Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [conj] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here she created opportunities for social workers to train in more advanced skills and set up a variety of support and counselling groups . |
| 2 | Under Franco , they used to be distributed among representatives of the different political groups that made up the regime 's base of support ; under democracy , incumbents in such posts have tended to be replaced with each change of government . |
| 3 | Lucinda ran her tongue round her suddenly dry lips and let out a long , slow whistle . |
| 4 | To one side of the lot was a collection of European cars and leaning over a snow-white Triumph was Hank Stych , talking to one of the salesmen . |
| 5 | Rick Bateysifts through the veritable medley of classic influences that make up the latest sepia-tinted offering from Chandler in San Francisco … |
| 6 | After gobbling up whatever I could find in the house , I crept into bed and pulled the blankets over my head in a vain attempt to stifle the mocking voices and shut out the ugly visions . |
| 7 | Alphonse Blaguet , a mediator appointed by President André Kolingba , was charged with setting up a preparatory committee , consulting with political parties and drawing up the agenda . |
| 8 | One or two of the few houses that make up the hamlet of San Sano were acquired and transformed by the owner with great mastery into the attractive Hotel Residence San Sano , Signor Matarazzo 's taste runs to what could be called a ‘ glorification of simplicity ’ . |
| 9 | This lies behind the very large number of habitual activities that make up the routines of ordinary day-to-day life . |
| 10 | This is the first event organised by Network Craigavon and was a co-operative effort by members of the different groups that make up the Network . |
| 11 | Although he captured some knights and burned down the town , he was unable to take the castle . |
| 12 | He reached into his back pockets and took out a wad of old notes . |
| 13 | Cut a thin strip of white fondant , score with light lines and attach around the module . |
| 14 | Of the 49 movements that make up the collection of 1708 , 35 are connected by incipit to at least one other in the same tonality . |
| 15 | He said who would want a battered old thing with broken springs and stains down the back ? |
| 16 | But even then , there are massive periodic bills that come round every second generation — a major roof repair , a bit of bad luck like serious dry rot . |
| 17 | The major difference is that whereas in Popper the decisions concern the acceptance of singular statements only , in Lakatos the device is extended so as to be applicable to the universal statements that make up the hard core . |
| 18 | The port of Anjer quite simply ceased to exist as the succession of great waves washed over it , carrying away all the flimsy wooden buildings that made up the town . |
| 19 | Nevertheless I remember those unsettled days as making up a hard and rough year . |
| 20 | The committee chairman , Professor John Knill , said that the full range of environmental impact assessments had not been carried out to establish whether BNFL 's proposed policy of " radioactive substitution " at Thorp — storing low- and medium-level waste permanently for foreign customers while sending back a " radiological equivalent " of high-level waste to reduce transport costs — would be environmentally neutral . |
| 21 | And we had very clear skies and showed up the s the stars quite brilliantly . |
| 22 | So Barry greased a few palms and set up a day at the Foss Island Waterpark in Brandsburton , North Yorkshire . |
| 23 | The large size of the Faculty allows unparalleled opportunities for postgraduate study and the diversity and breadth of interest is represented by the twenty-one departments that make up the Faculty of Arts . |
| 24 | Britain will be able to approach the European Community , and the critical period of our own presidency later this year , with determination to defend British interests and turn back the follies of the Euro-federalists , without the need for a constant backward eye upon political threats and divisions at home . |
| 25 | The response of the existing publishers was traditional : they founded their own free weeklies or bought up the newcomers . |
| 26 | In 1063 the Pisans made a lightning raid on Palermo , destroyed some ships and carried off a handsome booty . |
| 27 | Cowley placed his glass upon the table , and pushed his hands into his pockets , walking to the french windows and staring down the garden . |
| 28 | But little of the necessary reading for " Schools " interested me : I had little interest in constitutional development , political theory or economic growth , none at all in the Industrial Revolution and the technical and scientific achievements that ushered in the modern age . |
| 29 | Austerity was Britain 's peculiar reward for surviving World War II unbeaten at the cost of selling her foreign assets and taking on a crippling load of debt to the United States . |
| 30 | He pulled back the blankets , peeled back the cotton and rubber sheets and struggled down the ladder with them in his arms . |