Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hooded eyes surveyed her with frank appreciation mingled with amusement . |
| 2 | Harold Wilson probably underwent the most disagreeable experience of any Prime Minister in that it was regarded as respectable political tactics to traduce him on any grounds other than political . |
| 3 | The swirling shapes remind me of those kitsch 1960s lamps . |
| 4 | And it was a record that came to be seen and recognised by the local electorate , in particular the newly enfranchised women , not least through the efforts of Labour candidates to exploit it to political advantage . |
| 5 | Certainly , there would need to be sound reasons to pursue it under such circumstances . |
| 6 | The political implication is that blacks should be self-assertive and proud of their black identity and not rely on well-meaning attempts to assimilate them into white society . |
| 7 | The projects focus on maintaining and protecting the species ' habitats , and in some cases establishing them in new habitats . |
| 8 | I only hope that the civic authorities have them under better control than they seem to be here . |
| 9 | Thereafter he quickly became its most renowned liberal member , leading some opponents to accuse him of judicial activism . |
| 10 | Some authorities subdivide them into three types — the down-awn hairs , the awn hairs and the guard-awn hairs — but these subtle distinctions are of little value . |
| 11 | Their exploitation of this recently opened path aroused jealousy among the knights , one of whom refused to answer a charge levelled against him by the Erembalds in the court of Charles the Good , on the ground that his accusers ' lowly social origins barred them from comital justice . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , no , ’ I sarcastically retorted , ‘ just some French bravos welcoming me to this Godforsaken city ! |
| 13 | Looking at the long sweep of the historical past , Temple had seen that ‘ Historical analogies lead us to one conclusion only ’ — that subject races invariably at some point regain their liberty . |
| 14 | Naturally , in view of the political interest of Lord Milton and the Duke of Argyll , John Main was not left to languish in the state of promoted unemployment to which Colonel Haldane 's enmity had consigned him , but although they were able to secure a port appointment for Main which brought him a regular salary , it was at Bo'ness , on the Lothian shore of the river Forth and directly under they eye of Haldane 's ally , Collector Middleton , who sent the unfortunate Main ‘ on every drudgery piece of business to different places to put him to all the expence & trouble the Collector can devise ’ . |
| 15 | Repêchages were in the afternoon with all British boats making it to semi finals . |
| 16 | Some stories give you in one or two pages exactly enough information about why two people wo n't ever get on , the divisions between them and so on . |
| 17 | Old tombstones provided her with that lit match to the powder trail of her imagination . |
| 18 | I have quite a few exciting things to tell you about this year 's season . |
| 19 | When international marketing first appeared as a distinct subject few writers described it by any title other than that . |
| 20 | French press releases overran our positions , German amendments raked us with deadly fire . |
| 21 | Acting on a French tip-off , the British police arrested him on 6 June 1931 , along with a young woman , Li Sam , described as his niece but more probably his mistress . |
| 22 | Now Ebenezer Judge understood what he must have felt , as a dozen willing hands hoisted him on high , held him for an instant in mid-air , then let him down , inch by inch , until the back of his head knocked against the stone wall and the freezing water lapped over his boots . |
| 23 | a series of free booklets to help you with common health problems |
| 24 | Thrill-seeking impulses led them to many momentary and immediate adventures , and it was this period of his life he referred to when he said he had never been in an orgy of more than three people , although he tried ineffectively to promote it a time or two . |
| 25 | The other old nomes watched her in horrified silence . |
| 26 | And — in answer to the second question — the only reason that oxygen gas exists in such large amounts in the atmosphere today is that plants and some bacteria produce it in vast quantities through photosynthesis . |
| 27 | It is quite usual to find large joints of roast beef and pork for slicing on the delicatessen counter , but two of the more interesting meats to reach us in recent years have been smoked turkey and pastrami . |
| 28 | Even before he got to her she was mesmerised , the dark eyes holding her with complete ease , and she had to bring herself quickly back to the present to do what she had planned and set matters on an even footing straight away . |
| 29 | I come from a fanatically rugby-conscious Welsh miner 's family ; five of my six brothers played it with some distinction . |
| 30 | If , however , mutations affect both juvenile and adult survival equally , selection against their early effects keeps them at low frequency , and prevents the collapse of late survival . |