Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Oct. 25 France announced the suspension of aid , and the last French troops were withdrawn on Oct. 30 in spite of calls from the opposition for them to remain to prevent more killing . |
| 2 | The complexities of these situations are shown by the case of an applicant and his family who left what was described as an ‘ overcrowded tin or galvanised structure with no basic amenities ’ in Bangladesh and who were treated as intentionally homeless by one London borough ( who considered that it was reasonable for them to continue to occupy that accommodation ) but not intentionally homeless by a second London borough who referred the applicant back to the first . |
| 3 | In this case , it is not unusual for them to decide to get another dog to keep their first dog company , and this is where the problems can arise — especially if the second dog is younger , or of a more submissive character . |
| 4 | Johnny Cooper thought it almost impossible that three men carrying only sixty small bombs between them had created such havoc and destruction . |
| 5 | But at least he had released her from that disturbing contact with his wide , strong chest and firm encircling arms , and the physical contact between them had brought one thing home to her very clearly — such a thing must definitely not happen again , or these next months would be utterly impossible . |
| 6 | In New York alone Christie 's and Sotheby 's between them have mustered eleven oil paintings , thirteen drawings , two bronzes , seventeen prints , six illustrated books , two watercolours and a collage . |
| 7 | I felt this was a chance for me to put to rest one way or another this thing that had been nagging at me for such a long time . ’ |
| 8 | Absolutely now I mean i i it 's interesting for women because I suppose in Australia I was a Republican and here I suppose I thought I saw about two erm now for me to have used that word thirty years ago I would possibly have been locked in the garden shed and left without food and drink |
| 9 | Can you imagine how bitter it is for me to have to write that sentence ? |
| 10 | After what had happened last time , he 'd need to earn her trust before he could assume it . |
| 11 | The only money they put in to the chief executives and their two yearly pay re review performances that they get , for cutting other people 's wages or contracting Health Services and for somebody to have to travel that distance for a , to die , is absolutely appalling and it 's a disgrace . |
| 12 | Age hopes its early move will gain it market support ahead of competitors such as Leeds , UK-based Visionware Ltd and Ontorio , Canada-based Hummingbird Communications Ltd , both of whom intend to release similar 32-bit products once NT emerges . |
| 13 | Two patients were taking antihypertensive drugs ( one captopril and frusemide and the other methyldopa ) , one of whom had impaired renal function and had required laser therapy for retinopathy . |
| 14 | This group comprised 25 patients ( 12 men and 13 women ) with a mean age of 51 years ( range 30–74 ) , all of whom had documented chronic liver disease ( clinical , biochemical , and histological criteria ) with patient portal vein as shown radiologically . |
| 15 | This ‘ literary ’ slant to the drama 's content is an important contrast with all previous pioneers , most of whom had given little attention to content . |
| 16 | Twelve patients with ulcerative colitis ( eight pancolitis and four left sided colitis ; age 22–70 years ; five were on sulphasalazine and two on prednisolone 10 and 30 mg ) and 15 patients with Crohn 's disease ( one of whom had undergone ileal resection ) ( six ileal and pancolitis , one left sided colitis , six ileal and two small intestinal ; age 18–70 years ; 13 were on no treatment , one on 10 mg prednisolone and one on sulphasalazine ) were studied . |
| 17 | How would you apply the principles of horizontal and vertical equity in deciding how much to tax two people , each capable of doing the same work , but one of whom chooses to devote more time to sun-bathing and therefore has a lower income ? |
| 18 | Curran also revealed that the Dublin soccer writers , most of whom appear to have written-off Derry 's challenge , have provided the motivation that might just make the difference . |
| 19 | Stellenbosch Farmers may sound like some sort of village team but they are an invitation XI , most of whom have played representative cricket in South Africa or abroad . |
| 20 | One of several players to have come into the Armagh side of late to join the more experienced brigade , Mark is following in the footsteps of two of Killeavey 's most distinguished players , Gareth and Padraig O'Neill , both of whom have given great service to the county . |
| 21 | In general practice the type of psychologist most used is the chartered clinical psychologist , many of whom have had specific training in psychotherapy . |
| 22 | This form of acquired dyslexia is sometimes called pure alexia or alexia without agraphia , the reason being that , as a rule , these patients have no impairment of writing or spelling , and so they contrast with patients having other kinds of acquired dyslexia , all of whom have had impaired writing and spelling as well as impaired reading . |
| 23 | Special Branch , which works closely with MI5 , has its own computer system which keeps records on many millions of people none of whom have committed any offence ( if they had they would be on the Police National Computer ) split into 27 different groups such as ‘ interesting ’ , ‘ controversial ’ and ‘ subversive ’ . |
| 24 | [ That this House calls upon the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and the Minister of State for Overseas Development to grant Aid Trade Provision Cover and ECGD cover over three years from 1992 to enable Communication Supplies Ltd. to continue to export further System X telephone exchanges and ancillary equipment to Kenya , which they have done successfully for the past seven years ; and furthermore notes that the Kenyan Government considers this project as top of their list of priorities for trade with the United Kingdom , and the project will save and provide many thousands of jobs throughout the United Kingdom and will lead to repeat business for many years to come , and that if funding is not forthcoming the contract will be lost to the United Kingdom and awarded to either Japanese , French or Italian companies , all of whom have shown open interest . ] |
| 25 | I had been so in love with her , and a part of me needed to mourn that loss of feeling . |
| 26 | While such figures can not , of course , be seen as precise indicators of opinion , the downward trend apparent in all of them does suggest that devotion to the Führer — or at least the readiness to declare such devotion in public — had fallen rapidly by the time of the Stalingrad débâcle . |
| 27 | Of the teachers we spoke to , two-fifths reported that they had rearranged their furniture , and well over nine-tenths of them had made some kind of change to their classrooms as a direct consequence of suggestions or recommendations made to them as part of the Primary Needs Programme . |
| 28 | By 1811 only some rural parishes were without any provision , while most of them had registered some improvement over the seventeenth century . |
| 29 | Neither of them had breakfasted that morning . |
| 30 | 1910 is the year in which the Cubist painters , other than Picasso and Braque , came together as a conscious group , although many of them had known each other earlier . |