Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [adv] [art] [noun sg] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been a light snowfall the previous night but it looked as if someone else had been here , visited the witch then gone back to the line of trees , covering their tracks by using a switch of old branches so no imprint could be seen . |
| 2 | Luckily , 21-year-old Emma , was well enough to make the trip to St. Bart 's on Monday morning by train , said Lyn , — but a few months ago the situation would have been completely different . |
| 3 | A few days later the dealer would ring and persuade his client to invest in another stock , on the grounds that for making money a portfolio of several shares was needed . |
| 4 | We had taken 120 carp and 2 cats so the trip could hardly be deemed a ’ cat-astrophe ’ ( sorry but I could n't resist it ) when suddenly one of Rick 's rods was away . |
| 5 | If you can occupy a unit of Elf archers for a few turns then the exchange can sometimes be worth it . |
| 6 | As well as setting up the scheme , the council will be made to fill in quarterly returns so the government can monitor changes in numbers . |
| 7 | If the interpretation of the point is not given to the ordinary courts then the error will not be an error of law at all ; the criterion laid down by the tribunal will be the accepted standard . |
| 8 | ‘ They have built little boxes for many years , but some volume builders use outside architects so the finger must be pointed at architects as well , ’ he said . |
| 9 | If governments had not run such deficits then the slump would have been far deeper , since the deficits worked partially to offset the collapse in demand which resulted from the big increase in OPEC savings and fall in investment . |
| 10 | Cicely Hamilton commented in the course of a debate with G. K. Chesterton at Queen 's Hall in 1919 : ‘ Do you suppose that forty or fifty years ago a woman would have dared to stand up on a platform and say , without the slightest shame , that she was over thirty and unmarried ? |
| 11 | For these reasons alone the issue must be dealt with from the outset with as much information as is possible . |
| 12 | If a hierarchical structure is imposed on these relationships then the approach can be constructed to give the same type of interrelationships normally found in an engineering bill of materials . |
| 13 | Fifty guaranteed seats once a week will give the advance bookings a most healthy look . |
| 14 | If the plaintiff satisfies these three requirements then a duty will be owed . |
| 15 | David Seaman was excellent for us , saving so many one-against-ones otherwise the defeat would have been much heavier . |
| 16 | Here it is of course crucial to know whether the disposition is a trust or not ; for in those circumstances only a trust can be valid . |
| 17 | Time is not considered in classical theories yet no experiment can be made which does not involve time . |
| 18 | New tractor or not , the 1926 Annual General Meeting heard the call yet again for more members otherwise the Club could not carry on . |
| 19 | Bains believed ‘ that the advice of officers must be available wherever the effective decisions are taken and if it is the party group which makes those decisions then a way must be found of making the officers ’ advice available ’ ( Bains 1972 : 18 — 19 ) . |
| 20 | Fifteen minutes later the locomotive will pull out of the station hauling an express for London . |
| 21 | There seems to be a fair consensus that from 8 years onwards the teacher can begin to develop historical enquiry and the effective use of evidence in a meaningful way . |
| 22 | Five years ago the grapevine could list all the repeats . |
| 23 | If there were more judges , more lawyers and/or less criminals , and/or more guilty pleas then the problem would diminish . |
| 24 | Those taking several trips abroad a year should consider special rates offered on annual cover . |
| 25 | Over the coming years obviously the addition will be diluted as the graduates become the majority of our membership . |
| 26 | If the EUL is exceeded by the empirically determined proportions then the model can be rejected . |
| 27 | If the job surveyor is given autonomy in certain areas then the manager must ensure that he has a system of job control which enables him to keep abreast of the progress of the job and be able to compare surveyor and contractor performance in one operation . |
| 28 | They do so normally alongside another approach , the hope being that by putting the two ingredients together a synthesis will appear . |
| 29 | The Palace said both Charles and Diana decided two weeks ago the statement should be made just prior to their sons ' Christmas break from school . |
| 30 | Two days ago the sight would have amused him . |