Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pron] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The core Marxist value is freedom — freedom from exploitation , freedom from the coercion of others , and freedom to realize oneself in creative labour .
2 None the less , the Committee considered that the instruments were available and the time ripe for achieving this enormous ambition : " We have the advantage given us by then necessity of a new departure among rapidly changing conditions , and by the opportunity of avoiding some causes of past failure " .
3 Such indemnities , transferring liabilities incurred to third parties , will be particularly useful in cases where a contracting party may incur liability to a person not party to the contract , which therefore can not be excluded by contract : for instance , a manufacturer might require a distributor or retailer to indemnify it against tortious product liability claims by consumers injured by the product .
4 Long lines of windows in the hull and a large window in the transom provide plenty of natural light in the stern saloon and the cabins .
5 Institutionalised racism manifests itself in insensitive service provision in health and social services , with barriers around language , the pattern of family names and vocabulary .
6 We thought all was well until the Battlebus passed us at full speed in the opposite direction .
7 His secrecy about his unhappiness made everything about daily life seem a little counterfeit , apart from meals with Sam and sprees with him at the pictures .
8 His mouth met hers with bruising force , and the clamour inside her head rose to a deafening crescendo , the world twisted and turned , tossing her adrift with the turbulence of a whirlwind .
9 IBM is hoping that the popularity of workflow computing models will drive uptake , but it acknowledges that message queuing is not a new concept ; what is new it says , is the attempt to implement it across multiple manufacturer 's machines .
10 We went off to parade for lunch ; this meant ten minutes doing press-ups with the Corporal halting us in mid exercise so that we were poised between the ground and the arms-stretched position — as our limbs weakened so people started to slump and collapse , which resulted in kicks and blows .
11 You see , for me a good game of football involves lots of intricate passing .
12 What is new , according to DEC consultant engineer Lawrence Stewart , is that hardware now has the horse-power to drive them in real time .
13 What is new , according to DEC consultant engineer Lawrence Stewart , is that hardware now has the horse-power to drive them in real time .
14 It is evident that the expertise and contacts Grampian companies have developed through supplying the North Sea oil industry stands them in good stead to take advantage of oil related opportunities in the Middle East .
15 Labour committed itself to immediate acceptance of the Maastricht social charter , with implications for low pay and for women , and to meeting the UN 's target for aid as a percentage of GNP within five years .
16 Suppose that an infant who has hired a horse injures it by careless riding .
17 One particular Easter , a beautiful day , I remember an overwhelming fear filling me with absolute terror as we stood outside the ticket office after returning from a journey .
18 While cladding can be fixed directly to existing masonry walls , it is good practice to cover them with waterproof building paper first to prevent any moisture that gets behind the cladding from penetrating the wall itself .
19 Some species may be receiving sufficient light to grow plenty of healthy foliage , but will always lack that little extra needed to produce flowering shoots .
20 I put on my coat and we went out to where the wind welcomed us with savage glee .
21 The radicalism of his campaign for state investment owed nothing to latent dissent over economic theory , for neo-classical economics could accommodate public works and Keynes himself remained on orthodox disciple of Marshall .
22 In some cases , again , his links with the local gentry can be inferred only from his readiness to use them on sensitive business after 1483 .
23 In some cases , again , his links with the local gentry can be inferred only from his readiness to use them on sensitive business after 1483 .
24 A cable car takes you from nearby Ehrwald to the Zugspitzkamm station at 9,203 feet which has been partly blasted out of the rock .
25 Council staff and independent advocates had interviewed all the rest , if possible with their relatives , in an attempt to match them with other accommodation .
26 Council staff and others had interviewed all the rest , if possible with their relatives , in an attempt to match them with other accommodation .
27 The clarity of light throws everything into sharp relief against a backdrop of clear blue sky .
28 In a bid to protect them from possible attack by Oswald and Eadbald , acting in collusion , Aethelburh sent the Deiran princes for greater protection to the Frankish king , Dagobert I , for fear specifically of Oswald and Eadbald ( HE 11 , 20 ) .
29 The Labour Party 's environment spokesman , Dr David Clark , described the government 's decision as ‘ a squalid attempt to save themselves from electoral embarrassment ’ .
30 Before him lies a dark , trackless , formless , chaotic field , which he probes with the antennae of his techniques and ideas , seeking by his action to transform it into pure presence .
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