Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [subord] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er I think I 'll open my presents when for the Chinese . |
| 2 | And , though I have my suspicions as to the cause , I 'd like to know what made you act the way you did . ’ |
| 3 | I remember at Oslo just going to my marks when from the crowd came a shout : ‘ Go on , Linford ! |
| 4 | George Frank ( Textiles ) Ltd ( [ 1976 ] AC 443 ) the House of Lords made it clear that the Court of Appeal is bound by decisions of the House of Lords whatever its views as to the correctness of those decisions . |
| 5 | Boys , more than girls perhaps , face the problem of ‘ street credibility ’ with their contemporaries because of the public 's perception of a church choir . |
| 6 | People were defending their opinions as to the identity of the murderer and scoffing at others . |
| 7 | ‘ These people ca n't sell their homes because of the recession , so they ca n't separate and split their assets . |
| 8 | Emma closed her eyes but for the moment she could n't answer for the throbbing in her throat . |
| 9 | ( c ) Parliament could not bind its successors as to the content , manner and form of subsequent legislation . |
| 10 | difficulties in the learning of simple actions , such as learning to brush their teeth or tie their shoes because of a difficulty in imitating . |
| 11 | ‘ They probably feel they should sort out their lives because of the risk of war , ’ Maureen said . |
| 12 | PEOPLE suffering from HIV and Aids have been forced to leave their communities because of a lack of understanding , says a health promotion adviser . |
| 13 | STUDENTS hoping to begin degree courses next year face confusion over their applications because of a power struggle between polytechnics and universities , writes Fran Abrams . |
| 14 | Others have a bawdy touch , although AME ME , AMO TE may refer to the beaker and its contents as in the ditty ‘ Little Brown Jug ’ . |
| 15 | This Australian woman was admitted to a nursing home by her relatives because of a heart condition , but managed to keep a journal , and organise her life afresh to move out to her own flat , before writing about life on the inside . |
| 16 | ‘ She 's in a terrible state and she wo n't let them give her sedatives because of the baby . ’ |
| 17 | Theorists may also be more difficult to follow in their arguments because of a current of polemic with which a reader may not be familiar . |
| 18 | THE minibus ferrying the Cambridge Boat Race crew around has a message stuck to its windscreen , probably more for the benefit of its occupants than as an exhortation to other motorists . |
| 19 | It may provide protection for its members as with a trade union . |
| 20 | The police were given the power to ban marches or alter their routes if in the opinion of the authorities they were likely to cause a breach of the peace . |
| 21 | This was especially true in eastern Europe , where many states were larger and central governments usually less effective at the peripheries of their territories than in the west . |
| 22 | In most areas , the door would be slammed in their faces because of the housing department 's assumption that owner-occupiers can meet their own housing needs . |
| 23 | Problem drinkers will not change their habits because of a warning label . |
| 24 | BLUE Velvet have been forced to cancel some of their gigs because of a lack of new material . |
| 25 | Presumably he will ask the Lord Chief Justice ( and trial judges where possible ) if they object to their recommendations as to the tariff period and other material expressions of view now being revealed to the prisoner . |
| 26 | Leisure centres close their doors because of a lack of sufficient funds to operate them . |
| 27 | MacLachlan successfully obtained through Milton 's aid a delay in a foreclosure by the Royal Bank , and the freeholder hoped to persuade the politician to continue to stand between him and his creditors because of the value of his vote to the Argyll interest , arguing that |
| 28 | Although the book will be published in a jurisdiction with literary proceeds legislation , the report indicates that the author may not be deprived of his royalties because of the absence of an identifiable victim . |
| 29 | ‘ Thomas Hardy called this island the isle of slingers in his books because of the way we used to defend ourselves with slings and stones . |
| 30 | This sequel to the author 's ‘ Nightmare Towards the Path ’ deals with his experiences while with the Desert Air Force in WWII . |