Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] [adv] [subord] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lloyd 's has seen its capital base contract sharply as Names have deserted the market in droves after disastrous losses . |
| 2 | If the Germans had not come to short-change the paying public , the play of Duncan Ferguson , in particular , also shaped up to be worth the admission money alone before Scotland fell behind . |
| 3 | Poor Elsie had died of the whooping cough just after Harry had gone to America , so now there was only Edna at home in the daytime to help her mother . |
| 4 | There is a fraud squad within the police force , but the majority of their work is concerned with employee theft rather than crimes committed by and for business organisations . |
| 5 | Hetty had left the shop to work in an ordnance factory soon after Sarah returned , and now to add to the misery of the two girls , Mabel went to train as an auxiliary nurse and Mrs Dyson 's sister came to take charge of the shop . |
| 6 | Colin our man at Lane as always , comprehensive coverage of that game throughout the evening , including some second half commentary as well , we 'll be sharing that second half commentary certainly as things stand at the moment with the game at er in the Coca Cola Cup third round replay where there could be a shock , third division Shrewsbury against premiership Blackburn , although at the moment the premiership team are doing pretty well , Blackburn already a goal to the good and the goal scorer now confirmed as Mike after six minutes . |
| 7 | In any event , it will be a long haul for the Cape Verdian people to escape their poverty trap even if things go well . |
| 8 | He has a real medal chance so if Henley wants a local hero it 's time to pay up . |
| 9 | HONG KONG has stepped up the pressure on China , promising to publish democratic reform legislation soon unless Beijing agrees to come to the negotiating table . |
| 10 | I 'd rather take that approach , and what I would suggest is that , wherever possible , teachers should think about involving parents in the kinds of difficulties that the child is having in school , and thereby becomes a team effort rather than parents working one direction and perhaps teachers working in another . |
| 11 | THE seal of approval has been given to changes at an Essex landfill site even though work has already started without permission . |
| 12 | It collapsed when the boy hit its walls with a metal pole even though friends told him to stop . |
| 13 | The rush in central London reached fever pitch even though shoppers had to endure constant disruption as a consequence of the IRA 's campaign . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , one of these is sexual intercourse , where the trauma of the sex act rather than reinfection causes the recurrence . |
| 15 | The Bill has twin objectives — the reduction of road casualties in built-up areas , particularly among the young and the elderly , and the improvement of the road environment near where people live . |
| 16 | PA Aftermath : a house in Hemsby , Norfolk , hangs over a cliff edge yesterday after flooding washed away its foundations |
| 17 | Shottermill 's three main strikers , Bob Daynes , Nick Wells and Joe O'Shea , seemed to have lost their scoring touch just when 'Mill needed it most . |
| 18 | He will also meet German Chancellor Helmut Kohl for a working breakfast immediately before discussions start on Friday morning . |
| 19 | What does interest me about the leaf stem she suggested it should be put in the foyer of County Hall well when Nottingham becomes a unitary stat unitary authority and County Hall is made into an hotel perhaps it would be a bit unfortunate for the visitors to have the leaf stem er when they book in . |
| 20 | The anchor handling vessel Monika Viking succeeded in getting a tow line on board the accommodation platform yesterday as weather eased after the airlift of 400 non-essential personnel from it on Sunday . |
| 21 | Bhutto was choked by tear gas earlier when police fired canisters directly at her open-top jeep . |
| 22 | Commenting on storming first quarter figures ( page five ) Autodesk Inc , Sausalito , California says the improvement was primarily due to continued strong worldwide demand for AutoCad Release 12 , especially in the Americas and Asia-Pacific regions — revenues in the Far East rose more than 25% compared with the year earlier , while revenues in the Americas rose more than 50% . |
| 23 | According to Lou Cannon , ‘ Most importantly the near destruction of the parties had created a star system of personality politics long before television had arrived . |
| 24 | Neurologists expressed interest in the psychological consequences of brain damage long before psychologists got involved in this field . |
| 25 | But do we really know any more about the animal kingdom now than Pliny thought he knew then ? |
| 26 | Bond took over at Turf Moor shortly after Burnley had been relegated to the old Third Division . |
| 27 | Hill later told the stewards that he would n't use an apprentice rider again although Norton won on Atlantic Way last week . |
| 28 | The chief conclusion to emerge from the work discussed in this chapter is that retrieval processes contribute to the hybrid — that the latent inhibition effect occurs , at least in part , because subjects tend to retrieve information acquired during pre-exposure to the target stimulus rather than information acquired during conditioning . |
| 29 | Famous for last year 's ‘ £10 ( And £20 ) To Get In ’ , which introduced Suzanne Vega to the House scene long before DNA arrived , UK House team SHUT UP AND DANCE now offer us ‘ Rum And Black ’ , a powerful hiphouse jam , punctuated with a Joan Armatrading sample . |
| 30 | Famous for last year 's ‘ £10 ( And £20 ) To Get In ’ , which introduced Suzanne Vega to the House scene long before DNA arrived , UK House team SHUT UP AND DANCE now offer us ‘ Rum And Black ’ , a powerful hiphouse jam , punctuated with a Joan Armatrading sample . |