Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [unc] [noun sg] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My er my adam 's apple gets cold but that 's about it . |
| 2 | My sister 's neighbour has five small children . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's a shocking situation , and I am spending every single minute of every single day and every last dollar of my father 's money to correct this evil . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ However , my father 's death changes many things . |
| 5 | He comes home late night , one Saturday night , having been working long hours , not having enough sleep , she nags him and Madam he loses his temper with her and Madam , I am sure that you and I in our relationships same sort of stress in a different situation where , where we 've been nagged by our partners and lost our temper and pushed them about , or whatever , and we 'd be very surprised I think to find ourselves in , in my client 's situation had that happened , because what , what happened here Madam was that erm the girlfriend suffered some minor injuries , nothing to worry about really . |
| 6 | ‘ She has used my family 's name to make such a horrible attack on the Royal Family and I would like to apologise for that . |
| 7 | ( 2 ) Directing that the money remain in court , that , where solicitors sought payment out to them of money belonging to a foreign state , if the court was not satisfied that the solicitors had authority to act on behalf of that state , it should , of its own motion if necessary , require them to obtain that authority and ensure that the money remained under the court 's control meanwhile ; that the factors to be taken into account in deciding whether a regime existed as the government of a state were whether it was the constitutional government of the state , the degree , nature and stability of administrative control that it exercised over the territory of the state , whether Her Majesty 's Government had any dealings with it and the nature of any such dealings and , in marginal cases , the extent of its international recognition as the government of the state ; that on the evidence , M. 's interim government did not become the constitutional successor of the former government and was unable to show that if it was exercising any administrative control over the territory of the Republic of Somalia ; and , accordingly , the instructions and authority the solicitors had received from the interim government were not from the Government of the Republic of Somalia , and no part of the proceeds in court should be paid out to the solicitors without further order of the court ( post , pp. 750G–H , 757E–G ) . |
| 8 | The initial application was for : ( i ) Madame Bihi to be joined as a party to the proceedings as a representative of the Democratic Republic of Somalia ; ( ii ) paragraph 3 of the order of Saville J. not to be brought into effect , ( iii ) the court to direct letters to be written to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office asking what state in Somalia was recognised by Her Majesty 's Government as a foreign sovereign state and with what entity , if any , therein Her Majesty 's Government had any dealings of a governmental nature ; and ( iv ) the court to request the Attorney-General to appoint an amicus curiae . |
| 9 | I should like to see Her Majesty 's Government using all their influence in an attempt to ensure that article 104A is implemented to the letter . |
| 10 | The answers do confirm one applicable criterion , namely , whether the relevant regime is able of itself to ‘ exercise effective control of the territory of the state concerned ’ and is ‘ likely to continue to do so ; ’ and the statement as to what is to be the evidence of the attitude of Her Majesty 's Government provides another — to be inferred from the nature of the dealings , if any , that Her Majesty 's Government has with it and whether they are on a normal government to government basis . |
| 11 | They also say that , until the court is able to determine what , if any , is the Government of Somalia with which Her Majesty 's Government has appropriate dealings of a governmental nature , the money in court should remain there . |
| 12 | Accordingly , the factors to be taken into account in deciding whether a government exists as the government of a state are : ( a ) whether it is the constitutional government of the state ; ( b ) the degree , nature and stability of administrative control , if any , that it of itself exercises over the territory of the state ; ( c ) whether Her Majesty 's Government has any dealings with it and if so what is the nature of those dealings ; and ( d ) in marginal cases , the extent of international recognition that it has as the government of the state . |
| 13 | A parent may interpose in or dominate his or her child 's marriage to satisfy personal need regardless of the child 's feelings . |
| 14 | An editorial in the Catholic Herald and Standard on 25 May — it is distributed in Ireland as The Standard — criticized the Irish bishops ' apparently low esteem of their laity 's ability to remain constant in their marriages . |
| 15 | The pro-Gamsakhurdia forces , who organized strikes and demonstrations and a media and transportation blockade of the East , were demoralized by their leader 's failure to make further public appearances , and ultimately lacked the necessary firepower to hold out against superior forces . |
| 16 | The Tiller reputation kept the business alive ; despite the fact that Jennie did not have her husband 's inspiration to create new routines , she certainly had the character to head the organization . |
| 17 | Accidental death verdicts were recorded on Christopher and Matthew Key , who died in September when their father 's car hit another on the A-Four-Two-Four near Burford . |
| 18 | In this group of 27 respondents , only two specifically noted that they were able to spend their full time on training , another two did not offer any estimate of time , and a further two indicated that their time plus their assistant 's time equalled one full-time post . |
| 19 | Then the low defensive mumble of her father 's voice dispirited abject . |
| 20 | These simple changes to her father 's response enable this mildly handicapped child to acquire the socially necessary ability to wait in a definite and positive manner . |
| 21 | Yet if the density of her father 's silence spoke true , then Madcap Agnew had used this place to make of that mystery something vile indeed . |
| 22 | She collected a book from her father 's library containing all the Arthurian legends , a copy of Malory 's Arthur of Britain and the Knights of the Round Table . ’ |
| 23 | In the past month , Mrs Aquino 's popularity has declined , and there was growing disenchantment with her government 's ability to provide adequate transport and power , and to contain corruption . |
| 24 | In the past month , Mrs Aquino 's popularity has declined , and there was growing disenchantment with her government 's ability to provide adequate transport and power , and to contain corruption . |
| 25 | But when many people die from known carcinogenic work-conditions or their employer 's refusal to put right unsafe equipment , machinery , or buildings , this is normally seen as a ‘ disaster ’ , even though their deaths were easily avoidable . |
| 26 | The lawyer reminded Nathan and Georgia that the house on Mahogany Drive already belonged to them since , as they doubtless knew , their mother had died intestate and , when their mother 's mother died some years later , the house , deemed to be two-thirds of her estate , became legally theirs . |
| 27 | Her father 's order book was better filled than it had been for years , her mother 's health seemed good , Eileen was happy in her work as a pools clerk , and Tony and Helen were happily planning their wedding . |
| 28 | I suppose one would call him a hypochondriac , because Dorothy had once told me that her earliest memory was of her father standing in front of the looking-glass saying , ‘ I am a dying man ’ ; her mother 's face had that bearing-up look one sees on the faces of those suffering with their feet . |
| 29 | Thus , if his sister 's son fell sick , the maternal uncle would readily sacrifice on his behalf . |
| 30 | Milner-Gibson had made nine solo landings in recces of the beaches during the three weeks before the raid , but on the night his boat 's compass proved faulty and others lost their way . |