Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The limelight cast on NT-on-Alpha and the number of adjectives spent on it this week is expected to have a negative , if not fatal impact on the rickety ACE Initiative , whose founders , including Compaq and SCO , are perceived to be abandoning it for greener pastures , despite claims to the contrary . |
| 2 | Even here , the test of imminence discussed in Moss v. McLachlan suggest that there must be a clear and present danger that the conduct in which he is engaging will give rise to a breach of the peace , and it is demonstrable that the constable has no reasonable alternative course of action open to him other than to ask the speaker to desist , as by , for example , calling for assistance . |
| 3 | A major difficulty is that the inert gases account for only a small fraction of the volatiles known at the surfaces and in the atmospheres of the three planets , where the volatiles almost entirely consist of CO 2 , H 2 O , N 2 and O 2 , or of compounds derived from them such as carbonates , hydroxy-silicates and nitrates . |
| 4 | The pursuit of desire brings with it intense excitement and satisfaction when it is reached . |
| 5 | before of silk attached to us all , |
| 6 | The tangled web of committees seemed to him likely to retard rather than accelerate development , and he hoped that clearer BEA responsibility would , as their headquarters staff were built up , lead to quicker progress . |
| 7 | But thoughts of Edith stayed with him all that evening . |
| 8 | Her train of thought stopped right there , and she sat up suddenly , as a number of things occurred to her all at once . |
| 9 | Prayer within a family takes on new focus and gives new prospects , when the love of God flows through it all . |
| 10 | And it was marriage again , only white and spring churchyard and hundreds of people smiling about it all . |
| 11 | On the M40 in Buckinghamshire , London-bound traffic is very heavy and slow approaching the M25 interchange , due to the weight of traffic travelling on it this evening . |
| 12 | In preparation for my recent trip to Cyprus I recalled the letter which Ron Swinburne of Birmingham wrote to you many months ago about the flying services available on the island at rates far below those of the UK . |
| 13 | Does the greater risk of brushing with the law among the poorer sections of society bring with it greater fear of the consequences ? |
| 14 | ‘ Who is the King of glory ? ’ asks the Psalm , and one traditional answer is Christ , crucified but not yet ascended , come to the city of Hell to rescue from it those especially virtuous pre-Christians , Moses and Isaiah and the patriarchs and prophets . |
| 15 | He poked Benny in the ribs and pointed to it , a thrill of expectation going through them both . |
| 16 | Dear love , I get plenty of time to think about us these days , and I 'm more than ever grateful that I have been given such a wonderful person as you to be my wife . |
| 17 | But nonetheless — and for what it 's worth — this obsession with number seems to me sad , reductive and weird , and I wonder where it comes from ? |
| 18 | But she was laying in bed listening to them last night were n't you ? |
| 19 | Geographers need to work closely with engineers and geologists in order to share with them such wider ranging concepts as spatial analysis and emphasis on the man-land interface . |
| 20 | industrial and commercial employment needs of the area and therefore it is right that car showrooms can be provided on sites allocated under I five . |
| 21 | In the event of any Related company ceasing to be so related then ( unless the requisite rights are duly assigned to it by such Party by agreement ) each Party undertakes on request to grant to it continuing rights of a similar nature on fair and reasonable terms . |
| 22 | When I moved to Cornwall to live with them first , their home was a bracing , windswept ( take your pick ! ) clifftop cottage at Widemouth Bay , three miles from Bude on the North Cornish coast . |
| 23 | They did not often visit us , for Dad called on them several times every week , being a good and generous brother . |
| 24 | Like Mary Kingsley she was down-to-earth and when her expedition reached Abu Simbel she was horrified to see that the colossal figure of Rameses II was disfigured by plaster left on it fifty years before by an enthusiastic cast-maker . |