Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb -s] [art] [adj] [noun] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | A pro knows within a few yards how far he can hit the ball with each club — unlike the club golfer who has a wide variation from day to day , and even from hole to hole . |
| 2 | Luke , who has a large scar from heart surgery from his throat to the left side of his body , needs regular medication to prevent fits . |
| 3 | someone 's obviously brought , obviously brought from Spain , from a holiday , who wants a secondhand bull from Spain ? |
| 4 | There are some reprieved murderers whom it is right to release on licence after very short periods of imprisonment ( for example , a mother who kills an imbecile child from merciful motives ) , and it would be undesirable in such cases for a court publicly to pass a sentence of imprisonment for a few months or for a year or two , and thereby to create the impression that the taking of human life may in certain circumstances be no graver a crime than theft . |
| 5 | And while the plot of The Ghost Goes West ( 1935 ) , about an American millionaire who buys a ghost-inhabited castle from an impoverished Scottish laird , might suggest an uncomfortable balancing act between the demands of the two national audiences , the appointment of a Frenchman , René Clair , to direct , suggests that Korda was simply impressed by the story . |
| 6 | Usually a person , like the plaintiff , who suffers no special damage from a breach of the law must ask the Attorney-General either to institute proceedings or to give his consent ( in a relator action ) to the plaintiff 's proceeding . |
| 7 | She was n't sure how she 'd got there : like someone who takes an electric shock from a kitchen implement and winds up on the other side of the room . |
| 8 | Llanfranco Dettori , who completes a swift graduation from the apprentice nursery school to the academy of retained riders next season , won on all three Cumani runners at Brighton yesterday . |
| 9 | This usage may be dialectal , as suggested by Kirchner ( 1952 : 456 ) , who gives the following examples from the twentieth century : ( 195 ) It was n't pleasant to be made feel like a good-for-nothing little brat . |
| 10 | The dispute is worrying the Congress ( I ) Party of Rajiv Gandhi , the Prime Minister , who faces a strong challenge from Hindu fundamentalists in the election . |
| 11 | Mrs Barnes , who faces a strong challenge from Labour in Greenwich , said that she was ‘ quite happy ’ with Dr Owen 's decision . |
| 12 | The floor of the north-facing harbour is a mass of mooring chains and , according to the Imray pilot , there 's at least one inhabitant with a glass-bottomed boat who makes a good living from visitors ' misfortunes . |