Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [adj] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Data General Corp is finding the transition to open systems at a time of recession extremely painful with a second quarter loss of $55m after a $48m charge for another 1,000 lay-offs : turnover was down 14% at $274m , in part because the sale of the Japanese subsidiary cut volume by $19m ; the company blamed the disappointing results on competitive pricing pressures , which have cut profits , as well as the weak worldwide economy ; the company says it continues to be very cautious about the remainder of 1992 ; AViiON sales continue to grow , but ‘ we are not satisfied with overall revenues , ’ the company declared Electronic Data Systems Corp says its graphical design system now supports Hewlett-Packard 's series 700 workstations : first deliveries are scheduled for May . |
| 2 | On March 22nd the market reacted by falling a further 3.1% , which took the Nikkei index below 30,000 for the first time since December 1988 to close at 29,843 . |
| 3 | This is a source that is of course only available for the twentieth century . |
| 4 | Another practice fairly common in the sixteenth century , that of the " circular " embassy which visited a series of different states , negotiating with each in turn , also persisted into the first half of that which followed . |
| 5 | Well , I do n't know if Marlborough tobacco was around in the time of Jesus Christ , but erm I think if Jesus Christ had the second coming today one of the first things he would condemn is this week that is the cause of death and destruction throughout the world , and if he would n't condemn that I would certainly be a bit dismayed . |
| 6 | Iris Murdoch 's novel A Fairly Honourable Defeat ( 1970 ) poses the far more terrible hypothesis of a being utterly without compassion who takes delight in wrecking the lives of others : his self-sufficient malignity seemingly motiveless until the last pages of the book , when a tattooed number is noticed on his arm , and a casual remark — ‘ I spent the war in Belsen ’ — forces the reader to think back through his destructive conduct as ‘ an instrument of justice ’ in destroying a happy marriage and endangering a harmonious relationship between two men . |
| 7 | Unbroken , that is , except for a tiny barn , a grey stone speck just visible on the last airy swell hundreds of feet up where the hillside joined the moorland above . |
| 8 | The firebox and boiler of No. 3822 were equally packed out too , as WSR Driver Dave Williams and Fireman Gareth Winter had the engine just right for the first four-mile assault on Crowcombe Bank . |
| 9 | On Oct. 15 the Mar Mikha'il-Galerie Sim'an and the Dar al-Wahsh-Alayh crossing points were re-opened , making the Beirut-Damascus highway fully passable for the first time since 1985 . |
| 10 | All the time he 's writing as if he 'd seen her undressing , but there 's something just a bit more theatrical about the last two . ’ |
| 11 | For example , not a word was said about Europe — the factor most likely in the next decade to change the terms of the British political and economic game . |
| 12 | Climbers who have succumbed to the lurking intimidation will find this little haven quite familiar over the next few moments … hours ? … as repeated attempts are made to commit themselves to a traverse across the wall towards that seemingly distant arête . |
| 13 | If you are one of those going on the Course you will have already received a letter stating the balance of fees , travel , insurance etc. due by the 15th April with a reminder that a contribution will be required in DM 's from those travelling in the coach from Frankfurt to Coburg . |
| 14 | On a more serious note , has chemistry changed as a subject very much over the last , dare I say , twenty five years ? |
| 15 | This process puts the data model in a form more suitable for the next stage of the methodology . |
| 16 | HP has a low-cost entry-level 7100LC chip in the works called Hummingbird apparently bound for an under-$5,000 box possibly due in the second quarter . |
| 17 | Why had such disputes reverted to a pattern of disorder more reminiscent of the nineteenth than twentieth century ? |
| 18 | This implies a local tradition already current in the twelfth century and might be based on a lost source . |
| 19 | One thing we discovered was that it is much faster for the team to close up as soon as the game starts and just hold that position as close to the next person as possible . |
| 20 | kept the er the press fairly busy in the last week . |
| 21 | I hope that he will be emboldened to go further and spread the VAT net even wider in the next Budget . |
| 22 | Presented here is an experience very divergent from the first two : a total neglect and , indeed , ignorance of educational considerations . |
| 23 | Inexplicable laughter would , I was sure , seem to my mother yet another of the first signs of madness . |