Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Trade Union workshop addressed some important issues , although women admitted to feeling apathetic and emotional about the various campaigns they were waging in their workplaces . |
| 2 | Who said : ‘ I am deeply sorry for the unkind things I said about Liverpool . |
| 3 | Oh , well these are substantial houses and I would imagine that for the six houses we could get twelve families , twelve families housed immediately , they 'd be substantial houses . |
| 4 | But having made the distinction clear between the two modes it is necessary now to acknowledge that to see the relationship always in terms of contrary orientations may be an oversimplification . |
| 5 | His churches showed an equally acute awareness of changing fashions : the neo-perpendicular of his fan-vaulted church of St John , Edinburgh ( 1818 ) , which challenged comparison with anything in England at that date , was superseded by the elegant Early English and neo-Norman of the numerous churches he built for the Duke of Buccleuch in the 1830s , and in 1843 by the mid-Decorated of his St Mary 's , Dundee , in which he reproduced in a much richer form the arcades and clerestory of the burned-down medieval church instead of building the usual preaching box desired by presbyterian divines at that time . |
| 6 | None of this had escaped French notice , and some of the heaviest mortars they could muster had been brought up ; resulting in the burying alive of many of the Bavarians underneath their Stollen . |
| 7 | Though in our recent study of Adoption Allowances which involved many older children we did not set out to test the issues under discussion , nevertheless some of the 52 children we interviewed maintained a link with a member of the original family whilst in the case of a few others a ‘ clean break ’ approach was followed by agencies . |
| 8 | But still not as good as some of the handicapped children he 'd come to see . |
| 9 | From another encylopedia , this time of African animals , she identified for us some of the small animals they occasionally caught and ate . |
| 10 | Les Bence looks at some of the great matches he has witnessed . |
| 11 | He says ; They are some of the best times I have ever had . |
| 12 | Paddy Murphy and Jimmy Keenan both looked good on the sand but unfortunately an interesting choice of footwear ( none at all ! ) led to Dugdale 's retirement with some of the best blisters I 've even seen ! |
| 13 | That 's right yes , yeah that bit that was just like what they call a swan neck , just like the swan and that was like that and so it kept me at load level , they were built by and some of the best cranes I 've ever known on the dock . |
| 14 | Topaz thought Almack 's rather dull after some of the splendid places she had visited . |
| 15 | There were gifts and handshakes on the top floor of Hinton House as Sir christopher Bade farewell to some of the many friends he has made during his six-year chairmanship . |
| 16 | In his first letter from there he makes a significant little admission to Theo , and encloses a sketch : ‘ I should like to begin making hasty sketches of some of the many things I meet … but as it would probably keep me from my real work it is better not to start . ’ |
| 17 | These are some of the many exchanges we have had this year with lawyers from overseas . |
| 18 | ‘ We 've got a list of patients being treated for major psychoses at London hospitals — yes , yes , I know that strictly speaking that 's a bit unethical , but let me tell you , not nearly as unethical as some of the other things we have here . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's very flattering for me that in America people go to the Irish Tourist Board and say they 'd like to go to Mountfern or some of the other villages I 've written about . |
| 20 | She told some of the other mothers he 'd died , but she was n't a good liar , and she gave them different reasons for his death . |
| 21 | I 'm afraid some of the other women he played around with when we were having one of our squalls did n't understand the situation . |
| 22 | The group begins discussing some of the other wets they hope will now get the push from Major 's cabinet : ‘ William Waldegrave , he 'll be out . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Talking about work , as we were just a moment ago … perhaps you would n't mind explaining to me why you want to reject some of the new designs I 've just shown you ? ’ |
| 24 | Thus , in some of my own research into theatre audiences , at a time when virtually nothing was known about who goes to the theatre , some of the first surveys I carried out were concerned with eliciting data on people 's age , education , social class , who they went with , how they heard about the play , and so on . |
| 25 | I think if you do n't go to train and still find your way into the profession some of the essential things you need to know about and be able to do will take that much longer to achieve . |
| 26 | ( Vicky had told me she would not be averse to some of the loving attentions she was receiving . ) |
| 27 | In this issue we ask chief executive to respond to some of the key questions you have raised and to describe what he sees happening next . |
| 28 | For some of the fifty volunteers it 's a chance to escape their day jobs and really be themselves . |
| 29 | Through my work I hope to show people some of the fascinating creatures we share the world with . ’ |
| 30 | It focusses them on some of the visual clues they might otherwise miss . |