Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we are to continue with a system of grants for specific operations on the land we must ask ourselves whether , in many crofting areas , we would not get better land use , and a greater benefit to the nation , if we grant-aided amenity planting on the in-bye land to improve the appearance of the villages . |
| 2 | He checked his watch ; fifty-five minutes from the time he had replaced the phone in Mr Patel 's fruit store . |
| 3 | The co-pilot held a West German Commercial Pilot Licence with instrument and instructor ratings , and had accumulated a total of 2,550 hours flying experience including fifty hours on the accident he had flown 120 hours , of which fifty hours were on the accident type . |
| 4 | Some time in the darkest hours of the night she had been forced to admit to herself that she was deeply attracted to David Markham , just as she now knew he was to her , but recognising that did n't alter the fact that the situation was impossible . |
| 5 | Rain pours down the window panes of my London flat and I am reading the letters of black political prisoners in the country I was born in . |
| 6 | Indeed , the conventional wisdom on these matters over the whole of the post-war period has held that a majority of people are either ignorant of , or disagree with , the specific policies of the party they support . |
| 7 | She was uncertain whether , at work , she should be denying the rumour that she was engaged to the head of the Massingham empire , but thought that if Naylor had any strong views on the subject she 'd soon be hearing about them anyway . |
| 8 | DIRECTORS of public bodies like the Central Electricity Generating Board and the UK Atomic Energy Authority do not only arouse controversial views in the press it seems . |
| 9 | Two people were taken to hospital with cuts and facial bruises after the car they were travelling in smashed into a road sign on the A1 western bypass at Lobley Hill , Gateshead , yesterday . |
| 10 | In the first eight months of the year they were 36pc above the same period in 1992 . |
| 11 | The parade of hobby-horses that began on Saturday morning requires a little study before we assume it is The Shape of the Future , rather than an Easter divertissement , designed to cheer up Labour supporters after a defeat they had not expected . |
| 12 | Well I 'm not stupid , I mean I was n't stu , when I was at the junior schools in the country I was n't stupid |
| 13 | Charlotte has her old master , too , and she keeps fairly regularly to Bordeaux for wine , though at different times of the year she may go to Spain for oranges , or to the Canaries for new potatoes or bananas . |
| 14 | Not knowing what else to do ( though now , suddenly , there was an awareness in her of where the burrow lay , point nine of a klick to the south-south-east , and the trail unscrolled before her taking forty-seven metric minutes at the pace they 'd come ) , Jezrael drifted along behind his back . |
| 15 | Monty influenced Susannah and she became convinced that she was entitled to scientific opinions regarding a subject she knew nothing about . |
| 16 | Despite thirty-six hours in the field they look a cheerful bunch , all prepared to swap ‘ war stories ’ in the mess after a clean-up before going home . |
| 17 | They should also not be used with certain electronic chimes as the current they use may trigger the chime . |
| 18 | An adult , presumably the female , came close inshore , followed by two young ones , and she seemed to be teaching them to fish , but after a few splashing sallies with no success she gave up , and dived away . |
| 19 | In patients C , E , and F with high values in the test it was difficult to control the infection and they died on the second , 134th , and 95th day after operation respectively . |
| 20 | The birds normally live in isolated pairs , but at some times of the year they congregate in great numbers on particular sites on river banks . |
| 21 | Consensus theorists allocated a very important role to values ; whatever differences in expected behaviour there may be between different groups within a society they consider that a general consensus on the most significant values — central values — must exist for any society to operate satisfactorily . |
| 22 | You can not , for instance , turn someone into a surfing champion just because he 's at the seaside , but if it turns out that he has a genuine interest in fishing and some skills as a fisherman you can centre pictures and film on that . |
| 23 | Having killed off the author and dragged all manner of cultural forms into the debate he finally reaffirms the text and its readability . |
| 24 | Every few minutes down the river we would see a wild cocoa tree on the bank , and exploring in the forest behind we usually found many more trees . |
| 25 | There was no single incident that Loretta could pinpoint as the cause , merely a series of minor hold-ups ; and Bridget had mislaid her car keys , causing them to set off a few minutes after the time they had agreed . |
| 26 | Maxim stood on the rails md tried to imagine the bustle as a train panted in , of the steam glowing the lamplight at night , of the sense of distance and connection … but it was trying to imagine the broken chimes of a clock you never heard . |
| 27 | Just a few hours before the verdict he told Central News that he believed the jury would find him not guilty . |
| 28 | The other set , belonging to Danaher , had little to smile about , even though he at least was able to , because a few hours before the kick-off he was finally ruled out of contention because of the knee ligament strain which had reduced his contribution over the eight-match tour to a couple of half-matches . |
| 29 | Ashley looked into the dark brown eyes of the man she adored . |
| 30 | To cite , or suggest , but two examples : in space and telecommunications ( telecoms ) , Fifth Republican France developed hybrid bodies ( the CNES , the DGT ) that were part public administration , part public company : to generous funds from the state they sometimes ( the DGT ( added capital raised via loans on the open market ; their legal status posed — and still poses — a problem ; ’ ' but , freed of the obligation to show a quick return on investment , they piloted R&D projects through to the point-5 , 10 , 20 years later — where state-funded infrastructures ( telecoms satellites , the minitel , cable , etc. ) began to show commercial applications . |