Example sentences of "[prep] [pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The technical and objective manner lasted for about nine pages , then the eyes watered up again , the voice started strangulating , dirty great blobs welled up over my vision and I got seriously worried about my ability to perform this piece in a grown-up manner . |
| 2 | In the present case , I for my part take that view . |
| 3 | I for my part have some difficulty in accepting that . |
| 4 | For that reason I would for my part discharge this committal order . |
| 5 | Bhutto 's relations with the Army deteriorated after her refusal to impose martial law in Sind under Article 245 of the Constitution . |
| 6 | Then there were the sheer indignities of a professional cricketer 's life — the separate entrances , changing facilities , menial jobs to do around the club , even the placing of the man 's initials after his surname to signify servile status . |
| 7 | It crossed her mind that he might well be keeping out of her way after his failure to secure some kind of punishment for Matthew 's cruel and unacceptable behaviour earlier in the day . |
| 8 | The letters MBCS after your name cut little ice with personnel managers and head-hunters , except in academia and in software houses whose chairmen are pillars of the BCS . |
| 9 | Doubts about their availability arose last week , when the German Hockey Board announced an alteration to the Bundesliga season because of the 1994 European Nations Cup . |
| 10 | Weeks of legal bickering by Pakistan lawyers have left the International Cricket Council fuming about their inability to take firm action over the damaging saga . |
| 11 | Clarity about their role presented another problem : secondees had hoped for a job description , clear role definition with well defined tasks and clear line management responsibility . |
| 12 | She found it easy : to begin with , she found everything easy , as her memory for facts was remarkable , and it was only as she grew older that she began to notice in herself slight doubts about her ability to pursue higher physics and mathematics . |
| 13 | ‘ About her head hangs purest innocence . |
| 14 | CHARLES tilts his head slightly away from Diana showing he feels awkward about her refusal to show any sign of emotion . |
| 15 | Forgetting all about her need to keep one foot on the ground and splashing wildly , she announced she was swimming , and then shrieked . |
| 16 | ANY SCIENCE FICTION worth its salt makes extensive use of flat , wall-mounted TV . |
| 17 | A reprisal for her unwillingness to co-operate last night ? |
| 18 | I do not find that the refusal as made evinced a settled intention on her part to persist in that refusal even if it is injurious to her health and when the best interests for her health require that blood be transfused to her . |
| 19 | I 'll propose Emily 's report and , and in doing so I 'd like to say thank you to her for her sterling work this year , I think she 's done a terrific job erm and I 'd like to thank her personally for the help she 's given me over the year . |
| 20 | She waited for her mother to deny this statement , but all remained quiet . |
| 21 | The first prize went to Neil McIvor for his piece entitled William , and the schools prize went to Gabrielle Reith from Westhill Academy for her piece entitled Blue Moon , White Dove . |
| 22 | Gnomic , succinct , its puns and allusions introduced all the themes she must develop , yet it remained abstract enough for her mind to keep firm purchase on her errant feelings . |
| 23 | For all its faults and notwithstanding the low reputation it has acquired through its use to collect trivial information , the social survey technique can undoubtedly produce a wide range of useful statistical data . |
| 24 | Vice-President and Finance Minister George Saitoti presented a budget on June 15 , 1989 , largely intended to appeal to international donors through its aim to curb public expenditure and to reduce the deficit to 4.2 per cent of GDP in 1989-90 , from 4.5 per cent in 1988-89 . |
| 25 | It is postulated that the deleterious effect of these reactions and their products is , at least in part , through their ability to generate reactive oxygen species . |
| 26 | Britain succeeded in creating a Commonwealth ‘ special relationship ’ in civil aviation after 1945 which compensated in part for its inability to obtain international approval for a more regulated global system . |
| 27 | The purified protein was assayed at the indicated concentrations for its ability to hydrolyse p- nitrophenol phosphate ( pNPP ) either in the absence ( ○ ) or presence ( ○ ) of 200μM sodium vanadate . |
| 28 | I wish to produce the brochure in time for its issue to have maximum circulation and impact to ensure a successful centenary . |
| 29 | Firstly , her book is notable for its attempt to combine good living with economy . |
| 30 | When the Community belatedly recognised the de facto independence of the Yugoslav republics , it was acting too late for its recognition to have any effect beyond aggravating the fighting . |