Example sentences of "[pron] [pers pn] [vb base] [conj] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One result of this difference of reference is that it is possible to construct sentences which will be analytic or contradictory on the one interpretation but not on the other : ( 11 ) Nikolai offered us the message decoded but it was not decoded when he offered it to us 4.2 One curious feature about these adjectives is that they somehow seem to modify not only the noun which they accompany but simultaneously the verb as well ; if this is a genuine observation it will be surprising on general grounds , since it would be decidedly abnormal in syntax for one element to simultaneously qualify two different items . |
| 2 | People form collections of ideas into modes , ‘ as they have frequent use of in their way of living and conversation , leaving others , which they have but seldom an occasion to mention , loose and without names . ’ |
| 3 | Individual colleges and institutes vary both according to the proportion of advanced work which they provide and also the types of courses which they offer , depending partly on the nature of the institutions which went to make them up and partly on the way in which they have developed in the past few years . |
| 4 | ‘ Now , though , the squad is positive in everything they do and even the younger players have the confidence to want to go forward . ’ |
| 5 | and then they say there 's a trip going round at the brewery , er you can either have the er twenty five minute trip or the , the forty minute trip , whichever you want , well of course everybody says the twenty five and then the rep always , it says oh well these fellas have been four times before so we stop in the bar and you can have what you want , spirits whatever you like and then the bucket comes out and it 's , it 's smashing |
| 6 | Given that notion , we might hold that most sentences , when true , are made true by a combination of what they mean and how the world is . |
| 7 | I feel quite firmly that the only way forward is to move to the situation where marketers control not only what they spend but also the presentation of sales results in terms of changes as a result of alternative contributory factors . |