Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those of you who know me from my earlier scribblings in PFK will be well aware of my feelings in relation to our responsibilities to do our best to maintain and care for the delicate marine creatures we take from the wild . |
| 2 | She just hoped he had n't recognised her start for the violent sexual reaction it had been — a totally ridiculous reaction , she told herself , since she was n't in the least attracted to Fenton Marshall . |
| 3 | He was also considered blessed by the gods for the extraordinary good fortune he experienced on his travels . |
| 4 | Well , she 'd simply have to find the strength within herself to resist that power , she decided grimly , rising to her feet and reaching for the long black dress she 'd laid out earlier to change into . |
| 5 | Of the extra revenue raised to fight wars from 1739 to 1783 the proportion obtained from taxation stayed at around 20 per cent ; for the long French wars it was 58 per cent . |
| 6 | Their often very high and frequently untaxed earnings from gratuities at the large and lavish events at which they serve more than make up for the low basic rates they are paid , the absence of substantial fringe benefits and the existence of a short off-season in which they can not earn . |
| 7 | ‘ But for the other two groups we feel there are many factors that spoil their enjoyment or deter them from making trips . ’ |
| 8 | Stokenchurch Dog Rescue and Welfare Society is always looking for voluntary dog walkers , blankets , towels and newspaper , as well as much needed finance so that they can continue to care for the other 70 dogs they have in their kennels at present . |
| 9 | That way , you only make the effort to prepare and cook the meal once , and for the other three meals you just pull something out of the freezer and heat it up . |
| 10 | The British architects of the original partition did not see it , 70 years ago , as a supporting wall for the new Irish state they were hurriedly trying to build . |
| 11 | So here we are at the end of 1992 and I should like to thank you all for the tremendous hard work you have put into it . |
| 12 | Their names are inscribed in the Book of Enrolment and the season of Lent provides the perfect setting for the deep spiritual preparation they now journey on . |
| 13 | For the remaining eight months she will continue her TV production work with FCEI , which has been a member and partner of WACC for several years . |
| 14 | He made the cut by three strokes , and in qualifying for the final two rounds he has already guaranteed himself a place on next season 's growing satellite tour , Europe 's golfing second division . |
| 15 | He made the cut by three strokes , and in qualifying for the final two rounds he has already guaranteed himself a place on next season 's growing satellite tour , Europe 's golfing second division . |
| 16 | Tonight and for the following two nights we are privileged to welcome a quintet of American musicians specially brought together for the Guinness Spot in association with Frank Tate . |
| 17 | He rang me the next day , was very enthusiastic , but apologised that for the following two years he was only doing German opera — but that he would remember me ! |
| 18 | For the following two weeks she was to be part of an ENSA company touring remote army camps in Wales . |
| 19 | For the following twenty-seven days I approached everyone I knew , from the Bow Building Society to distant aunts , even fellow-students , but none of them showed the slightest interest in backing a young woman undergraduate to the tune of sixty pounds in order that she could buy a fruit and vegetable shop . |
| 20 | For the following three years she enjoyed a period of heady social success . |
| 21 | While it may be bad news for the top two auctioneers it seems to many that Phillips and Bonhams will both benefit , for they appear much more prepared to accept lower value items for their sales . |
| 22 | She withdrew immediately , retreating into her corner of the bench , her face expressionless but for the suspicious sidelong glance she sent him . |
| 23 | The room was silent save for the angry swishing sound she made each time she turned the magazine 's pages . |
| 24 | They were bare and shabby and if it had not been for the pretty yellow cloths she had made for the tables and the yellow and orange cushions she had covered for the chairs and the blue vase full of roses she had asked Maria to place on the chest of drawers , then they would have been dismal indeed . |
| 25 | The Endotergites or Phragmata ( Snodgrass , 1935 ) arise as transverse infoldings of the intersegmental sclerites ( see p. 43 ) and as their main function is to provide increased areas of attachment for the dorsal longitudinal muscles they are best developed in winged insects , especially those that fly actively . |
| 26 | For the past 26 years he has worked in the offices at the Courtaulds Chemicals power station on the Spondon site . |
| 27 | It just so happens that for the past sixty years it has been . |
| 28 | The welfare of these hens has been a controversial issue for many years , and for the past five years we in the Department of Animal Husbandry have been conducting research into ways of improving their welfare . |
| 29 | ‘ For the past five years we have been working hard to turn the London International Book Fair into a major event in the publishing calendar , rather than just another exhibition , and I think this year we managed to achieve that aim , ’ reflected LIBF director Brian Bradford at the end of the 22nd fair . |
| 30 | For the past five years she has devoted herself to the United Nations Children 's Fund and became its ambassador in an effort to help the world 's sick and starving children . |