Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [adj] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew so little of women that he felt as though he had woken up to find himself halfway across a vast mountain in a blizzard without map or rope or compass . |
| 2 | As the man withdrew as silently as he had arrived , Joan was surprised to find herself alone with the young king . |
| 3 | Thus , it is contrary to natural justice to inform an individual of only one complaint against him if there are two , or to find him guilty of a different offence from the one he was actually charged with . |
| 4 | She had an exhaustive knowledge of Sunday Schools and it was depressing to find him full of the same bogus affability that she detected on every Sabbath of the year . |
| 5 | Well he 'd have to process his direct like the two for one voucher or something like that |
| 6 | Eventually teachers were able to shake themselves free of the legal requirement to supervise at lunchtime , though the responsibility tor the good management of the school during the break still remains with the headteacher . |
| 7 | Now it is time to shake yourself free from the gentle form of the dove . |
| 8 | , If you have the misfortune to find yourself airborne with a failed comm set and your aircraft is fitted with a serviceable transponder , which code should you select on the transponder ? |
| 9 | they would have to arrest everyone responsible for the present crises . |
| 10 | By the delicacy of her person and the brilliancy of her eye she had tinder enough in her constitution to catch a well struck spark and I trusted I should know how to set her ablaze in a few months more . |
| 11 | He was standing in the far corner , talking to some men , and she was able to view him unobserved for a few moments . |
| 12 | Instead , the definition of democracy itself has been revised , adapted , narrowed and diluted to render it compatible with the persisting belief in the necessity or the virtue of rule by elites , with an equally persistent mistrust of " the masses " and , perhaps most important of all , to render it compatible with the existing political systems of the Western world which call themselves " democracies " . |
| 13 | Instead , the definition of democracy itself has been revised , adapted , narrowed and diluted to render it compatible with the persisting belief in the necessity or the virtue of rule by elites , with an equally persistent mistrust of " the masses " and , perhaps most important of all , to render it compatible with the existing political systems of the Western world which call themselves " democracies " . |
| 14 | ( The language of the extract has been modernized to render it accessible to the general reader . |
| 15 | That ought to be enough to bargain myself clear of the whole mess . |
| 16 | Emil briefly consulted a notebook , stowed his travel bag on a rack in a small bedroom and directed me to put my big in the one next door . |
| 17 | Occasionally , however , the insider is moved across a new boundary severe enough to create a rite of separation and provide the scope for an introspective analysis to generate something akin to a new vision . |
| 18 | In its wisdom , the Community felt able to do that for the Iberian peninsula a few years ago and it would be right and proper for it to do something analogous for the central European countries . |
| 19 | Many persons will have their own particular reasons for gratitude to him , and everyone will so warmly want to wish him well for the new place in life which awaits him back in his own native diocese of Liverpool . |
| 20 | I was frequently told of the necessity for study overseas in order to do anything worthwhile in the academic field because facilities in China were so ‘ backward ’ . |
| 21 | The crews were given caffeine tablets to keep them awake during the long flights and sometimes we managed to get hold of a few . |
| 22 | Am I sufficiently interested in my question or topic to keep me interested over the necessary time period ? |
| 23 | JULIE-ANN , 18 , needs someone to keep her sane during the long winter months . |
| 24 | If a participant leaves in other circumstances ( retirement excepted ) the option will lapse unless the Directors exercise their discretion to keep it open for a longer period . |
| 25 | The guide took his place at centre stern and , after the raft had turned in a circle to adjust itself to the current , the paddling rhythm set in to send it down-river towards the white foam that could be seen rising between the distant boulders . |
| 26 | These strands do not continue throughout the levels because it is not possible to specify further measurable stages of development in these abilities , and it would be cumbersome to repeat them unchanged throughout the remaining seven levels . |
| 27 | He wanted to hold him safe from every profaning touch , and fend off every malignant thought from him . |
| 28 | When it opened in 1931 , erected on 22,000 concrete piles to lift it clear of the water-sodden ground , it already sported its own blast furnace , foundry , jetty and power station . |
| 29 | In Kuwait it is just that we by the way in Kuwait we have two courts , we have the civil courts and we have the Islamic court , and erm Islamic cases go to the Islamic court and otherwise they go to the civil court , except just we we accept erm how to live our live in a modern way and keeping up with the times , and it is a tradition that we have adopted in Kuwait , and the fact that it is for women can drive in Kuwait versus those that do n't in Saudi Arabia , I do n't believe I 'd like to put that in the Islamic context , it 's just a way of life which we have adopted . |
| 30 | ‘ Do n't try to get me involved in a departmental dispute , Hennessy . |