Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First to tell me wins a signed photo of Jon Newsome : - ) |
| 2 | Leslie was disturbed to hear of this latest small trauma : ‘ It distresses me , ’ he wrote , ‘ to think of you being chivvied about in the way you are ; after all , the army supports me , and when it moves me thinks a wee bit about me . |
| 3 | But singers with this ability ( and who also have absolute pitch ) are not very common , and if we want to have our music sung by the majority of singers , it is best to write within the normal limits : Many singers can exceed these limits , but we must remember that , apart from the fact that most people these days have middle-range voices , everyone has a limited zone in which the voice is at its best . |
| 4 | The system was carefully designed for confidentiality , and everyone has a separate ID for the survey . |
| 5 | The purpose of this chapter , however , is not to suggest clever ways of reducing your liability — although in fact almost everyone has a certain amount of scope to do so without in any way cheating on the system . |
| 6 | Everyone has a different experience of pregnancy , and some are troubled by less pleasurable effects like backache , morning sickness , fainting , and high blood pressure , as well as other physical or emotional changes : |
| 7 | Everyone has a different view of friendship and what it means to them . |
| 8 | Not everyone has a natural knack for choosing colours and patterns . |
| 9 | We have SO MANY GREAT PRIZES to give away , everyone stands a good chance of winning something ! |
| 10 | ‘ Anyone who can beat me has a good chance of knocking out Holyfield , ’ he said . |
| 11 | That as it were milkman 's stool with three legs and each of them has a certain amount of power and it is a question of the adjustment of that power and it is not the of the power to my Right Honourable Friend , the Home Secretary and yet when things go wrong , and they do , in police forces and in local auth police authorities , what happens , people turn round to the Home Secretary and say what are you going to do about it . |
| 12 | Could you introduce er the people , your team , particularly as I think one of them has a different name to the label in front of them . |
| 13 | The first point to note is that no-one has a convincing explanation for the existence of W-cells . |
| 14 | By having such behavioural criteria for the truth of a third-person statement , such as ‘ He dislikes So-and-so , ’ we are able to determine whether someone has a correct understanding of the term in question . |
| 15 | If we feel that someone has a high opinion of us we tend to want to live up to it , but few of us bother to make much effort with anyone we know who gives us a low rating , and this is very much the case between mothers-in-law and sons-in-law . |
| 16 | Year I develops a thorough understanding of programming principles , and provides a sound basis on which to build further programming experience . |
| 17 | Therefore , if someone develops a new form of layout for the components in a computer or a new configuration for printed circuit boards , these are unlikely to be granted patents . |
| 18 | I says a new declaration of intent has not yet been printed . |
| 19 | If someone shines a small torch at one end , the light may be clearly seen to emerge from the other . |
| 20 | I likes a nice pair of shoes on if , if I go out . |
| 21 | The discovery that someone knows a great deal about the effects of drugs and has strong opinions or whether or not a particular drug or process is or is not addictive is a strong positive indicator of addictive disease . |
| 22 | This is counter productive , and until someone invents a simple method of adjusting the trihedron in small increments of say , 1 /4in or 6.5mm around , the Lark 's Head will have to suffice . |
| 23 | However , where the vessel constitutes an instrument for pursuing an economic activity which involves a fixed establishment in the member state concerned , the registration of that vessel can not be dissociated from the exercise of the freedom of establishment . |
| 24 | It entails extending credit to the exporter which involves a financial cost through the loss of deposit interest or incurring bank loan charges . |
| 25 | One is to be systematic from the point of view of the skills it is aimed to develop through this kind of work , which involves a close definition of the skills necessary to complete a project satisfactorily , and then to structure the work to include the practice and development of these skills . |
| 26 | If we are to combat any attempt of the Right to exploit issues involving sexuality in order to hang onto power , we can not afford to neglect the virtue of solidarity — which involves a certain restraint concerning our feelings bout what other people do in bed . |
| 27 | The process of ageing , which involves a gradual deterioration of physical and intellectual ability and loss of acuity of the senses , inevitably results in lessened ability to carry out the many activities involved in the AL of maintaining a safe environment . |
| 28 | One important implication of this view of the state is that injustice can not be removed by reform , only by a revolution , and one which involves a radical change in the system , property rights , the content of education , the family , the fiscal system and so on . |
| 29 | Why are we so ready to treat as a minor operation an alteration which involves a major transformation in the cat 's lifestyle and personality ? |
| 30 | But most MEPs say the parliament should be in Brussels where they have their offices , and have signed a lease-buy deal on a £171 million debating chamber in Brussels which involves a legal obligation of annual rent of £16.7 million and will now be used for just a few hours each year . |