get really nark about that and the way they give you what you want |
| 2 | A parallel can be drawn between this and the way we view the children in our care . |
| 3 | it 's the person in the post as much as the post itself th th that |
| 4 | He had been a man in authority in his own country , and used to the arrogant assertion of power … and the unquestioning obedience of each and every man who was of lesser rank than him . |
| 5 | Thus , underlying the other side of Gramsci 's picture — the continuous construction of class alliances , with its articulative dimension in the cultural domain — there is a basic dichotomy , organized around the relationship of ‘ hegemonic ’ and subordinate blocs , ‘ power bloc versus popular classes ’ ( Hall 1981 : 238–9 ) , the content of each and the terrain it controls being precisely the object of cultural as well as economic struggle . |
| 6 | ( a ) Hereditary peers The present House of Lords is the product of the union legislation of 1800 and the House which it replaced was created by the union legislation of 1706 . |
| 7 | A little awkward piece of one or t' other I think her . |
| 8 | Most illnesses probably contain elements of both , but with a preponderance of one or the other which allows us to classify them accordingly . |
| 9 | We already make exceptions to the capital rule where homes are occupied by a spouse , a relative over the age of 60 or a relative who is incapacitated . |
| 10 | Nor did the constitution of 1906 and the Duma which it created do anything to bring the foreign ministry and Russian diplomacy under any effective parliamentary control . |
| 11 | one 's like this but the problem we hit this year er , we did n't do it that early was the kids had got the forms out then the timetable and the financing came in and we did n't know what was happening |
| 12 | He remembered another night like this when an eagle he had known had been very ill and he had invoked the powers of Callanish . |
| 13 | A survey would establish once and for all whether the coal they are taking out is paying its way and whether the pit has a future . ’ |
| 14 | The links between politics and patronage can not have been beneficial to the efficiency of the customs service as a revenue-collecting agency , for all too often strong political interests could secure an important post for a man with little or no experience who was placed over the head of men far better qualified than himself , and presumably resentful of their own failure to secure advancement . |
| 15 | The term ‘ special children ’ immediately brings to mind certain groups of children : those with limited or no sight who can be provided with materials in an appropriate form — books in large print , books to be read with trained finger-tips , books to be heard ; those with hearing impairment who can fully utilize print and picture materials but who may not be given access to music ( the value of such access is demonstrated by the career of the distinguished percussionist Evelyn Glennie ) . |
| 16 | They now live in a house worth less than the money they owe to the bank . |
| 17 | Alternatively , the pursuer 's advisers may appreciate that being unable to produce better vouching , the claim can not be proven to be worth more than the Tender which is , consequently , accepted . |
| 18 | A radio would probably be worth more than the car itself . |
| 19 | If the charter is to be worth more than the paper it is printed on we need guarantees that appropriate action will be taken to the satisfaction of the public , and in particular , the complainant . |
| 20 | If the charter is to be worth more than the paper it is printed on we need guarantees that appropriate action will be taken to the satisfaction of the public , and in particular , the complainant . |
| 21 | There 's one on now : for less than a tenner anyone can have a four point safety check . |
| 22 | ‘ In my day , if you held the ball for more than a second you got clattered , really clattered . ’ |
| 23 | And for more than a mile they threaded their way around the standing pools that reached from the verges out into the drying roadway . |
| 24 | But after a week of total failure to concentrate for more than a minute he had to acknowledge to himself that nothing was going right . |
| 25 | For more than a decade I have been running workshops for Postgraduate Certificate in Education ( PGCE ) students at the University of London , first at the Institute of Education and later at Chelsea College and King 's College . |
| 26 | For more than a decade there has been an inverse relationship between government policy on public expenditure and that on education ; it has been low on funding and high on educational aspiration and expectation . |
| 27 | For more than a decade there had been detailed debate in the industry on the best form of securing greater coordination of distribution . |
| 28 | And for more than a century they were home to livestock . |
| 29 | After fulfilling the founder 's intentions for more than a century it was replaced in 1966 by the Mowlem Theatre , a typical post-war design which does little to improve the appearance of the humbler original . |
| 30 | The Collector , his mind too feverish to recollect for more than a moment what all this activity was about , became absorbed in the contemplation of this pariah dog . |