Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [v-ing] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are many other distinctions which the Aborigines make which we do not — an illustration of the fact that the world does not come pre-packed into nameable entities waiting for each language to pin its names on . |
| 2 | In contrast under the CPA 1987 , it has already been seen that there are different rules relating to each part of the statute . |
| 3 | This did not imply that interested groups acting in this context could not be effective , as , for example , the resistance to Khrushchev 's proposed educational reforms showed . |
| 4 | Some authors writing in this vein have spoken of a fundamental change in international politics resulting from the rise of these ‘ new forces in world politics ’ . |
| 5 | Tipperary after local opposition , saying the Raybestos case was worse as the Ovens objectors were trying to force changes after the statutory period for planning objections had long passed : ‘ Foreign companies coming to this country and adhering to our planning conditions will begin wondering if they can go ahead at all if they see the assurances of the IDA and the planning authorities are not the final assurances . ’ |
| 6 | The following four German folktales relating to this theme , as collected by the Grimm brothers in the nineteenth century , are typical but only a fraction of the many variants known . |
| 7 | The proposal sets out in detail how profits made , but not realised , by American customers of British brokers dealing in this country can be guaranteed against the broker 's financial failure . |
| 8 | An official Israeli statement on Feb. 9 emphasized that the Lebanese army had to prevent any further attacks emanating from this area if Israeli reprisals were to be avoided . |
| 9 | He has told the court that he has spent the best part of the last two and a half years preparing for this joust . |
| 10 | They 'll spend the next few days sorting through that information . |
| 11 | On the right to vote for example , the U K grants this right to all U K citizens who 've been out of the country for less than twenty years , while Germany extends voting rights to all German nationals residing in another member country of the council of Europe and those who 've lived in non-member country for less than ten years . |
| 12 | The starting point for him , however , was individual behaviour ; people 's own understandings of the world and the broader social changes flowing from such understanding . |
| 13 | Erm I think possibly just the trees themselves are we you know , th okay they 're olive trees , so they 're a little bit unusual , we do n't get too many olive trees growing in this country , but I 'm not so sure that they 're as er that attractive to make a , a photograph solely out of the olive trees . |
| 14 | As there are at present few materials focusing on this aspect of discourse , the remainder of 8 suggests what such relevant activities might be . |
| 15 | It is generally agreed that the primitive mammals existing at that time were shrew-like creatures that lived by eating insects , and that the various groups of mammals that we see today , such as cats , rats , monkeys , whales , and horses , all evolved from this unpromising ancestor . |
| 16 | This was the European Court 's view of the requirement of the West German Insurance Supervision Law to the effect that foreign insurance undertakings must set up an establishment in West Germany and ‘ keep available there all the commercial documents relating to that establishment ’ , for which separate accounts must be kept . |
| 17 | Like , if you came across some boys drinking in that driveway [ pointing to a small car park ] , like , first of all you 'd just say , ‘ Come on boys , you 'll have to move on , built-up area and all that . ’ |
| 18 | The impression is , however , mostly of four self-contained thoughts whirling round each other , sometimes interacting , sometimes separate . |
| 19 | When I graduated in Economic and Social History from Bristol in 1982 I had no idea that I would be earning my living as a thatcher , one of the few women working in that field , some eight years later . |
| 20 | If Pinewood studios had been in need of a resident historian — and the days of historical dramas emanating from that studio seemed themselves to have been consigned to history-Kenneth Williams would have fulfilled that role . |
| 21 | Trees might be planted or earthworks thrown up to the north of a house to disperse harmful ch'i emanating from that quarter . |
| 22 | The course avoids being two separate disciplines running alongside each other through making energy and matter the core themes of the course : energy and matter are then examined from physical and chemical aspects ; as Dr H puts it , energy and matter are ‘ pegs to hang the course on ’ . |
| 23 | Typical questions relating to this need would be : has the education authority enough funds to continue to provide a place for all school-age pupils ? |
| 24 | The 26-way tree is a multi-way tree with 26 pointers leading from each node . |
| 25 | One of the reasons for this is that there are six cats living in this house . |
| 26 | It would undoubtedly be of great benefit to future scholars working in this field if the College were to create a central repository of classified material on a sector of education of which it is , after all , a not insignificant part . |
| 27 | In this case , goods were sold subject to a retention of title clause ( condition 8:1 of the contract ) which provided : Title of each item of goods sold or agreed to be sold shall remain vested in the Company [ ie the sellers ] until the full purchase price and all additional charges relating to that item and all and any other monies for the time being owing by the customer [ ie the buyers ] to the Company shall have been paid in full to the customer ( and all products into which such items held by the customer ) ( and all products into which such items come to be converted or incorporated ) shall be and remain the property of the Company and shall be held by the customer as trustee for the Company but with liberty for the customer to pass title as the Company 's agent on its own account ( but subject to 8.2 below ) bona fide for full value in the normal course of the customer 's trading . |
| 28 | ’ What about upsetting the man who has spent twenty odd years looking after that churchyard ? ’ |
| 29 | Type 1 structures were commoner , for obvious reasons , in small schools than large , though there were examples of large schools persisting with this model despite the arrival of coordinators . |
| 30 | With each movement under the flowing garments , Robert imagined breasts , flecked with pink nipples , a pleasantly loose belly , white thighs grinding against each other . |