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

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1 For such customers have we the properties of the most popular Matroc materials listed .
2 A rebel army of political dissidents calling itself the National Patriotic Forces of Liberia ( NPFL ) , believed by the United States State Department to be supported by Libya , and led by Charles Taylor , had staged a rebellion in December 1989 [ p. 37174 ] ; by April , however , the uprising appeared to be at least partly a reaction by local people to the behaviour of the armed forces , accused of brutality in their actions to suppress the rebellion earlier in the year .
3 So , instead of a straightforward chemical manufactured by everybody else we can now offer a range of different properties to meet what the market wants . ’
4 The present-day breeding habits of some birds give us a reasonably good idea of how polyandry evolved .
5 Prescriptions presuppose interpretations , but actions on the basis of such prescriptions become themselves the subject of interpretation .
6 A dream of white horses brings us a our summer sport this week … its a name of a climb from the waves up the cliffs of Anglesey …
7 What is being claimed here is that , though it is of great importance , the complexity of the total set of sequential and prosodic components of intonation and of paralinguistic features makes it a very difficult thing to teach .
8 They still believed that they had put a 2Mb memory upgrade into one of these machines to give it a 4Mb of RAM .
9 The durability of these cars makes them a prime target for clockers and is another reason to insist on up-to-date service schedules .
10 Different collectors collect stamps for different reason reasons , do you do any of these statements give you a good description of why why you collect ?
11 Nearly 50% of all women allow themselves a once-a-year bet on the horses , according to a recent Gallup survey conducted for the UK 's largest bookmaker , Ladbrokes .
12 That she has so kindly obliged me this evening , and on Twelfth Night of all nights causes me no small surprise . ’
13 ‘ Is that right ? ’ he asked , one eyebrow lifted , the intense blue of those eyes asking her a different question entirely .
14 I think in the cases where we drew the game looking at the performances of the strikers who missed relatively easy chances and hit the bar as well as a couple of defensive lapses cost us the wins — the midfield performed well a created the chances .
15 The British Association of Industrial Editors awarded me the 1992/93 Chairman 's Award about ten days ago , which was a real surprise and honour — in respect of voluntary input over five years , most notably efforts re Education & Professional Development .
16 of general practitioners gave it the thumbs down .
17 Even in the most jealously guarded ‘ non-intervention zones ’ , the absence of big predators makes them a shadow of what they were in the past .
18 Harrison kept intent on the gentleman but still he noted the two boats on the lake — one had caught what must be a pike from the struggle — heard the chiming axes of the woodmen , noted the flocks on the Scale Force bank of Crummock and , more particularly , a pair of swallows playing beside the water — these and a score of other impressions gave him a richness of context denied Hope who , after struggling with his pipe , battled on , oblivious of all that was about him , to confirm and exercise his new and gloriously liberated Christianity .
19 Allied 's extensive choice of easy-care carpets gives you a tremendous number of plain and textured options for every room in your house .
20 But the discovery that it depleted the brain of certain transmitters made it a valuable tool in investigating brain mechanisms .
21 This search for soft touches tells us a great deal about ourselves .
22 ‘ It will not be appearing in any systems in the near future , but the cost advantage for large systems makes it an attractive prospect . ’
23 Apprehending the world through these types gives it a preliminary coherency and ‘ standardized sameness ’ .
24 The inference is that the ritual remained as a memory in the Middle Ages , if not in actuality , and was linked with historical personages to give it a little more authenticity .
25 Craig ran his hand through his hair so that it sprung into small curls giving him a rakish appearance .
26 A light interior in combination with pastel colours gives her a warm , mediterranean atmosphere .
27 In Luxor we hired a felucca with two crewmen to take us the 120 miles by river to Aswan .
28 During the six years that the Century Guild existed its output was modest , though its participation in public exhibitions gave it a considerable influence .
29 Nine wins and four draws from thirteen games give him a score of 11 points , three points ahead of Viktor Korchnoi in second place .
30 Putting in these values gives us a strength of about 3 x 10 4 MN/m 2 or about five million pounds per square inch .
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