Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | At the most he could try to plead some implied term into the contract that the goods would last for a reasonable time after delivery to allow him a reasonable period of trouble-free use . |
2 | The parade converges on Place St Maur des Fosses to hear a few words from the local Euro-MP , because the EC has stumped up a bit of money to make it a European clowns ' convention this year . |
3 | He was immediately dispatched to the scene , where his energy , intelligence and presence of mind made him the chief decision-taker in the first days after the explosion of reactor number four . |
4 | In the last-named work he opened up lines of interpretation which , even if somewhat modified since , set firm foundations on which other scholars might build : the exuberant vigour and almost Niagara-like outpouring of scholarship gave it a memorable quality . |
5 | Now that you are completing the preliminary studies and will shortly be embarking on the more complicated part of the syllabus , I feel that , at this stage , it would be of benefit to give you the following lessons in an endeavour to press home to you the importance and value of your continued perseverance . |
6 | DEF is well known to us and would be a different sort of purchaser giving you the German influence . |
7 | Our specialists can advise you on the type of cover you need — and our experience and understanding of business gives us a big advantage when it comes to identifying key persons and assessing the size and type of cover necessary . |
8 | 5 You can take the Braun Plaque Remover on holiday — one night of recharging gives you a good 10 days of power if you brush your teeth twice a day for two minutes . |
9 | Odd hairs straggled out of various warts , and the brown freckles of age gave them a strange resemblance to the stones . |
10 | It does not rely on its tail and the downward pull of gravity to give it a secure grip . |
11 | The Committee not only recommended statutory provision making all surrogacy agreements illegal and therefore unenforceable in the courts , but also called for the introduction of legislation rendering it a criminal act for any person to assist in the establishment of a surrogate pregnancy . |
12 | Haeckel reconstructed the tree of life to give it a main trunk or stem with the human race at the top : all developments in other directions were merely side branches of little real importance . |
13 | She , Madame Gauthier , wife of the proprietor , had her business to attend to , and this kind of scandal did it no good at all . |
14 | To enable the House and the country to clear the matter up , will the Secretary of State tell us the correct figure ? |
15 | Can the Secretary of State tell us the real social cost to our country of the devastation of our manufacturing industry and our economy ? |
16 | The ideal toy is very light , so that only a small amount of effort moves it a long way , and very soft , so that sharp feline claws and teeth can sink into it in a satisfying way . |
17 | The element of risk gave it an added excitement . |
18 | Its full-length widows give the appearance , appropriately enough , of a power house , and the quantity of glass gives it a modern , almost Bauhaus feel . |
19 | The Allegrini has a pleasant , bitter cherry finish — the touch of austerity making it an ideal foil to buttery pasta . |
20 | That piece of information gave her a severe jolt of alarm . |
21 | Being out of school gave him a wonderful feeling . |
22 | However , their low cost ( Notes retails at around £400 , WFWG at £149 ) and ease of implementation make them a viable proposition for the small company , and will probably result in their becoming much more influential in the long term . |
23 | Richards argued that the suburb 's slow accretion of detail made it a contemporary form of vernacular architecture , in the picturesque tradition . |
24 | The versatility of gouache makes it an ideal medium for working in the rugged New Zealand landscape . |
25 | The employee behind the check in desk gave me a huge smile and welcomed me to the airport , gave me my seat reservation card and wished me a good journey . |
26 | Secure accommodation in child care us a chameleon-like provision : sometimes a last-ditch strategy to avoid custody for a child otherwise bound there . |
27 | This in turn made it a simple matter to adapt Watt 's engine to provide rotary motion . |
28 | Scenes are also still hand-coloured in order to give them the classic Disney feel , but developments in automatic colouring systems could well change this before too long . |
29 | The script had him deliver a line that was in sharp contrast to most of the seemingly right-wing reactionary statements he was making whenever a camera was n't turning or when a curtain was not up : ‘ Extraordinary theory — you bend a child double in order to give him an upright character . ’ |
30 | National Power was given 70 per cent of the CEGB 's generating capacity in order to give it an economic mix of power . |