Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] [pron] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a privilege enjoyed by everyone in this country but because the library profession has a responsibility for some considerable part of the provision of and access to literature and information , there is a heightened obligation for the library profession in the UK to resist censorship with a much greater collective and individual will than it has tended to show in the past . |
| 2 | Richard Baxter was deeply shocked by this tragedy and also by the general prejudice aroused against him by this incident . |
| 3 | Philip went back to Richard 's rooms in college to wait for him on this night of undreamt-of triumph , to enjoy it with him , to talk it through . |
| 4 | There are discredited and out-of-date theories around , and I have asked officials in my Department to report to me on those matters . |
| 5 | Did n't your detective johnnie come across something like that in one of your books ? ’ |
| 6 | When Kevin Woodford , owner and chef of Woodfords restaurant on the Isle Of Man asked viewers of ITV 's This Morning programme to write to him about any culinary problems , the letters simply flooded in . |
| 7 | The Secretary of State shall lay before both Houses of Parliament a draft of any code of practice prepared by him under this section . |
| 8 | Well , Adolph , it certainly was a real pleasure to hear from you after all these years . |
| 9 | H's purpose , however , was to punish the tenant for having given evidence ( under subpoena ) in an action brought against him by another of his tenants and it followed that the landlord was guilty of a criminal contempt of court . |
| 10 | The air was charged with tension coming at her from all directions . |
| 11 | He also caught a number of covert glances at himself : was that what a few moment 's conversation with a presidential aide did for you in this town ? |
| 12 | He 'll have my recommendation , backed by the personnel file and the complaints of disruption filed against you by several staff members . ’ |
| 13 | One young teacher working in a more conservative college spoke to me of this period with some amusement . |
| 14 | First , it is clear that balancing necessitates some judgment as to how much we value a particular interest , and that people may well disagree as to the weight accorded to it in any particular instance . |
| 15 | Wandering aimlessly down one of the grim , draughty passageways of the castle , with Ranulf trailing behind him like some morose dog , Corbett almost bumped into Benstede and his strange body-servant , Aaron . |
| 16 | The design for Isvik was influenced to quite a marked degree by the Peterhead-type sailing vessels of the Mounties , also by a sketch made for him by that extraordinary Antarctic single-hander , David Lewis . |
| 17 | She could n't take any more of Naylor 's aggression , of Naylor looking at her with such dislike , of Naylor thinking she was anybody 's . |
| 18 | Our philosophy differs from theirs on this point . |
| 19 | It can also order the Chief Constable to report to it on any particular matter ( s.5(4) ) . |
| 20 | ‘ Any person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with a requirement imposed on him under this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the fifth level on the standard scale or to both . |
| 21 | We will pay to you such sum as may be fair and reasonable in all the circumstances of the case in respect of work performed by you under this order prior to cancellation , and in respect of which we have received the benefit . |
| 22 | When she looked back at Mick she allowed her gaze to rest on him for some seconds before she answered , ‘ Of course I know who it is . |
| 23 | 7.1 You shall indemnify us against all loss , actions , costs , claims , demands , expenses and liabilities whatsoever ( if any ) which we may incur either at common law or by statute in respect of personal injury to or the death of any person or in respect of any loss or destruction of or damage to property ( other than as a result of any default or neglect of ourselves or of any person for whom we are responsible ) which shall have occurred in connection with any work executed by you against this Order or shall be alleged to be attributable to some defect in the goods . |
| 24 | But what had made the girl propose to him in this way ? |
| 25 | But to fail at O level might mean that a child ended with nothing at all to show for his time at school . |
| 26 | A variation on the ring topology is the ‘ star ’ topology , where either the file server or a special network ‘ exchange ’ box sits in the middle and cable radiates from it to each workstation . |
| 27 | A star topology is where the file server ( or a special network ‘ exchange ’ box ) sits in the middle and cable radiates from it to each workstation |
| 28 | I felt the soap operas were raising issues about how you survived and coped in the late eighties that both addressed political issues and also involved me emotionally , whereas nothing about the formal election coverage got to me at all — apart from the Labour Party Political Broadcast , the first one in history to be repeated by popular demand ! |
| 29 | Erm , Chair , I think when we come to the capital programme you will be proposing that the P A G advise you and the Director in terms of producing a package which meets those guidelines , erm , and given the opportunity to look at them in some detail . |
| 30 | I would ask those concerned if they could be patient and given time I will refund all money owing to them including any interest that would have accrued had their money been in a bank . |