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

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1 Some were taken back to the dungeons of Black Crag where they remain to this day , to the anger of Kazador .
2 I mean , let's face it , penis envy is a is a pretty wacky idea however you look at it , and you ca n't blame people for thinking , oh you know , this Viennese professor must have had a , had a diseased mind or something to come across such a crazy idea .
3 The thermal tide could carry molecules generated by solar uv radiation to the night side where they revert to other forms with the emission of uv radiation .
4 Sunderland Council has been praised by the district auditor in his annual appraisal where he pointed to several areas where the council had given value for money .
5 We are aware that socially and economically we have more in common with our opposite numbers in the Republican ( Catholic ) side than we have with loyalist ( Protestant ) big-wigs .
6 If that 's not part of the three not part of the deal that you send in that will not cause a major problem .
7 ‘ And these stones — so unexpected in this magnificent country — because I confess it is not for the pleasures of civilisation that I came to this district but for the informing breadth and spectacles of Nature — reminded me of somewhere I knew not where and that was my over-selfish study which all but ended in a brute collision with yourselves ! ’
8 And indeed it will be hard for any future Kiwi tourists to recapture the freshness of football that one associates with that side .
9 This requires answering a basic check question : What is the single most important result that I want from this presentation ?
10 It is in the nature of this kind of programme that it deals with several different topics , so the length of individual items is likely to be good for classroom use .
11 And thus it was that she came to be , on that February evening , poised at the very crown of the hill in Kensington Gardens , looking down the hill , with her back to Bayswater and home and trembling with the fear that she had at last grown up .
12 The Immigration and Nationality Department of the Home Office has asked through the Scottish Education Department that we write to all governing bodies in Scotland reminding them of the difficulties created by urgent requests for naturalisation shortly before international sporting events .
13 But in particular terms ( and in terms of ‘ kto-kogo ’ ) , economic rationality means that Romania must exchange its hard-earned capacity to manufacture steel or munitions for a dependence on the GDR , Czechoslovakia and the USSR which costs more in freedom and leverage than it saves in economic resources .
14 The habit of this dominant Quaker in the BFASS of arranging deputations to ministers and approaching kings and emperors brought even less of a result than it had in earlier generations .
15 She put the onus quite honestly straight back on to parents , er it reminded me a little bit like er of the furore that she created about you know there are so many people being mugged , well is n't it their own fault that they go into dark places .
16 The energy and enthusiasm black youth have for certain sports and the disproportionately high number wanting to take up sport as a career provides at least the initial indication that they see in successful black sportsmen models for themselves .
17 I would be grateful of you would sign the attached copy of this letter and return it to me with the payment and contract as an indication that you agree to these restrictions .
18 I would be grateful if you would sign the attached copy of this letter and return it to me , with the payment and contract and any other additions you would normally make as an indication that you agree to these conditions .
19 Mr. Spearing : Is the Leader of the House aware that those who are concerned about this matter are grateful to him for referring to the Select Committee 's report of two years ago and that we look forward to the Government implementing the intention that they stated at that time ?
20 The erm , what 's the rule that you observe with this dash above a vowel .
21 Cos , on , on the tape that we had at that party we were
22 rock and roll You know that tape that you had with all the rock and roll 's greatest hits .
23 It is not quite enough to give the rich ‘ big hall ’ form of reverberation effect that we require in this case though .
24 Never in her life had she felt less like eating than she did at this moment .
25 We should warn you that next March 12th another police constable will be on foot duty in Convent St. , and should he notice a repetition of your behaviour , we shall have to consider the possibility of taking even more stringent action than we have on this occasion .
26 ‘ In the light of these realities , is it really reasonable to expect the police to apply to the Irish population in this country the presumption of innocence that they apply to other citizens ?
27 Somehow or other your miond analyzes the light that it receives from these bodies and tells you about them .
28 The kind of non-randomness that we see in living systems , on the other hand , is equivalent to a gigantic combination lock with an almost uncountable number of dials .
29 It is a liquid protein that they squeeze from little nozzles at the rear of the abdomen which hardens as it meets the air .
30 Thus it was with pleasure that I came across this series of ‘ cartoon stories for adults of any age ’ , created by French scientist Jean-Pierre Petit .
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