Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [adv] [vb past] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The popularity of programmes therefore did become a factor in BBC calculations in a qualitatively different way from previously . |
| 2 | After 1400 , it has been noted , lawyers in the Parlement of Paris consistently tried to show the respectability of their soldier-clients by underlining their service to the king and the public good : ‘ … a longuement servy le roy ’ ; ‘ … tient frontier contre les enemis ’ ; ‘ … il a esté grevé car lui estant en expedicion pour la chose publique ’ are phrases which , when used regularly , tell us something of the values of the society in which they are uttered , and of the soldier 's role in it . |
| 3 | What was more they could not , or claimed they could not , pay taxes , direct or indirect , so that the king of France soon came to feel the impact on his fiscal policy of English raids into certain parts of his kingdom . |
| 4 | ‘ The Duke of Buckingham then stood to deliver an harangue , ’ Edward went on . |
| 5 | Areas with a relatively high density of children also seemed to have a higher incidence ( table V ) , but a combined analysis was dominated by the recent oil impact measure . |
| 6 | Although such incidents rankled , the cutter crews ' sense of humour soon surfaced to erase the bad memories . |
| 7 | A further eight per cent of pupils also appeared to make an assumption about the relationships between cubes and hand spans and concluded that Robert was not taller than Dean . |
| 8 | The easy explanation points to the personality of Mr Kinnock — and it probably is true that the Labour leader 's worthiness and lack of grasp of detail probably did damage the Labour cause . |
| 9 | A more radical review of the system for service abroad had to await the Tenth Session of the Conference in 1964 . |
| 10 | Oh , by the way , ’ Luke said , locking the door behind them , ‘ Bob Tilling in Accounts just happened to mention the other day that you had settled an invoice for a piece we made for a client in Sherwood Forest . ’ |
| 11 | In the case of Primo Nebiolo , the mere fact of being in Gateshead suddenly seemed to give the president of the International Amateur Athletic Federation a fluency in the English language he had not erstwhile possessed . |
| 12 | No one in Iceland ever wanted to cross the Circle he said , except for one man , the vicar of Grimsey . |
| 13 | THE England manager , Keith Fletcher , said rowdy behaviour by sections of a frenzied 45,000 crowd watching the third and final Test in Bombay yesterday had marred an otherwise perfect performance by India . |
| 14 | COUNCILLORS in Midlothian yesterday decided to increase the district 's council house rents for the first time in four years . |
| 15 | PARENTS at a small church primary in Dunblane yesterday voted to become the first in Scotland to take over the running of their school . |
| 16 | Many variations in shape quickly emerged to explore the potential . |
| 17 | An emergency government spending package on Tuesday only seemed to encourage the sell-off . |
| 18 | The Royal Commission on Population also tended to endorse the view that a stationary population was possibly not a bad thing considering the way in which the economy could be regulated . |
| 19 | The parries in opposition to Government now decided to infiltrate the police and also to influence government servants . |
| 20 | students without jobs clearly wanted to use the IT skills acquired on their Advanced Courses in the world of work ; |
| 21 | All seven of them at table together had shrunk the kitchen , and they were in noisy , exuberant enjoyment of boiled beef and carrots . |