Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [pos pn] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | None the less , the changes in ‘ Bantu education ’ have not fundamentally altered its status as education for inferiority and subservience . |
| 2 | However , he had slowly modified his lack of jealousy into trust . |
| 3 | Molly had secretly enjoyed her initiation to sex on the night of Yanto 's near drowning , but then she had had to curtail her natural emotions for fear of waking her Father . |
| 4 | Also , I had the impression that Victor Frankenstein was purely an invented character ; however , recent events have somewhat shaken my preconceptions of probability ! |
| 5 | By mid-June , two things had crucially altered his prospects of victory : first , at Châlons , Judith arrived with men from Aquitaine ; second , Louis the German and a small but experienced force met up with Charles near Auxerre . |
| 6 | But the strangeness of the tropics and the sophistication of the almost-forgotten culture from which she had sprung had greatly exaggerated her sense of release from the frustrations of the past . |
| 7 | Rachaela had expensively rescued her furniture from store . |
| 8 | She was on edge as it was , heart jumping , deeply aware of that hard body , the black polo shirt that had constantly drawn her eyes during dinner , her X-ray eyes seeing every muscle , sinew , hair on his chest . |
| 9 | The two main parties , the ruling Democratic Action and the Social Christian COPEI , have long used their access to oil money to lubricate an elaborate system of patronage . |
| 10 | The luminaries he 'd entertained over the decades — the defecting dancers and minor spies , the addicted debutantes , the rock stars with Messianic leanings and the bishops who made idols of barrow-boys — they 'd all had their moments of glory , then fallen . |
| 11 | The work of Freud , for example , has so entered our habits of thought that we now label ‘ objective ’ various forms of behaviour which would formerly have been regarded as reactive . |
| 12 | The only problem was that every time he let the dog off the lead it tried to provide itself with a sheep supper , so consequently he had to keep it on the lead and feed it on tins of beans , sausages , bacon and egg , which had so exhausted his stock of food that now he was living on porridge and giving the dog the rest of his sausages . |
| 13 | The tradition ended in 1828 when the bull woman apparently burnt her clothes of office and joined the Methodist church . |
| 14 | It seemed to Miss Logan that her employer had perhaps exhausted her stock of civility on the long journey to Mount Ararat , and had now retreated into a stony carelessness . |
| 15 | The Ministry of Culture has greatly increased its areas of activity in the last decade , and last year Education was added to its remit . |
| 16 | " And now , I 'm afraid I 've somewhat lost my sense of direction . |
| 17 | He had apparently lost his fortune through business failures and was claiming legal aid in an action over his 1990 divorce from his second wife Sarah . |
| 18 | She also sought an order of certiorari to quash the decision of the Attorney-General of 3 July 1990 refusing to give his authority under section 13 of the Coroners Act 1988 for an application that the High Court make an order that a fresh inquest be held and a declaration that the Attorney-General had wrongly withheld his authority under section 13 of the Act of 1988 . |
| 19 | Deanside 's sister haulage company , John G Russell , with a main operating centre at Gartcosh , has greatly improved its transport of coal operations with the benefit of Section 8 grant monies . |
| 20 | For those who are dumb , a sign language is useful and especially for mentally handicapped people who have speech difficulties , there are symbolic languages such as the Bliss Symbolic Communication System and the Makaton Vocabulary Language Programme which have greatly improved their capacity for communicating ( Kiernan et al , 1983 ) . |
| 21 | The brand new two-car Networker Class 456 Electric Multiple Unit recently on exhibition inside the Great Hall at York , has since relinquished its pride of place beside the Channel Tunnel section . |
| 22 | But even this has not stopped my love for canoeing as I have been out many times since and this summer , when I was at camp , I was going down a weir , when I got caught in a stopper at the bottom and nearly drowned myself again . |
| 23 | It might perhaps have done so had Franco not delayed his assault in order to make a detour eastwards to Toledo . |
| 24 | Had she not treated her subordinates with vindictiveness and meanness , Elena 's desire to cut a figure as ‘ a world-ranking scientist ’ would have a comical charm . |
| 25 | ‘ I have just received your Portfolio of MS drawings quite safely , ’ wrote the former to the latter in January 1844 ; ‘ I quite agree with you that they are not to be compared in finish with Lear 's , though generally accurate , but then Lear was a Man both for manners in Society & Skill in his Profession not to be easily found or replaced . ’ |
| 26 | Her widowhood had thankfully not reduced her circumstances too drastically and had certainly not altered her sense of style . |
| 27 | He was interrupted by the arrival of three ladies , who had unfortunately not heard his comments on dress and hair . |
| 28 | The Court ruled that the French government had not examined his requests for compensation " within a reasonable space of time " . |
| 29 | Over 4000 members have already given their verdict in favour of the club 's ‘ fabulous facilities manifesto ’ and its dual function , ( tennis ' double whammy , if you like ! ) , that of meeting all member needs while maintaining a warm and welcoming atmosphere within the club 's spacious acres . |
| 30 | A number of employers have already given their seal of approval to a range of SCOTVEC module groupings , and more recognitions are in the pipeline . |