Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The capacity and speed of optoelectronics make it an ideal means for simplifying switching and routing with optical networking a possibility for perhaps 10 years time — a prospect that researchers from University College are currently co-researching with British Telecommunications Plc in Harlow . |
| 2 | The process is rooted in what has happened already , in the past ; the Boo– of Changes allows you the luxury of seeing how the process will continue in a hypothetical future — in this case , if you shoot Auntie Flo . ’ |
| 3 | It is not unusual to be in this position , and it may be that there is an accepted procedure to follow in the eventuality of employers making you an offer . |
| 4 | Against Fareham the juniors trailed 2-1 at half-time , but a change of tactics brought them a 6-2 win . |
| 5 | I 'd tried waiting for the natural course of events to bring me the way of the creche , some errand Mrs Goreng might send me on , but it had n't worked out that way . |
| 6 | My twin sister is a nurse and I suppose all the blood and thunder of things took me a different way . |
| 7 | A police force is selecting new recruits with the help of videos showing them the kind of incidents they might have to tackle . |
| 8 | A police force is selecting new recruits with the help of videos showing them the kind of incidents they might have to tackle . |
| 9 | The Arkansas Governor , Bill ‘ Slick Willie ’ Clinton , has outpandered California 's ex-Governor Jerry ‘ Moonbeam ’ Brown by a whisker , has spoken a bit more sense with a bit less pizzazz and conviction , and looks set to scoop a big enough bundle of votes to guarantee him the nomination — unless he falls victim to further scandal or Democratic Party fixers impose a ‘ brokered convention ’ to find a last-ditch candidate . |
| 10 | But what has outraged all of us is the spectacle of attempts to make you the scapegoat for failures of the criminal justice system , the cause of which , however defined , lay outside your control or responsibility . ’ |
| 11 | Naturally the quality of the objects is not entirely consistent ( some of the prints seem pretty standard , for example ) , but the sheer range of artists makes it an impressive resource . |
| 12 | Young people differ in their interests and aptitudes , and we need a range of schools to offer them the best opportunities . |
| 13 | The letters of Abbot Lupus of Ferrières allow us a glimpse of his contradictory attitudes to involvement in state affairs . |
| 14 | The charge was reasonable enough — a few pence per bird — and with a community in which many families kept hens or whose menfolk were able to buy them direct from the country farmer Rev. Levitt 's qualification as a slaughterer of fowls brought him a regular , if modest , bonus on his salary . |
| 15 | Reuters news agency , quoting Chinese sources , reported on Feb. 6 that a group of workers calling themselves the China Free Union Preparatory Committee had posted out 2,000 copies of their anti-government manifesto for the organization , modelled on Poland 's Solidarity . |
| 16 | Arnold was of Tom Arnold 's circus , and his post as the vice-chairman of the party in charge of candidates made him a target of all those who were eager to stand for Parliament . |
| 17 | The small square of shops reminds me a lot of Belfast 's battle-scarred Divis Flats — the shop windows are permanently barricaded , many flats boarded up and the walls covered in spray can slogans . |
| 18 | Some of the case histories seem scientifically a little scanty but there is sufficient evidence of its effectiveness in the treatment of arthritis for sufferers to give it a try . |
| 19 | But hard as John Meaney tried he found it an uphill struggle against Hughes , who was firing on all cylinders , and his great ‘ cool ’ blessed with a wide repertoire of shots saw him a worthy winner 4–0 from seven frames . |
| 20 | Reality was his byword and Drew 's rugged features and dexterity with horses made him a natural choice . |
| 21 | At Alcala 's adult education centre , one toothless old woman in slippers sang her a flamenco lament about a lovely but strong-headed girl from the next village who was stabbed seven times by her jealous husband . |
| 22 | ‘ He has , you must agree , a remarkably clear idea of policy , if the topography of God 's Kingdom at times eludes him a trifle . |
| 23 | Their fondness for congregating in a Tokyo park on Sundays makes them the most visible target of discrimination . |
| 24 | You might decide to offer Work Experience to pupils to give them a taste of working life while they are still at school , or you might offer a teacher a secondment to industry . |
| 25 | But the equally necessary professional detachment of undertakers gives them a valuable view of human reactions . |
| 26 | A number of factors make it a complex task to estimate the degree of success in twenty-five years . |
| 27 | The Syrian foreign minister who , after meeting Douglas Hurd , evoked the Sykes-Picot agreement of 1916 in which the British and the French secretly carved up the Middle East between them ( later using the League of Nations to give them the so-called Mandates as a cover ) , was not making some arcane and irrelevant allusion . |
| 28 | To belong to the Communion of Saints gives us a sense of deep communion . |
| 29 | A lot of girls compromised themselves a great deal more than I did . ’ |
| 30 | At least , they were trying to surround it , but you 'd need an awful lot of humans to surround something the size of the Ship . |