Example sentences of "[pron] [noun prp] [vb -s] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most noticeably , and surprisingly , cigarette smoke ! — which Tod has a big thing about , for all his periodic perfectos . |
| 2 | The first stage in the manufacture of ‘ Melinar ’ is the production of base polyethylene terephthalate , for which ICI has a European capacity of about 120 kt , part at Wilton and part at Rozenburg . |
| 3 | Then there are the film adaptations since 1950 , almost all of them missed opportunities , and the fluctuating fortunes of the plays in the theatre , of which Holroyd provides a compact summary — though not so compact that he does not find room for such items as a musical version of Antony and Cleopatra called Her First Roman , which opened ( and closed ) in Boston in the late Sixties . |
| 4 | Flow rates from the recently sidetracked Tempa Rossa-1 ST well , in which LASMO has a significant interest , are extremely encouraging , reports from Fina , the operator , confirm . |
| 5 | Probably the most likely outcome is one in which McAlpine seeks a Judicial Review . |
| 6 | European companies , however , have argued that they are cut out of parallel efforts in America , and in particular from Semantech , a big industry project in which IBM plays a key role . |
| 7 | Clifford Geertz 's widely known article on ‘ Deep Play : Notes on the Balinese Cockfight ’ which is both an account of the way cockfighting may be seen as a symbolically charged text acting as a ‘ carefully prepared ’ expression of Balinese life and an account of the processes by which Geertz becomes a knowing reader of this text , is a prime example of the way thick description works . |
| 8 | In November 1989 , Guinness Anchor Berhad was formed , as a result of the merger of Guinness and Malayan Breweries Ltd ( in which Heineken has a major shareholding ) . |
| 9 | There are very few things take place in the world in which Fiji has a direct interest , it may have a general interest in the way things are going but it , direct interests it , it 's quite limited . |
| 10 | The escape , made possible in part by the chemical explosion in Quinn of the Fury , is followed by a series of independent forays in which Quinn seizes a French sloop carrying hides by following it into a secret harbour and pretending he and his men are drunken sailors returning on board , rescues Royalist prisoners from a castle by skulking and climbing , seizes another French ship by disguising the prize vessel under his command as French , and outwits a pirate ship by means of a collision ( rescuing , by the way , a young Contessa who adds a romantic touch to the story ) . |
| 11 | There may be a transaction by agreement , which means that a country which wishes to use its SDRs makes a voluntary agreement with a prescribed holder such as a central bank which then exchan-ges the SDRs for foreign currencies . |
| 12 | R/3 Live , which was first implemented in Germany last year , combines Siemens own hardware and services with the modular SAP R/3 system software from SAP AG of Walldorf , with which Siemens has a European agreement . |
| 13 | R/3 Live , which was first implemented in Germany last year , combines Siemens own hardware and services with the modular SAP R/3 system software from SAP AG of Walldorf , with which Siemens has a European agreement . |
| 14 | Does my hon. Friend agree that more than ever it is important that an agreement is reached at Maastricht in which Britain takes a whole-hearted role in the European Community , because otherwise it will cease to be so attractive for inward investment ? |
| 15 | ONCE UPON A TIME the Universities had representatives in parliament ; it is only now through the Conference of University Convocations and Graduate Associations ( CUCGA , a national body in which Salford has a high profile , that works to protect and enhance higher education ) that we seem to be getting some clout back . |
| 16 | It has kicked off with its high-quality-low-cost JP250 printer which harnesses the new bubble-jet technology developed by partner Canon Inc , with which Olivetti has a joint licensing agreement ( CI No 1,888 ) . |
| 17 | That restored the balance in the team , but Monaco was next , a race for which Lauda has a particular aversion . |
| 18 | Rather , they reveal what Cohen calls a Darwinian mechanism : in a climate of scarcity , competition will select for firms that are efficient , whatever the reasons for their efficiency . |
| 19 | Thus , the abstract ‘ idea ’ of ‘ man ’ , what Locke calls a nominal essence , differs from that of ‘ Peter ’ and ‘ Paul ’ 'in the leaving out something , that is peculiar to each individual ; and retaining so much of those particular complex ideas , of several particular existences , as they are found to agree in . ’ |
| 20 | Certain groups managed to extend the uses of writing to subserve their political and ideological interest in centralisation through the construction of what Clanchy calls a literate mentality' . |
| 21 | The Batband choose this moment to strike up with a counter attraction , and our Jeremy has a hard job making himself heard . |