Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have been easy to track down , as a somewhat acidulous correspondent explained during a few remarks on the shortcomings of journalists . |
| 2 | The flow of oil was for the most part halted after a few days when US aircraft bombed the pumping manifold stations . |
| 3 | The tape crackled for a few seconds and then hummed as he replaced the receiver . |
| 4 | Once established , a pool needs very little maintenance compared with the many delights it offers . |
| 5 | The light changed for a few minutes and a watery sun hit the flanks of Lovely Seat . |
| 6 | Yet would a white child born into the same conditions as the most disadvantaged inner-city black ( to a drug-taking , teenage , single mother , say ) be more likely to succeed than a black ? |
| 7 | It is exceptionally ironic still to find children in a culture which has fathered half the popular music in the modern world , condemned to drone away in their music lessons over nineteenth-century hymn tunes , with dancing relegated to a few minutes at the conclusion of the physical education lessons . |
| 8 | Now the couple , of Little Stoke , Avon , will have their marriage blessed before the same guests in November , when she hopes to have lost another two stone . |
| 9 | Yoghurt Muesli is a unique product with a crisp bite aimed at the many consumers who eat yoghurt with muesli . |
| 10 | It was , however , clearly laid down that the architects would have no claim whatever , except for the prize money offered for the several designs that might be approved . |
| 11 | Drinkers can now choose between a French Chablis at £7 in the shops , or an Australian wine made from the same grapes , although inevitably with a slightly different character , at £5 . |
| 12 | The match finished with a few variations on ‘ Boring Boring Ipswich ’ and ‘ I ca n't read and I ca n't write but I can drive a tractor/taxi ’ . |
| 13 | The Illington-Lackford type of pottery occurs on 4 per cent of cemeteries and 15 per cent of settlements in East Anglia , strongly suggesting that it was being used for domestic , as well as funerary , use , and it is estimated that undecorated pottery made from the same fabrics outnumber the decorated Illington-Lackford pots by 15:1 . |
| 14 | A leather boot built on the same principles as the original Brasher Boot , but updated . |
| 15 | Furthermore the particular type of cellular bone found in the same deposits as Eriptychius suggests that cephalaspids ( osteostracans ) may be equally as old as heterostracans . |
| 16 | Even at the simplest and most active plate boundaries , a major earthquake caused by a few metres movement of a fault recurs perhaps six times a millennium . |
| 17 | Police intervention provoked allegations of brutality , but media coverage focused on the few police injuries , underemphasised the extent of police aggression and exaggerated the women 's part in the violence . |
| 18 | For example , one director commented that when he saw a topic referred to a few times then it would ‘ click ’ in his mind , and he would then consider if it could have some significance to his company . |
| 19 | This takes time to begin with — lots of lovely sitting around going through the magazines again but , when needed , the index which is stored in a file can be looked up and the right magazine located in a few minutes . |
| 20 | In three months the whole area embraced by the several reports was closely examined and this potential danger to shipping erased from the charts . |
| 21 | Either that report or a summary of it or a basic valuation prepared from the same materials is used by the building society for the purposes of section 13 . |
| 22 | The fact is that diesel engines are produced in huge volume compared with a few years ago , reducing costs considerably , while petrol engines have grown ever more complex . |
| 23 | Unix now provides the user with access based upon the least privileges he or she requires to carry out their tasks . |
| 24 | By the making of a new will or of a codicil or other writing executed with the same formalities as a will , so far as such later document is inconsistent with the will . |
| 25 | The creature staggered for a few seconds and turned to scream . |
| 26 | Or was the way they engaged with these theoretical explanations of racism governed by the same conditions as applied to their reading of the ‘ primary ’ material ? |
| 27 | The wireless crackled for a few moments until , after much jiggling with the knobs , the voice of Mr Chamberlain became clear . |
| 28 | The ASB has highlighted two methods of dubious interpretation used by a few companies so far . |
| 29 | The big man thought for a few seconds , then laughed . |
| 30 | Many of the founders of sociology believed it would be possible to create a science of society based upon the same principles and procedures as the natural sciences such as chemistry and biology , even though the natural sciences often deal with inanimate matter and so are not concerned with feeling , emotions and other subjective states . |