Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sobhuza , however , possessed political skills in abundance and he cunningly blended appeal to tribal custom with a capacity to manage economic and social change for his kingdom without weakening his autocratic power base . |
| 2 | It seems to us to contravene all normal rules of equity that they should be able to behave in this fashion . |
| 3 | The Whig reformers had their own political views in mind when they described the typical Scottish politician as a man whose position was secured by extensive bribery of a small venal electorate concerned only with individual advantage , or , alternatively , by the politician ignoring the true electorate and placing reliance upon nominal and fictitious voters who had been added to the freeholders rolls in the counties . |
| 4 | It has even been suggested that it is possible to use inimical remedies with impunity although I have n't actively set out to prove or disprove this . |
| 5 | Rome for Rupert meant the Vatican Library , the Museo Preistorico Luigi Pigorini , and restaurants in Trastevere , but azaleas were massed on the Spanish Steps at Easter and he could see that this might be the ideal setting for Ianthe . |
| 6 | So for example in a region of high productivity you may find very low concentrations of carbonate because it 's been stripped out and converted to skeletal material being used in photosynthesis . |
| 7 | The ego , as says , is open to the outside world and furthermore to stimulations from inside , from inside the body , that reach it through subjective sensations like hunger when you need food , or fear when something threatens you , and cognitive er awareness like er okay you realize that before you have your lunch you 're gon na have to go to the bank to get some money to pay for it . |
| 8 | As we 've always known at Good Housekeeping , you have clear views on life and you 're not backward in putting them forward ! |
| 9 | First , some of our clients have been caught out by the different definitions for Pay As You Earn and National Insurance Contributions purposes . |
| 10 | He watched as Anne stood outside the house , telling Chrissie of what had happened , and he did n't like the clear signs of distress that he could see on Chrissie Stone 's pale features . |
| 11 | However , Kent police say the body showed no outward signs of violence and they are not treating the death as suspicious . |
| 12 | With only an usher for company , he showed no outward signs of distress as he said : ‘ I had been in bed for five minutes waiting for my mummy . |
| 13 | There was no more talking from the Germans , and no more mortaring , the remaining part of the night passed fairly quickly with no further signs of tiredness as we lay and listened . |
| 14 | When this eagerly awaited party actually happened , it had been going forty minutes before Dad and I realized that we knew virtually no one there . |
| 15 | And it 's chucked in bits of pa on bits , different scraps of paper and it 's all on the floor . |
| 16 | There were some plans in existence and he studied old maps by R. Casson and J. Berry , which had appeared last in 1757 before the copper plates for them had been taken over by Harrop . |
| 17 | The Yorkes lived next door to the Shergolds and might have gleaned some scraps of information that he could wheedle out of Harriet . |
| 18 | But , again judging from the US experience , this awareness will not make people much more conscious of the actual money cost of different forms of credit than they are already , nor encourage shopping around for cheaper credit . |
| 19 | This standard was developed with commercial accounts in mind and it confirms the view that depreciation is a matter of allocation , not of valuation ; though in recent years it has become acceptable to allocate revalued amounts . |
| 20 | Crowninshield walked a few paces in silence until he was standing under the palms which edged the lagoon . |
| 21 | My hon. Friend the Minister for Public Transport may say a few words about funding if he feels that it is appropriate . |
| 22 | This was the Finaghy lads first fight at home in six years and you could almost feel seismic waves of anticipation as he came to the ringside . |
| 23 | ‘ I do think that men and women have different sorts of friendship and I 'm not sure that wives can ever understand male friendships . |
| 24 | I want now to look at some aspects of self-experience that I think should be central to any theory of self , and hence to any discussion of women 's autonomy . |
| 25 | United Biscuits was one of the few fallers after confirmation that it had sold its Terry 's chocolate division to Kraft of the U.S. in a deal worth £220 million . |
| 26 | And you know did n't know enough about the different areas of work that I was interested in . |
| 27 | There were a few areas of life where he had not been involved — his interests ranged from Stockport Infirmary to the Territorial Army , Stockport Lads ' Club to the Boy Scouts , the Trustee Savings Bank to the NSPCC . |
| 28 | The other evening , with the help of a lot of film , he put the spotlight on a very few areas of endeavour where he thought we might be actually going right . |
| 29 | Nowadays , struggling on in the name of Islamic socialism , Algeria is a place of austerity , one of the few countries on earth where you ca n't get Coca-Cola . |
| 30 | Moreover , manual workers tended to be paid benefits for shorter periods of time and they received smaller amounts than non-manual workers . |