Example sentences of "[pers pn] [pos pn] [adj] name " in BNC.
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| 1 | They do not flower , but carry spores , as ferns do , to which they are related , and have clusters of frond-like branches on erect stems , the appearance of which has given them their common name ; they are sometimes also called mare's-tails . |
| 2 | If you have anywhere to overwinter the geraniums from your boxes ( or pelargoniums , to give them their proper name ) , do n't just throw them away . |
| 3 | Article headings will be set in Times 14pt Bold to give them a bit of impact while headings within the text , cross or subheads to give them their proper name , will be in 10pt Helvetica Bold . |
| 4 | And merely because you did n't tell them her new name and address does n't mean to say they 'll stop looking . ’ |
| 5 | Nobody could tell me its correct name and it was known simply by the Greek equivalent of ‘ night-bloom ’ . |
| 6 | Oh , thank Earth-and-animals I had n't told him my real name ! |
| 7 | They go in for the emotional point of view , and I thought it would help them see me in a fatherly light , giving him my own name . |
| 8 | Just a month later , when James Russell sold his business and went to settle in Contention , he took the boy with him and gave him his American name , John Russell . |
| 9 | You can tell me his first name , though , ca n't you ? |
| 10 | Puerto de la Luz y Las Palmas , to give it its correct name , lies about two miles due south and is protected by a massive breakwater . |
| 11 | Osmone ( to give it its official name ) soothes because it is the first thing a newborn baby smells , he says . |
| 12 | As for Kinnockic ( or , to give it its scholarly name , Kinnockabout ) , its complexities defy analysis . |
| 13 | So what is a Snowdrop , Galanthus to give it its botanical name , doing in flower now ? |
| 14 | Among the insects , death-feigning ( or thanatosis , to give it its technical name ) occurs in some beetles , bugs , grasshoppers , stick insects and mantids . |
| 15 | This fear of cats , or ailurophobia to give it its technical name , is rare , but when it does occur it can cause untold misery for the sufferer and it is worth examining how it begins and how it can be cured . |
| 16 | SPECIAL EVENTS in any railway 's year attract both additional interest and much-needed revenue and later this year the Bala Lake Railway ( or Rheilffordd Lyn Tegid , to give it its Welsh name ) will be organising not one but three . |
| 17 | The Economist , of all newspapers , ought to have the nerve , and the decency , to give it its proper name . |
| 18 | It 's only when I 'm writing an article that I give it its proper name ! |
| 19 | The history of the Central Wales Line , to give it its proper name , is typical of many railway lines in Great Britain . |
| 20 | The Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom ( to give it its full name ) needs little introduction . |
| 21 | The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and flora , to give it its full name , is an international treaty which regulates one of the most lucrative and controversial businesses — the international wildlife trade . |
| 22 | The ‘ Act for the Abolition of Imprisonment for Debt , for the Punishment of Fraudulent Debtors and other purposes ’ , to give it its full name , was , said Wetherfield , a very short , simple and sweeping measure , ‘ a great innovation upon what we have become accustomed to as the legal relations of debtor and creditor . ’ |
| 23 | To load and rename a backup file within Word , you have to give it its full name with the . |
| 24 | This Uaru clearly shows the marking that sometimes gives it its common name — Triangle Cichlid . |
| 25 | Sharing the beauty and tranquillity of this location with a few other houses , a former farm building was initially converted into a restaurant in about 1970 and rapidly acquired local fame thanks to the good cooking and the able management of the owner who gave it his own name ‘ Leonetto ’ . |
| 26 | By 1661 Gurle had raised the hardy nectarine Elruge and given it his own name reversed , with an extra e for euphony . |
| 27 | Now , this might sound silly , but people do do it , when leaving your name for someone to call you back from outside the press , please leave them your full name , that 's your surname as well as your first name , and your extension number . |
| 28 | ‘ Why did n't you tell me your real name ? ’ she asked curiously . |
| 29 | ‘ Not only that but , seeming very pleasant and eager to please , I thought , the woman I spoke with then suggested that rather than address my package to Cara in her professional name , just to make sure the package reached you , she 'd better give me your married name . ’ |
| 30 | Erm can you give me your full name and date of birth . |