Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in the years of glut there is always a slatted wooden tray in some cool , dark attic , which the writer nervously visits from time to time ; and yes , oh dear , while he 's been hard at work downstairs , up in the attic there are puckering skins , warning spots , a sudden brown collapse and the sprouting of snowflakes . |
| 2 | A slightly different picture emerges if we sift out the figures relating to personal injury negligence actions alone — the category most discussed in relation to the efficacy of settlements . |
| 3 | ‘ Do you know that in the mythology of Earth the concept of freedom only came into existence after male and female ate of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil . |
| 4 | The remains of the iron overshot water wheel eventually went for scrap in the late 1960s . |
| 5 | Then Julius 's mouth closed over hers again , his hands began a series of loving , teasing caresses , and Jessamy forgot everything except that this was her brilliant , stubborn , bullish husband whom she loved very much , and a bright future suddenly shone in front of them . |
| 6 | Laidlaw trailed off when a car suddenly came into view at the other end of the dimly lit street . |
| 7 | This leaves no room for the non-realization of the infinitive event since the action of producing an effect necessarily coincides in time with the appearance of the effect ( concurrent causation ) , and so both these verbs call for the bare infinitive . |
| 8 | 1.10:USEFUL Flat handicappers Barford Lad , Beauchamp Express and Busted Rock all shaped with promise on their debuts . |
| 9 | Legislation by statute greatly increased in importance during the Tudor period . |
| 10 | Again , the liability depends upon the money or property in question being received in the ordinary course of the receiving partner 's activities within the firm and not upon any authority vested in himsee Willett v Chambers ( 1778 ) Cowp 814 ( misapplication of moneys received from a client for investment on mortgage , the client being billed in the name of the firm ) , Rhodes v Moules [ 1895 ] 1 Ch 236 ( partner absconding with bearer share warrants proffered by client as collateral security for a mortgage loan , where the firm was in the habit of receiving such securities from its clients ) and Blair v Bromley ( 1847 ) 12 Ph 354 ( misapplication of money by a partner who paid interest on it to the client , the fraud only coming to light on the partner 's bankruptcy . |
| 11 | Nitzer Ebb especially think of life as one long siege , a purifying test of your inner strength . |
| 12 | But this kind of rationalism largely yielded to empiricism with the rise of the Logical Positivists and it is therefore disconcerting to find that experience can not do its job . |
| 13 | Continue along the coast soon keeping to left of lighthouse buildings at St Abb 's Head ; briefly join lighthouse road , but it is best almost immediately to divert off it to rejoin cliff-top for sea views . |
| 14 | Rule 37.1 does not impose a mandatory bid obligation on a shareholder not acting in concert with the directors unless he purchased shares at a time when he had reason to believe that a redemption or purchase would take place . |
| 15 | ( 8 ) Where the prospective parliamentary candidate has been selected and subsequently intimates his or her intention not to stand for parliament in the constituency as the Labour Party candidate at the next election , the procedure set out in section ( 3 ) of this clause shall ( subject to section ( 4 ) of this clause ) be forthwith set in motion again . |
| 16 | ‘ This reduction to my citation index is probably partly due to the rejection of my paper by another prestigious journal for reporting experimental therapy not done in accordance with ethical rules nor with the Helsinki code or charter . |
| 17 | This does not mean that the mind just responds to information in the way in which a thermostat , for instance , transduces information about temperature and performs switching operations . |
| 18 | Below-the-line advertising , the term generally used for merchandising in stores including in-store promotions , is another case in point . |
| 19 | Law Report : Employee not entitled to payment from redundancy fund : Secretary of State for Employment v Levy — Employment Appeal Tribunal ( Mr Justice Wood , Mr R J Lewis and Mr J A Scouller ) , 4 October 1989 |
| 20 | Preoccupied with her own thoughts , and her mind still whirling with confusion from everything that had happened last night , Jessamy did n't hear the car draw up outside ; did n't hear the front door open and then quietly close again . |
| 21 | For one thing he certainly over-states it when he says that pleasure always comes from satisfaction of an antecedent desire for something other than pleasure . |
| 22 | Most policemen felt beleaguered and misunderstood , their isolation further deepened by criticism from politicians and the media . |
| 23 | Could there really be a building site in the middle of this swamp rapidly reverting to nature after a brief and unsuccessful flirtation with civilization , Zen wondered ? |
| 24 | Is n't the clue to a murder usually found in part of the victim 's past , or his dealings with people ? |
| 25 | The contest also ended in disaster for 12 men from Ford Open Prison , Sussex . |
| 26 | The future of the industry also depends on ease of access to the ports and a smooth progression through customs and immigration procedures . |
| 27 | The large cell bodies of the motor neurons could be found , and , as explained in Chapter 7 , the ‘ same ’ cell repeatedly identified in animal after animal ( Figure 9.2 ) . |
| 28 | Incidentally , I am not sure that Cameron should admit this fact since it will make anyone who wants to buy her movie positively glow with pleasure at the thought of paying her practically nothing for it . |
| 29 | Calves may show clinical signs during the prepatent period and occasionally a massive infection can cause severe dyspnoea of sudden onset often followed by death in 24-48 hours . |
| 30 | Christou now appeals by leave of the full court after refusal by the single judge and we have granted leave to Wright . |