Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [adj] [noun] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Let us further suppose that : ( i ) We can show S(1) to be a true statement ; and that ( ii ) for each positive integer k we can prove , under the assumption that S(k) is a true statement , that S(k+1) is also a true statement .
2 At Pitton during this New Year interlude we were able to satisfy some of our suppressed gastronomic longings by the intemperate consumption of farm eggs butter and cheese — off the ration , at times , in the country — and also of decontaminated sugar , salvaged from poison-gas experiments at Porton Down , and used to make excellent ‘ tablet ’ , as we call it in Scotland .
3 Since we anticipate strong demand for this new product range we recommend you to place your first order as soon as possible .
4 Indeed she did , for having sacrificed herself for this damnable dress material it was no more than commonsense to make certain that no part of it had been damaged or soiled , that she could go to Miss Dallam presently , when she found the strength to get up out of this bed and tidy her hair and her cuts and bruises , as if absolutely nothing had occurred .
5 If police were treated as ordinary public service employees they could demand the right to strike and come under all the other Health and Safety regulations applying to other jobs .
6 And if the police had n't investigated him because of that stupid bitch Caroline he 'd have quietly taken what was his and still looked clean .
7 But my Mum , a reasonable representative of that vital retiree market we all hear about , cares little for brands : she worries about her tax form being opaque .
8 If , in a stretch of conversational discourse , the participants involved can be independently known to have potential discourse subjects such as ‘ the Queen ’ , ‘ the Pope ’ , or even ‘ the King of Siam ’ , within their shared presupposition pool , but do not mention the individuals , so identified , in their conversation , it is surely unnecessary to refer to those individuals in the analysis of that particular discourse fragment They are , in our terms , not ‘ activated ’ .
9 And out there in the darkness of that lonely country road it was n't much .
10 By re-analysing a few examples of French social survey data it is hoped that the British statisticians will become more familiar with French methods and also learn whether British methods would have revealed more or less details , or whether the two types of statistical methods are complementary .
11 This is in direct contrast to what we might expect to follow according to the inductivist view , namely , that in order to establish the truth of some problematic observation statement we appeal to more secure observation statements , and perhaps laws derived inductively from them , but not to theory .
12 Though we 've got to pursue with leisure , well I think as part of this front line review we 've got to , you know , throw everything up in the air .
13 And we have branches , but we could have a lot more because the amount of branches we have , although we have a lot of branches of Scottish Old Age Pensions we are not old age pensioners are not united , they 're not united , the only way they can be united , if it 's a national organization , join your national organization and fight the government .
14 On Thursday and Friday nights and Sunday lunchtimes you can enjoy Malaysian or Indonesian curries , perhaps a Cambodian-style casserole of sweet potatoes , pumpkins and yams with fresh coriander , or the very popular macrobiotic platter , an assortment of tastes sometimes including arame , one of 10 different sea vegetables they prepare .
15 Enter ‘ Cope ’ / ‘ Bloom ’ , a seven-inch double whammy A-side of such unnerving pop prowess it refuses to leave the turntable .
16 The first dimension of meaning of the handshake as action is the open set of distinct social action sequences it helps to perform .
17 In the shadow of these oppressive brick carcasses I sense the power of the original sugar barons .
18 Along with the gradual movement away from fossil fuels and the refinement of nuclear technologies and the development of effective renewable energy strategies it is the only rational course for the future of energy supply .
19 Maybe not — not when you consider the list of ten foreign trading partners he has .
20 In the gaze of those gleaming gold eyes she felt as transparent as glass .
21 ‘ North is right out of John le Carré ’ , he said ; ‘ one of those fascinating mystery people you do n't meet in life or in government . ’
22 If you have got one of those deep fat fryers you , you have quite a bit to throw away .
23 First came fish parcels , like deep-fried versions of those lacy lavender bags you put in underwear drawers , with a pungency of lemon grass suggesting a similar taste .
24 So he went back to bed and slid in beside the now silent , still figure of Emily , and nursed his throbbing right wrist with his left hand and imagined himself as one of those recumbent stone knights you sometimes see in churches , stretched out with arms crossed at the breast , cold and grey and dead , feeling no pain .
25 By calculating the PV of various alternative investment projects they could then be ranked against each other .
26 THE National Grid Company yesterday refused to specify which of several alternative pylon routes it would prefer to have built through Cleveland and North Yorkshire .
27 In addition to classroom support Mrs says that Paul needs general support for three hours per evening in relation to his er social well being in his leisure activities three hours per evening for the four evenings a week which he spends at school , in relation to this I think it right to bear in mind Mr evidence about the school , being a special school of course has generous staffing levels , staffing levels which would make the mouth of any head teacher of any other school water I suspect .
28 Would you please inform Jean Parmiter of any potential student teachers you may have so that we can get some idea of numbers and location .
29 In brief , Shawcross suggests that the means of modern mass communication bombard us continually with images and information about world events and specifically about natural and man-made disasters , for example , wars , famines , floods , etc .
30 After adjustment for these sexual risk factors we found that the dose-response relation between the number of cigarettes smoked a day and the presence of oncogenic human papillomavirus was still significant ( χ 2 =10.90 , df=1 , p<0.001 ) .
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