Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I well remember going as a new convert into a Baptist church for the first time : how strange I found that row of five deacons ' chairs which dominated the scene , and even stranger the little cups for communion . |
| 2 | Up till about 1980 I had little experience of float fishing for big bream , and I do n't recall ever having read anything on the subject . |
| 3 | As a child of the Thirties I heard much talk of J.P.M. and Fred Shaw ( the NCLC Organiser ) , Plebs and the Railway Service Journal — and the Manchester Guardian — were as much a part of my youthful literary life as Mickey Mouse and Film Fun . |
| 4 | Intermittent tamarisk jungle grew along the banks of the Awash and in this I saw several herds of waterbuck , many warthog and an occasional bushbuck . |
| 5 | By this I mean those aspects of her I like least . |
| 6 | AFTER THIS SHE HAD ODD FLASHES OF ‘ CLAIRVOYANCE ’ . |
| 7 | In general , in three-variable contingency tables , to find the direct effect of X 1 on Y controlling for X 2 we consider each category of X 2 in turn , and subtract the proportion who are Y in the base category of X 1 from the proportion who are Y in the non-base category of X 1 . |
| 8 | For this they grow large amounts of fodder crops on fields in the main valleys or on the lower margins of the uplands . |
| 9 | By this he gives clear evidence of his innate greatness of soul . |
| 10 | In 1903 he sold four sets of kites to the Admiralty ; in 1905 the army ordered kites , and engaged Cody to instruct the Royal Engineers in their operation . |
| 11 | As such it provided further evidence of a more flexible North Korean foreign policy arising in response to the momentous changes in Eastern Europe , and to South Korea 's recent successes in establishing relations with socialist countries . |
| 12 | He did n't boil it , for fear the bleach might evaporate ; after the mixture was warm he added twenty bottles of Yugoslav Riesling , two bottles of Guinness and a pound and a half of oranges cut into segments . |
| 13 | On 17 July 1054 he consecrated Godric abbot of Winchcombe , having held the abbey himself since the death of Abbot Godwin in 1053 . |
| 14 | Er and therefore erm I think we 'd like to some degree wait and see a bit still because er I think that you know economic circumstances of this particular moment mean that we may just have to consider that further of seeing how things progress really between now and October . |
| 15 | Er so what I 'm looking for is to try and see that we do all we can to make sure that the second half of ninety three we take full advantage of everything that we 've got so that we do actually rapidly increase our productivity in the second half of the year . |
| 16 | On page 35 we consider this problem of teacher/program interface in detail . |
| 17 | In November 1941 they became 101 Troop of 6 Commando , with Lieutenant Smith in command , and were attached to the naval shore base HMS Lynx , from which they operated , with MTBs , submarines , or other carriers taking them to the area of their target beaches . |
| 18 | None of the arguments , she thought , held up to any serious analysis ; at best they provoked people into thought about housework , at worst they antagonised large numbers of women and hostility in all men and women who worked in the labour movement in any way . |
| 19 | In 1920 he became honorary director of the department of applied optics , National Institute for Medical Research , retiring during World War II . |
| 20 | By the time he was twenty he was working with his father on the construction of the Thames Tunnel ; in 1831 he was put in charge of the suspension bridge at Clifton ( q.v. ) which he had designed ; and in 1833 he became chief engineer of the Great Western Railway , which was largely his brainchild . |
| 21 | He was sitting down then all of sudden he had this bottle of scotch and he told bring some whisky down . |
| 22 | Reporting first quarter figures for the first time — nothing like good news to encourage such a move — SGS-Thomson Microelectronics NV said net profit for the first quarter of 1993 was $24.4m on sales up 28.1% at $439m ; in the year to December 31 it had net profit of $3m compared with a loss of $102.6m the year before ; first quarter orders soared by 91.2% to $726.8m . |
| 23 | Consequently we will argue that for the very least we need current levels of basic state pension and SERPS , and see that they are available to both men and women from the age of sixty . |
| 24 | Oh , er first of all I enjoyed that record of Adam Faith 's . |
| 25 | In the summer of 1981 I investigated this pattern of variation by surveying seven towns scattered throughout Britain : Bristol , Birmingham , Leeds , Liverpool , Manchester , Newcastle upon Tyne and Sheffield . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm sure I searched this part of the library before , ’ said Endill poking his head outside . |
| 27 | FIGURE 5 I add small slivers of light down the windows to show the sun coming in from the right ( when it 's out ! ) . |
| 28 | Confirm delivery date and make sure you send written confirmation of all the details . |
| 29 | Confirm delivery date and make sure you send written confirmation of all the details . |
| 30 | Make sure you have recent copies of all vital data on your PC . |