Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [conj] [noun] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the years , however , the tribes have become increasingly marginalised and their rich cultures and traditions have barely survived . |
| 2 | Likewise , the implementation group 's human resources subgroup sounds too low key to convince staff that the NHS will tackle the problems of maintaining morale and preserving skills while changes go on . |
| 3 | Finding the largest numbers of drug users in our largest cities and towns does not necessarily imply that they have proportionately more drug users than smaller communities . |
| 4 | He was in Jamaica Road fifty-five minutes after Zack rang off . |
| 5 | Others were picked up opportunistically because a visitor or student arrived with just the right skills or interests to move ahead on a front I might otherwise have neglected . |
| 6 | Towards 2000 will see members of FYT Regional groups and committees meet together to work on the needs of marginalised young people in the last decade of this century . |
| 7 | Saunders has scored eight times and Villa have n't lost a game since his £2.3 million move from Liverpool . |
| 8 | As he walked away from the house , Mark had remembered that it was along this street , with its brightly — almost garishly — painted houses that Sophia had once seen a cluster of what she took to be exotic tropical fruits in one of the windows , only to realise that they were tomatoes put there to ripen . |
| 9 | ‘ I was obsessed , ’ admitted Mrs Lamport , whose interest in stately homes and museums married well with the task she undertook so enthusiastically . |
| 10 | That clergy and musicians do all in their power to ensure close and amicable working relationships ( 557–559 , 562 ) . |
| 11 | In every way possible preachers and troubadours stirred up enthusiasm . |
| 12 | Assorted addicts and alcoholics drifted in and out of the place . |
| 13 | Leeds parish had eleven townships and Manchester had as many as thirty ; Bradford parish covered about 40,000 acres and Halifax parish — the largest in England — was twice that size . |
| 14 | Mrs Doran 's was a Victoria sponge with toasted almonds and walnut halves carefully arranged on the top . |
| 15 | Odd words and phrases came up occasionally into my mind , like obscenities on a blank wall . |
| 16 | A strong east wind crested the wavelets on the dark bosom of Loch Ness , rain-clouds gave to each hill a sombre tone ; some rocky crags and woodland had deeper and richer hues ; while the foreground of heather in full bloom , a corn-field , and potato and turnip rigs , gave other colourings . |
| 17 | The problems which unemployment presented to political parties and governments have already been outlined ; the dramatic high-points being the collapse of the second Labour government in August 1931 and the abandonment of the gold standard in September 1931 . |
| 18 | The girl 's ordeal lasted 12 hours until police broke down the front door and arrested five people . |
| 19 | The hare flees across a field in this way , and a number of different birds and fish have also been seen to use this technique . |
| 20 | The problem of different definitions and codings has already arisen in the need to harmonise the 1991 SARs from Northern Ireland with those from Great Britain ( Middleton forthcoming ) . |
| 21 | The Chinese tended to make their kites in the outlined shapes of either fish such as the blue or red card or as birds such as the stuffed owls and vultures shown here . |
| 22 | Furthermore , he claims that attempts to make clerical work more routine have had a limited impact because clerical skills and qualifications have not been standardized . |
| 23 | Dawn can be hectic during lambing ; the warmth of the day helps the new-born lamb survive its first few hours and staff work round the clock in case something goes wrong . |
| 24 | One of the most interesting cases that Maureen came across that I knew of was a peregrine falcon . |
| 25 | Old grievances and resentments tumbled out , but in the light of day turned out to have less power than when they 'd been hidden away . |
| 26 | There 's no question that the high heels and blusher go on if there 's the slightest chance that they 'll do any good . |
| 27 | Some schools and LEAs have already begun to construct multicultural and anti-racist policies ; it is up to the majority of institutions that appear not to have grasped the urgency of the issues to follow their lead . |
| 28 | There was a polite shunting of chairs to make space for an extra one , and Eliot managed a few pleasantries while Shildon looked thoroughly annoyed by the intrusion and Harbury could not contain his delight . |
| 29 | It was fascinating to watch how people of different temperaments and races worked together or to observe the way key personalities tended to colour the group . |
| 30 | The difficulties faced by these and by other women with dependent husbands or parents remained as great as before ; neither higher wages nor action by the state came to their rescue . |