Example sentences of "[pron] [det] [noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the first of these measures runs counter to the purposes of binding , it can not be considered acceptable ; it is suggested , therefore , that , wherever possible , current procedures for channelling material to and through the bindery be investigated , with a view to reducing to a minimum the time which such items spend off the shelf . |
| 2 | The landscape manager faces major practical difficulties due to lack of basic information , including the extent and location of the individual elements of land cover ( woodlands , moorlands , farmland , etc ) or the way in which these elements make up the landscape . |
| 3 | This is the point at which many patients give up the therapy , said Mrs Henry . |
| 4 | By the inter-war years such Sikh artisans had a number of Kenyan assistants adopting their skills ; by the 1950s the Sikhs were moving on to the role of investor and entrepreneur in both construction and industry , leaving the way clear for their former assistants to take on the role of artisan . |
| 5 | Before Cook 's tours of Egypt , Victorian travellers hired their own boats to travel up the Nile . |
| 6 | It took her several minutes to shake off the resulting stupefaction . |
| 7 | ‘ For thee these Hands wind up the whirling Jack , |
| 8 | Remoteness is still the keynote of this region , but a Charlton reiving party would be hard put to it these days to work up a good gallop along the upper reaches of the North Tyne River . |
| 9 | Events in our own lives take on a pattern , as if we really were walking with God in our midst , guided continually by his presence . |