Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [subord] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of carers who have their own children this is easier to see than for the classic ( and disappearing ) case of the single daughter who was presumed to be childless ; although in that case the assumption in the past was that the single daughter would be rewarded in material terms through being the major beneficiary of her parents ' will , if they had money or property to bequeath . |
| 2 | The watch is British made except for the movement which comes from the best Swiss supplier . |
| 3 | The actual published version is considerably easier to understand because of the use of ‘ bar charts ’ , which can not be reproduced here . |
| 4 | Similarly , telex and faxing were more analogous to mail than to the press . |
| 5 | Did this mean when in the middle of the service ? |
| 6 | This continued until at the peak of exaltation on … |
| 7 | This arises because of the way the knitting pulls in when you take it off the machine . |
| 8 | But it might be more appropriate to wait until nearer the time to send a memo , I do n't know . |
| 9 | Among printers ' mementoes , one should not forget the special examples , in the nature of things not easy to find because of the infrequency of the occasions , produced by presses set up on frozen rivers , such as the Thames and Severn . |
| 10 | There was about half an hour when It was impossible to sleep because of the noise of military aircraft |
| 11 | This has rated some fish species impossible to keep as in the case of a number of polyp-feeding butterflyfish species . |
| 12 | Most often , related papers are easy to determine because of the specificity of titles in the field , and unrelated papers are very obviously unrelated . |
| 13 | Most often , related papers are easy to determine because of the specificity of titles in the field , and unrelated papers are very obviously unrelated . |
| 14 | Of the written words available , the Club 's own records , in particular the minutes , were infuriatingly incomplete , largely impossible to read because of the writing , and either terse about something important or long winded about something trivial . |
| 15 | ‘ I would not be surprised if that happened because of the quality of their players and such influences as Bryan Robson and Lee Sharpe waiting to come in . ’ |
| 16 | Secondly , and this was not so widely appreciated , the deuterium nuclei are farther apart in the palladium than in the heavy water , and being further apart are even less likely to fuse when in the palladium than in the heavy water ! |
| 17 | Nowhere is this amnesia more likely to apply than within the intimacy of marriage . |
| 18 | Another normal step in the process of grieving , one which often follows closely on numbness , is anger , often just free-floating anger without specific focus and likely to last until around the anniversary of the death which caused it . |
| 19 | It was hard to tell because of the sun glinting on his glasses . |
| 20 | Comparisons are hard to make because of the unreliability of the numbers recorded prior to the introduction of charges . |
| 21 | Nowhere is the balance between the natural and the contrived so hard to attain as in the making of a ‘ domesticated ’ meadow . |
| 22 | They are most likely to occur because of a jerk in the cable causing an overrun , with the rope becoming tangled in the main wheel of the glider . |
| 23 | As these retirements were taking effect around Easter , I felt it better to wait until after the Easter celebrations before making any appointments . |
| 24 | Or you could buy dresses , one or two dresses that were all complete except for the seam down at the back and the seams under the arms . |
| 25 | As with due diligence , the warranties in an asset sale are likely to be far shorter and hence quicker and cheaper to negotiate than in a share sale . |
| 26 | Doubtless this will all change because of the mood at the top : ‘ Access to the Bishop is easy . |
| 27 | A band like that survived because of the existence of indie labels that kept going in the Eighties even though many of their major acts like The Smiths , and now The Fall and Blue Aeroplanes , deserted them for the majors . |
| 28 | I would open the door to them and check their names off in the appointment book , often unable to converse because of the language barrier . |
| 29 | I am writing to request any information you may be able to give as to the key 's history and value . |
| 30 | Later that year , when Beltrami was acting for McGuinness in another matter , McGuinness admitted his involvement at Ayr — information that Mr Beltrami was unable to divulge because of the confidentiality of the client-solicitor relationship . |