Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [verb] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The principal difficulty I have on this aspect of the case is that in Mr. Lester 's submission reference to Parliamentary material as an aid to interpretation of a statutory provision should be allowed only with leave of the court and where the court is satisfied that such a reference is justifiable : ( a ) to confirm the meaning of a provision as conveyed by the text , its object and purpose ; ( b ) to determine a meaning where the provision is ambiguous or obscure ; or ( c ) to determine the meaning where the ordinary meaning is manifestly absurd or unreasonable . |
| 2 | He said of course I scampered through these bull rushes , they never saw me they never caught me and they never ever knew who it was who 'd done it , see . |
| 3 | Of course I refused with much indignation , and he grew very angry . |
| 4 | All the money I earned in that period my husband 's cousin took away from me . |
| 5 | The only wheel I found on this trip is still very much in business , grinding corn on two pairs of stones . |
| 6 | somebody 's Chronicle I borrowed for some reason |
| 7 | I apply a multiplier of nine , it follows that the figure I allow for this period is five hundred and thirty four thousand seven hundred and ninety seven pounds and sixty four pence and the total cost of future care is therefore eight hundred and ninety four thousand seven hundred and ninety seven pounds and sixty four pence . |
| 8 | But then avowed with a great deal of feeling , ‘ I sorely needed somebody 's help when , with daylight I returned to that hotel and discovered you 'd taken a train back to Mariánské Láznë ! ’ |
| 9 | the rise of capitalism in a country and the religion which predominates in that country . |
| 10 | I have enclosed a simple card which explains in more detail how ORT works . |
| 11 | Crisis management apart , there is the constant burden of casework which calls for much reading of detailed dossiers before reaching decisions on individual cases . |
| 12 | Will he also tell him that the first priority must be to reform the common agricultural policy , to remove the losses from fraud which occur within that policy and , especially , to bring about a successful conclusion to the GATT negotiations ? |
| 13 | BASF says the recorders should use its chromium dioxide tape which suffers from less background hiss . |
| 14 | One definition of function often found in present-day texts is : " A function is a rule which associates with each element of some set A a single element of a second set B. |
| 15 | Position the folds in the fabric which form below each pleat by running your fingers down the length of the curtain . |
| 16 | And the gap which had to some extent been there from the beginning in popular consciousness between ‘ Hitler 's war ’ for racial empire and territorial aggrandisement , and the patriotic defence of the ‘ Fatherland ’ was widening . |
| 17 | One gap which exists in this range of alternatives , is that there has been no testing of the view that the explanation for recent events lies in the non-clearing nature of the labour market . |
| 18 | In other words , action which is predetermined by some external constraints can not be seen in the same light as action which accords with some convention , though , on occasion , constrained action may be glossed as rule-governed in an associated account , particularly where the agency of a person is in doubt . |
| 19 | A defendant who relies on this ground would be wise to file an affidavit in answer to the plaintiff 's affidavit and not leave all the argument to the application itself . |
| 20 | He thought that any Special Agent who dressed like this guy would be disciplined . |
| 21 | Perchance I was speaking by telephone this afternoon to a building contractor who specialises in this type of work . |
| 22 | In her mind she went to that island and it was there that the ‘ shower ’ played upon her cancer cells ‘ and washed them away . ’ |
| 23 | I said I do n't know boogie , boogie she dances to any music do n't she ? |
| 24 | When it comes to financial planning , women often have different requirements to men , so it can help to see an independent financial adviser who specialises in this area . |
| 25 | Luton 's Paul Telfer has already told Brown of a team-mate who comes into that category and the manager admits that exercising the latitude recently agreed by the SFA is necessary because it is a formidable task to replace six players in that age group . |
| 26 | There 's only so much that anybody 's brain can handle at any one time so let's just do a little experiment because there was a chap called George Miller an American psychologist who worked on this idea of what is the capacity of the brain , how many bits of information can the brain hold on to at any given time . |
| 27 | You could , for instance , try differing lengths of harness lines or changing the amount of weight you place on each foot . |
| 28 | Visitors were not welcomed upstairs , and if Mrs Bostock haughtily insisted on the sovereign nature of her companionship she met with little encouragement in that belief . |
| 29 | Then there is that eminent retired Glasgow University Professor who drives over each year from Bridge of Weir with books for us . |
| 30 | We expect the law to be enforced , we expect it to be held because every citizen who lives under that law may change it . |