Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [verb] [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Would a trust , for example to construct a public building or to set up a private monument , actually be enforced as such ?
2 Inflation of the theatricality of the social drama leads detectives to lay emphasis on ‘ the big job ’ and the arrest of the professional ‘ prig ’ who commits the big burglary or pulls off a daring robbery .
3 Is it worth insuring your computer or taking out a separate contract with a third-party maintenance company ?
4 Voltage and current signals can be used to pre-set speed or to call up the actual values for speed and torque , and the start/stop functions can be activated using the same method .
5 It is not so obviously true where the intervention takes the form essentially of a decision to initiate a single direct action such as closing a particular valve or starting up a stand-by pump .
6 ‘ What is true , ’ writes mason investigator Stephen Knight , ‘ is that the philosophic , religious and ritualistic concoction that makes up the speculative element in freemasonry is drawn from many sources — some of them , like the Isis-Osiris myth , dating back to the dawn of history .
7 Sean , his sister Andrew ( p59 ) and Bruce Smith briefly hosted The Hot Sty , a London club that offered up an eclectic and inspiring mix .
8 * I always think that it is better to make a fresh pot of tea than to top up the old pot .
9 Others , such as the fault that let down the great thickness of Mesozoic in Cardigan Bay ( to the west of Wales ) must have been much later , though they served to define basins that were presumably already there .
10 Leyshon and Stokle suffered horrific injuries when they were trapped in a burning car that plunged down a steep hillside near Birdlip in Gloucestershire in November two years ago .
11 There are many different types of institution that make up the financial sector , from banks to building societies to various institutions in the City of London .
12 However , it can be used if you can ‘ read ’ your card and work out the maximum number of tucks or loops you will be collecting .
13 So much for security , Ruth mused as she leapt back into the jeep and drove up the long gravelly drive ; I could be a burglar for all he knew .
14 And Newton himself exudes the confidence of someone who has just had a shave and put on a fresh shirt .
15 The Champagne houses were naturally outraged at the government 's ineptitude and drew up a vociferous protest , signed by eighty participants , condemning the publicity given to the ministerial communiqué .
16 He goes into the bedroom and puts on a clean white shirt and a suit .
17 Instantly he slackened speed and punched out a sizeable hole in the shattered glass with his clenched fist .
18 Manolo flicked a switch and brought up the other figure .
19 Twenty-five years ago , the line built by George Stephenson in 1836 was saved from closure and took on a new lease of life as the North Yorkshire Moors Railway .
20 ‘ We 're hoping to get some sort of fail-safe mechanism written in so we can take control of the club and sort out the legal matters after that , ’ he said .
21 She was celebrated in the media , was featured in a 1940s radio programme and built up an impressive list of clients Sacheverell Sitwell , the Marchioness of Bristol and the Countess of Rosebery plus a clutch of other aristocrats placed regular orders , and a certain Mrs Demarest of the Manor House , Harrold , Bedfordshire used to send twelve small cheeses in lieu of Christmas cards to a selection of her titled friends .
22 General practitioners are well placed to diagnose effusion and carry out the necessary surveillance .
23 He somehow manages to distil the very essence of everything good in the lineage of Bobby Vee , Jefferson Airplane , Bob Marley and The Fall , mangle the results in the scrambled computer of his mind and offer up a new vision so convincing you forgive his rants against organised religion .
24 Having collected the mail and picked up the following day 's patrol tasks , the vehicles arrive and we return to Rosemount for lunch .
25 The pellet went right through the cat 's neck and came out the other side , leaving a gaping wound .
26 In the hall she wraps a long scarf round her neck and puts on a cream-coloured quilted cotton jacket , with wide shoulders and inset sleeves , and lets herself out by the front door .
27 Cranston delved into a small leather pouch he had taken from his saddle-bag , undid the cord at the neck and drew out a small vase containing the poison he had taken from Springall 's house .
28 Nigel Carr is back in the Ulster fold and takes up a new responsibility as a selector
29 Dietary fibre is a sponge-like material which absorbs and holds water as it is chewed in the mouth and passes down the gastro-intestinal tract .
30 Then he put his fingers in his mouth and let out a shrill whistle .
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