Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DEC is trying to gain visibility for the 661 companies it says are converting programmes for Alpha RISC . |
| 2 | This mutual incomprehension could , of course , be accidental ; but I will suggest that it expresses a division between the two positions which runs deeper than the dispute we have so far considered . |
| 3 | The result ended a protracted leadership struggle between the two men which had seen Hawke , 62 , narrowly defeat a similar challenge from Keating , 47 , in June [ see p. 38294 ] . |
| 4 | ‘ I would also like to thank Renault , Elf and the team 's sponsors for their support during the two years I have worked with them . |
| 5 | The legislation protects their consciences , and in charity makes financial provision for the few priests who will feel that they must leave . |
| 6 | First , greater scientific uncertainty about the greenhouse effect provides an excuse for the big polluters who have the strongest interest in delaying a change of policy . |
| 7 | The resulting at-seat light refreshment services provided an ideal foothold for the private operators whose involvement in railway catering the government was urging . |
| 8 | Payment for the two men who died because of you and the many who might have died . ’ |
| 9 | It is not necessarily romantic — that is , restrictive , unreal , exaggerated — to draw on the upper deck for the individual characters whose attitudes and decisions are to be the driving force of a story . |
| 10 | Again , anyone like Daphne Sheldrick , who wrote The Orphans of Tsavo about the wild animals she reared in Tsavo National Park , Kenya , where her husband David was for many years the highly successful warden , knows that African elephant calves are easily tamed . |
| 11 | Stephen Tyler-Upfield wants to switch from conversions into building for the first-time buyers he believes are now increasing there . |
| 12 | Specifiedly general objects , such as forms and universals , by their very nature stand for the many things which are instances of them : a single particular may be in a variety of relations — most obviously causal , spatial or temporal - to others , but the nature of a ‘ standing for ’ relation is obscure . |
| 13 | And how can it sustain this common cause and sense of direction through the many changes which take place from one generation to anther ? … |
| 14 | The result was seen as a sign of continuing support for the liberal factions which had won a sweeping victory in elections to the Legco in September [ see p. 38436 ] . |
| 15 | Throughout the 1930s the Conservative Party was the great beneficiary of the popular support for the National governments which were formed . |
| 16 | Researchers do not normally look to accountants when seeking support for the imaginative leaps which have characterised the most major advances in science . |
| 17 | CAN NOT help feeling a certain degree of admiration for the Evangelical Christians who are , invariably , to be found lurking behind every accusation of satanic child abuse . |
| 18 | From my crevice between the two machines I can just see Pa 's face . |
| 19 | As Bukharin pointed out : ‘ The limits to the applicability of these categories will become instantly clear if we define the basic conditions of existence for the real relationships which correspond to them ( i.e. , to these categories ) . ’ |
| 20 | I conclude , then , not with stirring words of praise for the philosophy of animal rights , or with caustic words of censure for the other philosophies I have mentioned . |
| 21 | ‘ Fascism ’ , he said , ‘ is not a creed for the smug mice who choose to emerge from under Bloomsbury tea-cosies to have a nibble at it . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ If there be no free play for the individual forces there will be a speedy decay of manhood . ’ |
| 23 | It is this strong contrast between the two parts which is so important to maintain whether the dances are in demi-caractère or character ( authentic ) style . |
| 24 | The marked deterioration in the position of the Russian peasant under Catherine 's rule has allowed historians to point the contrast between the enlightened ideals which she proclaimed and the oppressive despotism which she allegedly practised . |
| 25 | Secondly , most of the fancy school fees plans are designed to make money for the financial institutions which put them together , and for the intermediary or agent who sells them . |
| 26 | In early 1990 , when he was attracting the international attention of the Scotland national coach Andy Roxburgh , the Scottish tabloid press ran a sad and damaging story about the financial catastrophes he had left behind in Glasgow . |
| 27 | We offer help to pupils with varying needs — general learning problems , specific learning difficulties , the filling of gaps caused by changing schools and , recently , the provision of extra teaching for a few children whose educational attainment is far in excess of that of their peers . |
| 28 | As for Williams and James , they would collaborate again on issues involving the West Indies , but this fundamental difference in their opinions would cause a rift between the two men which would have practical implications for the cause of the West Indian nationalist movement 25 years later . |
| 29 | All the boys in Take That are careful with money , three of them still live at home with mum — and their parents make cups of tea for the adoring fans who wait outside their homes . |
| 30 | The existing constitution stipulated that in the event of the president 's death , the vice-president must act in place of the president for the ninety days which would elapse before an election could be held . |