Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The village was almost deserted : only the old stayed behind — some were too sick or weak or crippled to climb the path to Jimale . |
| 2 | His Lordship begins by looking at direct discrimination under section l(l) ( a ) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and concludes that there is no doubt that in general to dismiss a woman because she is pregnant or to refuse to employ a woman of childbearing age because she may become pregnant is unlawful direct discrimination since childbearing and the capacity for childbearing are characteristics of the female sex . |
| 3 | Some licensees have seen catering as a profitable sideline and invested their own cash and other resources into developing it , while others have either not been interested or have lacked the capital to do so , and have accordingly only provided minimum facilities . |
| 4 | Because the size of potential losses is growing so fast , many insurers now reckon that providing catastrophe cover has simply become too risky and have quit the market . |
| 5 | So he stopped and he listened to this and went to have a look , see what was going on . |
| 6 | The feeling that incomers might be a problem necessitates ways in which one can prove this and attempt to ameliorate the situation . |
| 7 | The Moore came over all giddy at this and had to have a sit down . |
| 8 | The Thatcher government in the 1980s recognized this and made reducing the PSBR the central feature of its medium-term financial strategy . |
| 9 | We hope that Pat Kennedy will be able to work with us on this and intend to invite the student teachers to participate . |
| 10 | ‘ So I shall , Bob , ’ said Dyson irritably , ‘ if I make a success of this and begin to make a name for myself . |
| 11 | The Cleansing Department are aware of this and suggest making a phone call to the department who will arrange to uplift the pet and remove it . |
| 12 | He has already done this and has brought the country to dictatorship , to presidential rule as they call it . |
| 13 | ( If the reader doubts this and has had an accident driving a car , reflect again ! ) |
| 14 | It says They talked to their form teacher about this and have formed a tree planting group in school . |
| 15 | Highly purified porcine or human short-acting insulin is added to a small volume of normal saline and infused using a pump set at a rate dependent on blood glucose monitoring . |
| 16 | whether they send people on a course , whether they send people on a course because they 're long term unemployed and having finished the course then do n't get a job but they are no longer long term unemployed . |
| 17 | It incorporates a separate fly sheet which can be removed during the day to increase light and help keep the dome cool but he refitted in seconds when night falls . |
| 18 | A few hours ' sleep , and he 'd come up fresh and begin to learn the system around here . |
| 19 | He had got the direction slightly wrong and had passed the dell before he realised it . |
| 20 | But one side branch shoots up very high and lets fall an avalanche of dark green pine needles . |
| 21 | In somewhat better weather conditions they climbed the five-mile drove-road to the lofty Tushielaw pass , and down to Tushielaw itself , with its bridge across Ettrick , making good time , although the burns and streams were running high and making fording a problem in places . |
| 22 | After all , they were generous and kept throwing the ball at you — they played the game , but you did n't play back . |
| 23 | The pins are designed to give way under pressure , allowing damaged engines to fall free and avoid wrecking the aircraft . |
| 24 | Despite her ordeal the woman could only think of her boyfriend , but by the time police arrived to free him , he had wriggled free and managed to open the boot from the inside . |
| 25 | But if ever there is a chance , send us a sign that you are free and have made a place . |
| 26 | Still the rain , all week it had rained , and his coat was barely dried out from the previous evening and his shoes were still wet and had rejected the polish he had attempted over his breakfast . |
| 27 | It 's a little you would you be careful and stop moving the table . |
| 28 | It 's about being young and terribly embarrassed and wanting to make an impression but not knowing what it is . |
| 29 | The old party leader with the enigmatic smile is 67 and has become a person of greater symbolic significance than of real political potential . |
| 30 | The old party leader with the enigmatic smile is 67 and has become a person of greater symbolic significance than of real political potential . |