Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Imagine , for example , a problem of tantrums where each one lasted several hours . |
| 2 | Where possible we use derelict land first — for instance this estate here was built on the site of a factory . |
| 3 | When planted in threes or fives they make good clumps to grow and flower above other plantings . |
| 4 | Conservationists claim that traditions — no matter how old or well-established which add unnecessary pressures to species which are already in danger , can no longer be justified in a modern world , and should be abandoned . |
| 5 | If they have an arrow in the gold they are paid two shillings ( no decimalisation here ) , if they have a hit in the red , blue or black they receive one shilling , but if they have hit the outer white the bowman has to pay one shilling into the pool . |
| 6 | Cole & Cole ( 1967 ) studied the possible correlation of quantity of output of 120 physicists ( publications , citations , number of awards ) with the perceived quality of their work , as determined by peer assessment , to see if the reward system in science favoured highly productive researchers , or those who produced high quality research . |
| 7 | This award was instituted in 1900 in recognition of French firemen who distinguished themselves through their courageous actions ; or those who completed thirty years of irreproachable service . |
| 8 | It 's third or fourth one coming this way right from top . |
| 9 | He played the first 11 well enough , but the putts refused to drop apart from at the eighth and 10th , where first he faced little chips . |
| 10 | Then for the next year or two they do less well , suffering a declining budget . |
| 11 | Some time or other you hear that court bell ringing do n't you ? |
| 12 | Leeds goal came with a move started from the middle of the Oldham half with a ball stabbed forward from McAllister ( probably the only thing either good or bad he did all night ) to Speed on the edge of the box . |
| 13 | I would also add to that that I think such work would help us in terms of targeting more effectively the existing resources we have in terms of service delivery . |
| 14 | If you get married in a registry office , which I did , you do n't say an , in England , you do n't say anything other than that you take this chap to be your husband , and you interpret that to be as you wish . |
| 15 | We personally think that many who make poor choices are aware of such commonsense criteria but choose to ignore it . |
| 16 | Or are you going to go on pretending that all we did last night was make love ? |
| 17 | it 's just that all I heard all morning was there 's so many delays there with all the water , surface water erm so I thought well let's try and avoid that . |
| 18 | Since statements are seen in part as a form of protection for the child , we must seek to ensure that all who need this protection have it . |
| 19 | I hope that all who read this book will join me in wishing the Royal Veterinary College a successful and rewarding third century . |
| 20 | For fear that those who disseminate racist propaganda would turn to newer mediums of communication , it was decided to deal explicitly and comprehensively with all forms of communication such as films , tapes , records and video recordings , f not all of which would unambiguously have fallen within the proposed law . |
| 21 | As regards the legal position of some 350,000 Chinese living in Indonesia , it was eventually agreed that China would offer them citizenship , and that those who declined this offer would be granted permanent residency rights by the Indonesian government . |
| 22 | Sentencing the three men on Aug. 28 , he said that the offence had been an attack on the integrity of the stock market , and that he wished " to send a clear message that those who seek commercial advantage by acting dishonestly … can expect little mercy from the courts " . |
| 23 | He stated that those who disobeyed this order ‘ will be severely punished ’ . |
| 24 | It seems that those who become active evangelicals stand a better chance of obtaining housing materials and educational opportunities for their children . |
| 25 | We have launched a reform of our prisons , improving the prospect that those who serve custodial sentences will not return to crime . |
| 26 | Criminal bankruptcy orders , designed to ensure that those who committed large-scale crimes , especially fraud , should not be able to benefit from the fruits of their criminal activities , were also included . |
| 27 | It is noteworthy that those who advocate these policies also themselves concede in surveys that they would welcome an increase in the basic rate of tax as well as other tax increases . |
| 28 | Pruger ( 1973 ) and Uttley ( 1980 ) argued that those who receive free services perceive themselves to be in debt in two senses : |
| 29 | And er fifthly then , the fifth condition is that those who receive presidential orders were in no doubt about the president 's authority to give those orders . |
| 30 | Note the important educational and pedagogic conclusion Phizacklea and Miles draw from their research : the significance of immediate daily experience in producing and reproducing inner-city working-class racism , in conjunction with the backdrop of a widespread nationalist culture of racism in British society , means that those who express racist hostility ‘ are very resistant to modification as a result of argument from outsiders ’ ( ibid. , p. 120 ) . |