Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boys , on the other hand , tend towards holist strategies , and get training in serialist strategies from their teachers , thus providing the opportunity for them to become versatile learners . |
| 2 | ‘ A lot of people feel shy about going into a Tax Office , so this is a good opportunity for them to get any help they need , ’ explained Peter Guy , the Inland Revenue 's Customer Service Manager in the province . |
| 3 | Towards the end of the Summer term it 's common practice in most schools to invite the parents of the new intake of children to visit the school to explain the routines and organisation , to give them a chance to meet the teachers and also to provide an opportunity for them to share any concerns they might have . |
| 4 | Although the Unix International/OSF wars seem to have abated at the moment , ‘ there is always an excuse for them to rip each others hearts out , leaving Bill Gates to have the market , ’ says Rothstein . |
| 5 | Japan 's financial structure offers large companies significant advantages in access to funds to finance rapid expansion , and offers substantial support for them to survive periodic recessions . |
| 6 | In the nineteenth century the name ‘ essential hypertension ’ was invented , meaning that in some patients a rise in blood pressure is a protective mechanism , essential in order to overcome narrowing of the arteries and force blood through them to reach vital organs . |
| 7 | It is not possible for those who are weak to apply this soul force for it makes great demands on those who would use it . |
| 8 | Twenty pound off you owe ten pound . |
| 9 | ‘ It was not so much of a stretch for me to do that role as people might think , ’ Dustin explained . |
| 10 | The force between them has some correspondence with Newton 's finding that the gravitational force is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them . |
| 11 | The force of it lifted Golden Girl 's stern and for a moment Trent feared that she would bury her bows in the sea and pitch-pole . |
| 12 | It was an indication of It facing both ways , torn between a youth culture stumbling around politics and the embers of 1967 . |
| 13 | That state was called the In Ovo , and on the other side of it lay four worlds , the so-called Reconciled Dominions . |
| 14 | Lacuna 's pleasure in you provides great pleasure for us . |
| 15 | Judy was throwing a ball to Mandy Maddison , who was learning to catch a ball with the left hand as part of her Keep Fit Challenge . |
| 16 | But a small part of her cried that Ace seemed to have lost all sense of kindness and decency as far as she was concerned . |
| 17 | Part of it includes two bypasses north of Oxford . |
| 18 | Behind Hurd 's selection of a specific group of Arab states is the assumption that the Arab world as a whole can be ignored , since only part of it has any role to play in security in future . |
| 19 | Yeah I mean that might certainly give you some , you know , kind of you know regular attenders to er to , |
| 20 | Today we have over one million business accounts , from sole traders to the largest corporations , with the great majority of them receiving financial help from us in one form or another — from a simple overdraft to extremely complex arrangements . |
| 21 | Anyway the next day Brocklesby is berthing and I can see the captain pointing at me , my hem was showing my petticoat was showing my hat off and afterwards I said to him erm what was so funny oh he said I was telling the Queen about you having those weeds for the rehearsal yesterday and she thought it was terribly funny |
| 22 | ‘ I mean , I realise I 'm the baby of the family , and a mere female — ’ the latter drew a bleak smile from her father , acknowledging a point of contention between them spanning several years ‘ — but I do n't see how just a fire can mean the end of everything ! |
| 23 | In return for us putting that money into the scheme er straight away er as Paul said the council will be agreeing to , to make us priority for handling corporation funding and if that 's not successful er to use your reasonable endeavours to try and find the remainder of the scheme yourselves . |
| 24 | Many scientists are active in such groups in Northern Ireland and a significant proportion of them bring special expertise to their organisations . |
| 25 | This is an absolute necessity and to work in defiance of it means total failure . |
| 26 | William Troy in the Nation was similarly unable to find the right words to explain the greatness of It Happened One Night and he suggested that ‘ a good photoplay , like a good book or a good piece of music , remains always something of a miracle ’ and that ‘ beyond a certain point the mind is forced to bow down before its own inability to unravel and put together again all the parts of the shining and imponderable whole with which it is dealing ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ There was no question of her getting preferential treatment because she is the Secretary of State 's mother . |
| 28 | It 's just a question of us getting three points , that 's all that matters . ’ |
| 29 | So , if you would be so kind as to get into a position where you can see what I 'm doing without being too close it means that if we do splash any acid by accident er the likelihood of it causing any problems to anyone are minimal . |
| 30 | — What 's a girl like her do these days ? |