Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This gives an opportunity for your message to gain more attention from the reader and perhaps to make a deeper impression . |
| 2 | Britain succeeded in creating a Commonwealth ‘ special relationship ’ in civil aviation after 1945 which compensated in part for its inability to obtain international approval for a more regulated global system . |
| 3 | ANY SCIENCE FICTION worth its salt makes extensive use of flat , wall-mounted TV . |
| 4 | The Australian group said that Pearl 's policyholders will benefit from the deal through its capacity to bring new products and marketing skills and expertise in administration , computing and product development . |
| 5 | ‘ The Government should be under no illusion about our preparedness to see this dispute through , ’ he said , adding there would be no threat to emergency services . |
| 6 | Mr Wright , whose own force faced criticism after the Hillsborough disaster , said there was a need for police forces to discover whether or not their perception of their work matched that of the public 's need . |
| 7 | It was not with her will , not at her command , that Brother Tutilo — dare I even call him Brother still ? — stole her away , and worse , in the blackness of his offence brought another innocent soul into sin , if not to his death . |
| 8 | But the bulk of our population lives working- , or pretty humdrum , middle-class lives and the lack of documentation of these is often noticeable . |
| 9 | He had tried to feel inside his mouth to see if any teeth were broken or missing , but the great bulk of his boxing-glove precluded any such investigation . |
| 10 | The force of his sincerity convinced many Western observers at the time that he was simply mad , deluded by his own propaganda . |
| 11 | The very mention of her name awoke old pains ; it was only much later on that he began to wonder how Thomas knew about Alice atte Bowe . |
| 12 | As she wept she allowed the pain of the loss of her man to become real . |
| 13 | His bankruptcy in 1633 was the result of his inability to meet such charges due to the failure of the undertaking from the lord treasurer , Richard Weston , first Earl of Portland [ q.v. ] , to keep up payments due to him . |
| 14 | Now Lady Mendl was after all a highly successful professional decorator , and whatever her sumptuous simplicities in the matter of table decoration — a little white Ming rabbit at each guest 's place , a remnant of sixteenth-century French green silk brocade used as a tablecloth , one flawless magnolia on the tea tray ( the photograph of her butler carrying this same tray alone makes a copy of the book worth searching for ) — she certainly did n't seriously intend playing them down . |
| 15 | She need have little fear of her group getting lost in categorisation . |
| 16 | She need have little fear of her group getting lost in categorisation . |
| 17 | There was a disturbingly caressing note in the deep voice which made the perfectly respectable yellow fabric of her swimsuit feel transparent . |
| 18 | Matthew 's chin was dark with stubble , his hair rough and uncombed and the bruise below his eye looked angry and sore . |
| 19 | The most recent idea was making a path at the side of their home incorporating large circles made of paving setts to break up the monotony of a straight path . |
| 20 | The food was not very nice ; the regiment of cutlery ranged either side of her plate took any appetite away . |
| 21 | She struck him violently across the left side of his face dislodging all expression . |
| 22 | When it comes to cutting finishing panels above or to the side of your frame to fill any gaps , you will want them to follow the line of the wall or ceiling exactly , however uneven that might be . |
| 23 | It uses the left side of our brain to project past failures , thus actively interfering with our ability to overcome the negative impact that we face . |
| 24 | It is said that he was found out by one of the groups of civilian vigilantes who sprang up spontaneously on 22 December : apparently he had disguised himself in ordinary working clothes and was driving a Dacia 1300 when stopped , but suspicion was aroused when a search of his car revealed citrus fruits , like oranges and pineapples , in the boot — no ordinary Romanian had access to them . |
| 25 | The economy will settle down at point A , a position of neoclassical equilibrium from the point of view of firms , though obviously not from the point of view of households , which would prefer to be at point B. Households must therefore revise downwards their planned expenditure on goods in the light of their failure to sell all of their labour services . |
| 26 | The plummeting of her heart did more to convince her of her true feelings than any rational thinking . |
| 27 | She was flung violently forward , to land face down in a heap of blankets , the crushing weight of her assailant forcing all the air out of her body . |
| 28 | The figure of his assassin grew large above him , a dark shape , peering down , the gun raised for the coup-de-grace . |
| 29 | Selina walks into the bedroom with her head held low . |
| 30 | There were various shallow metal dishes scattered about and a wooden wheelbarrow with its vegetable remains pungent upon the night air . |