Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [pers pn] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The central figure points me to a single chair , placed opposite . |
| 2 | Though — at the earliest — the registers will not be available before 1994 , the property industry sees them as a further blow to a sector already reeling from recession . |
| 3 | The formalist critic dismisses her as a serious contender for the mantle of ‘ modern artist ’ due to a perceived lack of innovation and refusal of the essentialist mandate of formalism . |
| 4 | EASTWOOD 'S FIRST American movie finds him as a modern-day Deputy who travels from Arizona to New York and finds his values challenged by a community represented by social workers , hippies and ulcer-ridden cops . |
| 5 | The second exception was established in Tuberville v. Stamp where it was held that liability extended to a fire originating in a field as much as to one beginning in a house , but if the defendant kindles it at a proper time and place and the violence of the wind carry it to his neighbour 's land , that is fit to be given in evidence . |
| 6 | The programme provides us with a quaint selection of Sons , Brides and other relations of Frankenstein , all based on some English lady 's knock-off of Rabbi Judah Loewe and the golem of Prague . |
| 7 | David Goldsmith treats us to a bumper four-page collection , including matting , bindings , boots and bleepers |
| 8 | The barge carrying the body springs a leak , his ceremonial uniform is soaked as he frantically bales , he worries about the expensive watch which he has inadvertently left on the coffin , the ceremony leaves him with a bad cold which he tries , not altogether successfully , to hide when he is presented to the King . |
| 9 | CPRW believes this review provides it with a major opportunity to influence the Board 's future direction . |
| 10 | The tuner turns it into a hand-held TV . |
| 11 | When a child loves you for a long , long time , says the Skin Horse , then you gradually become Real . |
| 12 | ‘ You do n't see a carpenter saying he wo n't build a house because he does n't like what 's next door and he 's going to wait until there 's a house with 8.3 rooms and the sun has it at a certain angle and then he 'll pound his nails and he wants billing above the plumber . ’ |
| 13 | I 'd be a fool if I did n't realise that just being the boss invests me with a certain glamour , and it would be easy to let it slip out of control . |
| 14 | A short walk from this belvedere takes you to a wonderful steep wall which at its outer edge is taken by the final pitches of some famous harder routes like Spitophage Pervers and Dingomaniaque . |
| 15 | And from that day to this , no power on earth can keep a rabbit out of a vegetable garden , for El-ahrairah prompts them with a thousand tricks , the best in the world . " |
| 16 | That finding leads us to a shocking conclusion : a gesture is more individual than an individual . |
| 17 | The cobbled lane plunges you into a genial old quarter packed with restaurants . |
| 18 | An early picture shows her in a wide-brimmed black hat and white dress owned by Sarah . |
| 19 | HW = Husband sees it as the wife 's decision HJ = Husband sees it as a joint decision HH = Husband sees it as the husband 's decision WW = Wife sees it as the wife 's decision WJ = Wife sees it as a joint decision WH = Wife sees it as the husband 's decision . |
| 20 | In the 12 chapters the author takes us from a basic introduction to the design of synthesis , through the various methodologies , to a few selected total syntheses . |
| 21 | Where the SPRU team takes us at a brisk trot through the literature , Jan Zimmerman adopts more of a wild canter in her survey of the likely effects on women of a range of new technologies , in a piece that makes up in polemic what it lacks in argument . |
| 22 | Pupils may enrol in S4 : the fee entitles them to a comprehensive set of aptitudes and interest tests which is followed by a detailed personal report and interview with careers suggestions ; attendance at careers courses ; a careers magazine several times a year , etc .. |
| 23 | In a way the sound reminds me of a small-bodied Gibson from the '30s or '40s , but with more volume and a clearer bass end . |
| 24 | Antoine Bloye not only clarifies the meaning of Antoine 's life and in the process immortalises it in a negative exemplary narrative . |
| 25 | Labour 's change of policy on the European Community puts it in a strong position to argue that economic and industrial decisions are increasingly likely to be made on a European basis and it is essential that Britain plays a more constructive role . |
| 26 | the ordering of the strata ( layers ) of sediment on an archaeological site provides us with a relative dating technique . |
| 27 | Britain had beaten Poland 4-3 in the World Championships Pool B in Eindhoven earlier this year , and the loss of a point leaves them with a formidable task against tournament favourites Latvia and Slovakia next week , with only one team qualifying for Lillehammer . |
| 28 | Datapost provides you with a same-day service in and between most UK business centres . |
| 29 | Let me quote Professor Adolf Butenandt , Nobel prize-winning biologist : ‘ Even though modern biology provides us with a new outlook and a deeper insight into the nature of many living phenomena , it does not answer the question of what life itself is . ’ |
| 30 | This case reduces them to a single principle , the ‘ neighbour principle ’ , which emerges as part of the ratio decidendi of the case . |