Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wind the Dodge right out to the 6500rpm red line — there 's a cut-out at 6700rpm — and the engine stays on boost , the widely spaced gear ratios are disguised and acceleration is impressive enough , without ever feeling as energetic or gutsy as the Vauxhall 's . |
| 2 | Thirty-eight per-cent believed more nuclear power plants should be built , either right now or subject to the government 's proposed review in 1994 . |
| 3 | In particular , this means that the placement with a parent , relative , friend or person connected with the child should be considered as a first option unless this would not be reasonably practicable or consistent with the child 's welfare ( s23(6) ) . |
| 4 | Neither then nor later was Buckingham made a councillor or involved in the council 's activity . |
| 5 | Neither then nor later was Buckingham made a councillor or involved in the council 's activity . |
| 6 | They always had to be constrained in public , Sundays or not ; and if anything they were less so on Sunday , when sometimes their clothes were pretty , and at least were seldom black , navy blue or grey as the men 's were invariably … . |
| 7 | There can be little doubt as to what in the way of topics and register the Host expects in the Monk 's Tale ; he concludes his observations on Melibee with : and continues with a description of the Monk that matches with the impression " Chaucer " claims to have of the Monk in the General Prologue , of a " " manly man " " , straining at the bounds of what is allowed to a monk ( and not dissimilar to the monk of the Shipman 's Tale ) : After nearly a hundred stanzas of the Monk 's tragedies , the Host is prepared to give him a second chance , as " Chaucer " had , but feels this time he has to be more specific as to what is wanted : But as soon as the Monk speaks we have the opportunity to see , firstly , that his reaction does not suggest he is flattered or pleased by the Host 's appraisal of him , and secondly that he sounds quite different from the bold and thrusting " man 's man " that " Chaucer " and the Host would make of him : Note how the Monk 's desire to offer literature that " " sowneth into honestee " " anticipates Chaucer the prosist 's retraction of the tales " " that sownen into synne " " . |
| 8 | The effect of this is that equity shares , or rights to them , can be allotted as subscribers ' shares , bonus shares or pursuant to an employees ' share scheme without first offering pre-emptive rights . |
| 9 | But , if equity shares or rights to them are to be issued in other circumstances , they first have to be offered to all equity shareholders in proportion to their holdings whether or not these were acquired as subscribers ' shares , bonus shares or pursuant to an employees ' share scheme . |
| 10 | What 's excessive or disgusting to a vicar 's wife may be the height of pleasure to a pop star 's . |
| 11 | In 1980 , the first full year of the new civilian constitution in Nigeria , newspapers supporting one or other of the country 's five political parties began reporting allegations against their rivals . |
| 12 | Any patient who recurs after the three month check cystoscopy is reassessed going back to the beginning and they may be reassigned to one of the the o o one or other of the groups erm depending on that . |
| 13 | Many large rocks you 'll come across will be the remnants of one or other of the giants ' squabbles . |
| 14 | The D-ring within the collar automatically pulls into position on one or other of the ferret 's shoulders . |
| 15 | The father of these children are one or other of the mother 's first two husbands , the first of whom ( from whom she was divorced in 1976 ) has played no part in their lives at least since 1980 , and the second of whom committed suicide in 1984 . |
| 16 | Until 1915 , there had always existed the possibility of making a short or wide turning movement of one or other of an enemy 's flanks ; that option no longer existed . |
| 17 | We would require by law that the pension left behind by the early leaver should be either revalued each year or transferable to the leaver 's new scheme . |
| 18 | Under the Children Act of 1948 the local authorities were given a duty to place a child in foster care unless this was not practicable or desirable in the child 's best interests . |
| 19 | The fact that he is paid by S1 is irrelevant because of the application of Sch 6 para 10(2) , which states that emoluments include all relevant sums paid by or receivable from the company 's subsidiary undertakings and any other person . |
| 20 | Respondents are less than convinced by the Government 's assertion that unemployment is not linked to a breakdown of law and order — 75 per cent disagree with the statement ‘ unemployment has nothing to do with crime ’ . |
| 21 | This can be demonstrated in Vacwell Engineering Co Ltd v BDH Chemicals [ 1971 ] 1 QB 88 where a chemical supplied by the defendants , although fit for the plaintiffs ' purposes , exploded on contact with water , though this was unknown to the plaintiffs . |
| 22 | Where else would a man reach serenity , other than folded to a woman 's bosom . |
| 23 | Bob Groves insisted there ought to be a public inquiry into the proposal , and called on Chelmsford Tory MP Simon Burns to take up the residents ' cause : they were less than happy with the MP 's response to date . |
| 24 | His enrolment as a burgess of Brackley in 1753 suggests that contrary to the poet 's fears his fortunes did not collapse as he grew older , rather that his position was , if anything , improved . |
| 25 | To share a little could not be other than beneficial to the recipient 's soul ! ’ |
| 26 | Laughable in an altogether more tragic sense are No Man , who now have the dubious claim to fame of featuring three ex-members of Japan ( Steve Jansen , Richard Barbieri and Mick Kam ) in their backing band , though to the uninitiated they come across as three craggy muso casualties looking more than ready for the knacker 's yard . |
| 27 | And certainly the atmosphere was less than festive in the headmaster 's sitting-room . |
| 28 | Only one person seems less than satisfied with the band 's efforts , that 's the cameraman , who 's of the earnest opinion that ‘ This Is Not A Song ’ is ‘ a heap of shit ’ . |
| 29 | He saw not Alina , but something with eyes of blazing green ; her hair a long mane strewn with weeds , her dress a dripping shroud , her teeth sharp , her skin pale and scaly as a snake 's . |
| 30 | The programme is structured in such a way that on-going evaluation is simple and results can be reflected on from time to time by the Family Development Nurse and Community Mother so that the monthly visit to the family which is the main focus of the programme for achieving goals can be adapted to each family 's level and the issues that are discussed are relevant , nonjudgemental , and supportive of the parents ' own ideas and recognises the parents ' desire to do what is best for their children . |