Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Willie 's success is due only to the dealers ' greed . |
| 2 | If it is due only on the trustee 's death , a bonorum emptor is allowed to take possession and enjoy the profits of the trust property during the lifetime of the trustee ( and debtor ) . |
| 3 | Only the pain was getting rather tedious and Meg insisted that I had it done now before I retired , on the theory I suppose , that better in the Government 's time than my own . " |
| 4 | Some of the latter were portable so that a current of air could be allowed to play direct on to the patients ' faces . |
| 5 | Le Mee put this down to the language 's association with mysticism . |
| 6 | If not , then where are our authorities in all this in respecting the petitioners ' wishes ? |
| 7 | If not , then where are our authorities in all this in respecting the petitioners ' wishes ? |
| 8 | It is not permissible for some only of the partners ' names to be shown on business stationery . |
| 9 | This is an attractive and historic place , and very much a river town , having formed around the point where two dynamic Pyrenean torrents , the Gave d'Aspe from high up on the Col du Somport , and the Gave d'Ossau from even higher up on the ruggedly distinctive Pic du Midi d'Ossau , flow together . |
| 10 | When Defries pulled herself over the projecting fragments of glass and into the cockpit , Daak was still half out of the pilot 's seat , staring at Ace 's back and her wind-whipped hair . |
| 11 | On March 29 the Cabinet approved the suspension of municipal and provincial councils , announcing that the measure would affect 397 out of the country 's 1,541 municipalities , and 14 of its 48 provinces . |
| 12 | It 'll float high out of the baby 's reach . |
| 13 | Indeed , each of the five times since 1915 that there has been a minority government in power it has been Labour , dependent either on the Liberals ' support , their abstentions , or on all the other parties not uniting to defeat them . |
| 14 | This is quite useful for you to refer to , this booklet , but do please tell your clients you 're not a doctor , it 's very much up to the client 's doctor and our medical underwriters , as to whether we pay out or not . |
| 15 | Fancourt , the court denied validity to a promissory note made payable out of the maker 's money to which he would become entitled from his reversion . |
| 16 | Compensation for the loss of goodwill payments may be offered inter alia by : ( 1 ) consultancy arrangements , which guarantee the outgoing partner an income in return for a reduced work load , but do not survive his death and therefore can not benefit his dependants ; ( 2 ) annuities for himself and his family payable out of the firm 's profits , which are fiscally unattractive and can place undue strain on the firm 's finances ; and ( 3 ) guaranteeing the partner nearing retirement a generous level of income overriding , in a bad year , his strict entitlement under the agreed profit sharing ratios ; but the reluctance of younger partners to accept such arrangement may easily be imagined . |
| 17 | There is no requirement for costs payable out of the bankrupt 's estate , be they the costs of the petitioning creditor or the costs of the solicitors acting for the trustee , to be taxed ( r 7.34 ) . |
| 18 | Only six out of the school 's 260 pupils turned up at the school , and four of them were later picked up by their parents and returned home . |
| 19 | Turnover fell by 11 p.c. to £3.23 billion as trading at six out of the group 's seven divisions experienced downturns . |
| 20 | The injustice of life stung her bitterly — Sylvester getting them Bones and co as if they were straight out of the champions ' parade at the Horse of the Year Show and not even knowing that some horses jumped and some did n't , and thinking that all weedy little Hoomey needed was motivation to become Seb Coe the second … |
| 21 | A federal plan to finance the cleaning up of toxic waste — known as Superfund — was begun ten years ago with 1,200 out of the US 's 40,000 sites being designated as the most dangerous . |
| 22 | After Iraq had hit another 2 tankers , 1 Iranian and 1 Panamanian ( making 7 out of the year 's total of 44 ) , it was Iran 's turn . |
| 23 | The coach to Bridgnorth departs at 9.15 a.m. from the Boar 's Head , Bishop 's Castle and will return there at about 5.30 p.m . |
| 24 | ‘ The company is , for the time being , deferring payment of the dividend payable today on the company 's 7.5 per cent convertible cumulative redeemable preference shares , ’ it added . |
| 25 | Instead the widow 's pension or widowed mother 's allowance will be payable immediately on the husband 's death . |
| 26 | The good news is that the surplus of a hundred and ninety three thousand six hundred and eighty seven pounds after tax is the largest ever in the Association 's history . |
| 27 | With a top capacity of some 75 litres it 's large enough for a week 's backpacking , or even extended expedition use , although I do have some doubts as to whether it could stand up to the rigours of expedition life . |
| 28 | The three best in the judges ' opinion will receive two free tickets each to see the show . |
| 29 | I let off three straight into the gunman 's chest but he did n't look like he felt death coming on . |
| 30 | BATSMAN Hansie Cronje staked a claim for a place in South Africa 's Test side with a well-crafted 73 out of the President 's XI 268 against the touring Indians . |