Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [adv] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You never know how little you have to beat , ’ he once said , a doleful look momentarily clouding his large , countryman features and global eyes . |
| 2 | Its broad base also makes it useful as a sounding board for other proposals , for example those recently issued by the Cadbury Committee on the Financial Aspects of Corporate Governance . |
| 3 | The Chief Political Directorate also possesses its own military academy ( the Lenin Military-Political Academy ) and journal ( Communist of the Armed Forces ) . |
| 4 | Each truck even has its own lavatory . |
| 5 | He said look you can have these expensive antibiotics , they were intensive ones , said look you know I do n't want him to lose his bloody foot just give me some antibiotic ! |
| 6 | The archetype of faith is Abraham , who went out at God 's command though he did not know where he was going , and who was prepared at that command even to sacrifice his own son . |
| 7 | THE history of science is a sequence of conflicts between incompatible theories in which each side vigorously defends its own theory until conclusive evidence persuades a majority to accept one view . |
| 8 | Each side usually considers it advantageous to be the side that prepares the accounts , even if as is usual they are to be checked by the other side . |
| 9 | DARLINGTON were not the first NorthEast team to find that Tranmere always pack their reserve side with first-team players . |
| 10 | It is a striking fact that although the court in this case clearly adopted its paternalistic role in deciding how the child 's welfare would best be promoted , the chief emphasis was on the competing rights and responsibilities of parent and local authority rather than those of the child . |
| 11 | This trek also marked our first encounter with leeches . |
| 12 | It is said that this ghost still beats his eerie tattoo during times of war . |
| 13 | Gilt ceilings and old silver certainly make it different from the usual run of East European cafés and on a warm early evening it is pleasant to sit outside and watch and chatter . |
| 14 | At this point , however , Public Enemy momentarily lose their vitriolic edge . |
| 15 | At this point , however , Public Enemy momentarily lose their vitriolic edge . |
| 16 | The adoption of this model of pedagogy means that the teacher is necessarily engaged in research as an aspect of teaching and this research too has its own character and its own criteria of relevance and success . |
| 17 | This immobility also makes it essential for him to be on good terms with his neighbours , as they are likely to be there , for better or worse , for most of his life . |
| 18 | This ambition always had its logical weaknesses ; its impracticability is now manifest . |
| 19 | Our response to this question probably reflects our overall reaction to reaching midlife . |
| 20 | The longitudinal voltage then regains its normal non-zero value ( Figure 1 ) . |
| 21 | By the middle and later 1960s , however , this ‘ Cisalpine ’ theological agenda was being overtaken by a more evidently twentieth-century one : modern biblical scholarship turned out not to have stopped with Westcott and Lightfoot nor even with Dodd , but seemed much more a matter of swallowing Bultmann and Nineham ; ecumenical theology now led one less to Luther and Calvin or even Barth than to the vapid profundities of Tillich , Bishop Robinson 's Honest to God and beyond . |
| 22 | This remark naturally made everyone furious . |
| 23 | Good quality black and white photos show the author and her family on holiday , while a number of her line drawings and watercolours datable to this period clearly illustrate her considerable artistic talent . |
| 24 | Unfortunately , this article only reinforces my previous observations . |
| 25 | This team now has its own ground near the Black Boy . |
| 26 | Will my hon. Friend please encourage my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to press to ensure that we have the protection of a new GATT structure as soon as possible ? |
| 27 | This social bond probably reaches its greatest intensity in the modern nation state , and it will be discussed more fully in the next chapter . |
| 28 | Students were asked to indicate which of six statements relating to smoking behaviour best described their own behaviour . |
| 29 | I make allowances for the fact that the hon. Gentleman clearly prepared his supplementary before the news was announced . |
| 30 | For example , it might be that all the relevant facts have already been ascertained and the findings of the High Court only concern their legal significance . |