Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [conj] [vb -s] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor is Zurich neglecting its home base , where it still earns nearly a quarter of its premiums and does nearly half of its life insurance business . |
| 2 | There is an amount of innocence and naivety present in their songs that glides over current dour factions in the alternative sector . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , Jo 's happy to count her blessings and remains quietly confident that hard work , professionalism and talent will keep her riding high . |
| 4 | No one strikes at their interests and walks away unharmed . |
| 5 | She looks at her hands and looks visibly disgusted . |
| 6 | With every day its voice got louder , its punches and kicks more hefty . |
| 7 | I suppose English critics will always work on the old lines , and try to get behind the book to quiz the author … instead of seeing that he is almost irresponsible , that it is the result of haphazard circumstances , and that the writer rubs his eyes and wonders how this and that got into his pages as much as the reviewer does . |
| 8 | Terry Gillam 's blackly comic futuristic fantasy , set in an Orwellian world of all pervasive bureaucratic repression and lumbering 1940s technology , where Jonathan Pryce 's timid , contented underachiever pursues the girl of his dreams and falls murderously foul of the system . |
| 9 | However , a £3000 reward is certain to attract a quality entry and McKinstry just might have some very stiff opposition to contend with even if Tarmac champion Bertie Fisher sticks to his guns and opts out this time . |
| 10 | Jasper was prized by Wedgwood above all his productions and provides today one of the most valued and sought after ranges of ornamental ware in the world . |
| 11 | The triumphant outcome of several thousand recorded experiments , Jasper ware was prized by Josiah above all his productions and provides today one of the most valued and sought-after ranges of ornamental ware in the world . |
| 12 | When the big day comes the Doom Diver prepares by strapping on his wings which he makes himself ( no Doom Diver trusts any other Goblin to make his wings and gets very angry if anyone else should even so much as touch them ) . |
| 13 | We must increase demand for British goods by adjusting the exchange rate so that demand is channelled to British goods through the price mechanism , making our goods and exports more attractive and cheaper and imports dearer . |