Example sentences of "[to-vb] [coord] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Relatively ‘ self-contained ’ and cohesive social groups such as peasants and church-going Catholics , generally knowing whom to trust and with a low level of organization in the NSDAP , were now often unrestrained in their attacks . |
2 | In contrast , total and LDL cholesterol concentrations did appear to influence platelet sensitivity to adrenaline and to a lesser extent ADP ( Hassall et al , 1983 ) . |
3 | A successor ( all Heads of Department were eligible for election ) had proved hard to find and for a brief period the chairmanship of the Course had been taken over by the Deputy Director , Brian Tonge . |
4 | This method — removing an aggressive nursery school child from play for a period of one minute — was compared by researchers with a scolding and orders not to hit and with a further method of distracting ( i.e. redirecting ) him to other play . |
5 | From where will recovery in housing come , with interest rates at their present level , with house prices still having some way to fall and with a huge overhang of unsold houses ? |
6 | It still has an important part to play but as a secondary negotiator possibly as an underwriter to any arrangement Israel may reach with the Palestinians . |
7 | The word unbelief is usually used of a wilful refusal to believe or of a deliberate decision to disobey . |
8 | Like an out-take from Falcon Crest , Souness and his wife moved from villa to mansion and back again , but his incurable obsession with football ultimately led to divorce and to a painful separation which distanced Souness from his children . |
9 | Classification , " putting into classes " , is one of the means by which language tries to understand and to a certain extent , manipulate nature . |
10 | Novels are much more difficult to place and from a new writer , publishers normally want to see the whole book . |
11 | He has been given time to develop and in a recent interview on TV the trainer was even talking in terms of a possible Grand National victory . |
12 | When they reached the middle , he ordered the oarsmen to stop and with a last farewell he stepped overboard . |
13 | Thereafter cells continued to proliferate but at a diminished rate ( possibly because of cell to cell contact ) . |
14 | If we regard our guide as simply looking for advice as to what moral rules are correct , unrelated to a particular decision which he is called upon to make or to a particular situation in which he is involved then it will be impartiality of the first and last types which are particularly relevant : that is , the formal requirement that legislation is to be universalised , and the material requirement that the decisions made are based on a consideration of all relevant factors . |