Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] [adj] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a matter of very small beginnings for everybody , and then as the pictures that they made became more and more popular , more and more acceptable , used not merely in fairgrounds or in odd corners of shops and this sort of thing , for the odd fifteen minutes or twenty minutes of movie , but entered into the music halls , became one of the acts in the music hall entertainment erm this really was the foundation of a new industry , a new industry of entertainment , a new industry of information . |
| 2 | He did his work here well and thoroughly , but he hankered , every so often , for the rough grey seas and painted , cloud-dappled hills of Northumberland , and his children , and the soil that knew his step and warmed under the sole of his foot , like a caress . |
| 3 | The large-scale youth unemployment coincided with a collapse in apprenticeship schemes as industry , in recession , withdrew its support for the part-time vocational courses that were the stock-in-trade of the further education colleges , many of whom had evolved from the old mechanics institutes . |
| 4 | Higher taxes , the most sensible route , are probably out — both for the usual political reasons and because this year nobody wants to reopen last October 's budget agreement . |
| 5 | For example , in Israel , a special project designed to improve the performance of indigenous paraprofessionals in their work with a variety of needy groups , including families on public assistance , homebound elderly persons , residents of low-income housing projects , and discharged prisoners , the best results were achieved when ‘ parallel training ’ was provided for the professional social workers and indigenous paraprofessionals involved ( Kestenbaum , et al . , |
| 6 | The 1958 war is remembered now not so much for the vicious sectarian battles that occurred in Beirut but for the arrival of the US Marines , who stormed ashore only to find the beaches occupied not by militiamen but by bikini-clad ladies and street urchins who were merely waiting to sell Coca-Cola to the country 's latest rescuers . |
| 7 | These may also be responsible for the associated climatic phenomena and may be blamed on the effects of plate tectonics with the rise and fall of mid-ocean ridges and the displacement of water by the piling up and erosion of new orogenic belts . |
| 8 | Priestley concludes that ‘ twenty Marxian treatises about the proletariat would not make you feel a tenth of the compassion for the dispossessed urban masses as this bit of pantomime does ’ . |
| 9 | The Games , already destined to be the largest ever , now have to find room for the extra 3,306 competitors and officials registered by the end of last month , bringing the total to 18,306 . |
| 10 | After weighing for the heaviest berry — duly recorded in the ledger by the recorder — any prizewinning berry is removed before they are weighed for the heaviest twelve awards and then again selected for the heaviest six . |
| 11 | Around this time , Bruckner likened himself to a watchdog that had slipped its chain ; and four-square as much of the Study Symphony is , it conveys just that sense of a barely-checked yearning for the epic symphonic tussles that Bruckner seems to have been fated to undertake . |
| 12 | Others who may already have experience take a course of the discipline and for the refreshing new ideas that it brings . |
| 13 | The Link group acts as a forum for the major environmental issues and agrees strategies to combat existing problems . |
| 14 | This is most confusing since , in England and Wales , there are local government departments — the social services departments — that are responsible for the personal social services but are not directly concerned with health or social security , the main concerns of the secretary of state . |
| 15 | Although the enormous difficulties of the German economy could be felt during the Düsseldorf and Hannover fairs , both proved to be more successful for the participating ceramic dealers than last year 's fairs ’ . |
| 16 | As they listened and watched the news from their former homeland it has been distressing for the five native speakers and difficult to maintain their professional distance from events . |
| 17 | There were no new fodder or root crops , except for the various leguminous plants that did something to improve fallows in the eighteenth century . |
| 18 | He provided portraits for the various colonial communities and dignitaries , and made pictorial ‘ views ’ and ethnic studies . |
| 19 | Erm , well I I could n't speak for the latter two programmes cos I do n't know enough about the arrangements there but I have got a a fair amount of knowledge on both tornado and Eurofighter . |
| 20 | ‘ As it turned out , we launched attack after attack for the entire 90 minutes and there was simply no respite . |
| 21 | I had run in the trials for the European Junior Championships and finished fifth in the 100 metres in 10.6 seconds , wind assisted . |
| 22 | A further gain is that we do not need a sampling frame for the 10 000 cattle but only for each of the 10 herds ; such a frame could be constructed on the investigator 's arrival at a farm . |
| 23 | I 've tried it with Episode 1 , and it may work for the other two episodes as well . |
| 24 | This lack of significant difference between the proportions of RP cases and controls held true for the other histological categories as well , including even patients with definite Crohn 's disease ( Group E ) ( RP 13% , control 17% ) . |
| 25 | While the Secretary of State 's announcement is good news for Yarrow and the Clyde , it is none the less a disappointment for the other three shipyards that submitted tenders , not least VSEL in Barrow , although the order for the 4.5 inch gun would be welcome . |
| 26 | Various accounting bodies and organisations criticised the Charity Commissioners ' draft revised statement of recommended practice on accounting by charities , SORP2 , for being too complex for the many small charities that would have to comply with it . |
| 27 | Even if Clinton sends a health-care bill to Congress soon , the 1993 legislative session is too far gone for the many lengthy hearings that must take place so that all can have their say . |
| 28 | Thank you also for the many beautiful tributes and the donations sent for the Cynthia Spencer Unit . |
| 29 | The crofter could apply for the ‘ de-crofting ’ of his land , but if this were approved he would no longer be eligible for the many special rights and privileges enjoyed by crofting tenants . |
| 30 | Central Council would like to express their gratitude for the many generous donations and gifts which help to maintain the high standard of care given to the Home 's guests . |