Example sentences of "[adj] [vb base] [pron] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact is that most parents find discipline one of the most difficult parts of their job ; not a few find it an impossible task — especially at particular periods of their children 's lives . |
| 2 | as long as I 've gone by , or I 'm leaving here by eleven give me a half hour to get home . |
| 3 | Her two Deutz engines with 1670 HP each give her a comfortable cruising speed of 14 kn with a range of miles . |
| 4 | These give us a better view of the musical lives of the Hotteterres in their historical and social contexts , reflecting the positions they held as musicians to the court of Louis XIV . |
| 5 | However , some raw materials and goods , whether they fall into a utilitarian or luxury category , were not always available locally and these give us the clearest testimony of the extent of exchange in early Anglo-Saxon society . |
| 6 | Gloria Swanson 's Grand Guignol performance , the film noir fatalism , the rats in the swimming pool all make it a never-bettered portrait of Hollywood gothic . |
| 7 | makes us all realise what a good job Save The Children do in our country as well . |
| 8 | Michael Bridges , the scientific journalist who first revealed to the public at large that this project existed — and we all owe him a great debt … ’ |
| 9 | We all owe him a great debt of gratitude , and we wish him well . |
| 10 | We opt for The Baker 's Wife at the Phoenix and all vote it a definite winner , and I wonder again at the jaundiced palate of critics who gave it a fair old drubbing when it first trotted out . |
| 11 | We all know what the Labour party will do to the higher rate , but even it does not seem to know what it will do to the tax on middle managers — national insurance contributions . |
| 12 | ‘ … and we all know what the weary warrior wants after battle … ’ |
| 13 | And , having watched the recent coal fiasco , we all know what the next step is once an unwanted raw material has been identified ; you stop its production . |
| 14 | The Trinity has remained the kingpin of Greek and Russian spirituality but in the West it has tended to retreat to the sidelines and many find it an impossible concept : God is seen as One and Jesus often becomes a sort of divine friend in a vision which robs the Christian mystery of much of its transcendent power . |
| 15 | The young pedlar cast him a wary glance and apparently decided on practicality over valour . |
| 16 | Many think it a fatal weakness in any such attempt to base morality upon egoism that this answer is false . |
| 17 | ‘ Auctioneers in general consider it an unworkable scheme which will create absolute chaos to the services provided by livestock auctioneers to the agricultural community , ’ said Mr Heslop . |
| 18 | give me the red give me the brown jerkin |
| 19 | Its cable cars , soaring hills and profusion of bars and restaurants neverthless make it an abiding favourite with tourists . |
| 20 | Cost effective , economical cheap do it the simple way , so it 's cheap and we 've got what it 's made of concrete . |
| 21 | ‘ Frankly , it does n't appear to do anything at all , but the other two call it the Senior Partner . ’ |
| 22 | They both show us a topsy-turvy world , a world turned inside-out by the particular lens through which it is viewed . |