Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gave him a stiff sentence in a House of Correction to teach him better ways . |
| 2 | A foal requires about one pint of colostrum to give it sufficient antibiotics to help fight neonatal infections . |
| 3 | This translates into an average eighteen pounds reduction in council tax for a band E dwelling which could be passed on to council tax payers in their ninety four , ninety five bills or of course allows them more flexibility in their general financial planning . |
| 4 | Their publication was a speculation which — so far as it made me known & procured me employment in Zoological drawing — answered my expectations — but in matters of money occasioned me considerable loss . |
| 5 | Night Goblin shamans are allowed to gobble pieces of mushroom to give them extra power , while Forest Goblin shamans are immune to ‘ Eadbangin ’ thanks to the spider venom flowing through their veins . |
| 6 | The first law of thermodynamics tells us that energy may be converted from one form to another without any of it being destroyed . |
| 7 | Apart from the counties a number of urban areas had grown up and many of these had been granted Charters of Incorporation giving them varying powers of local administration . |
| 8 | I have made it a point of honour to spare you moral blackmail of the ‘ Do you honestly suppose for a single moment that I would be capable of stooping to such beastliness ? ’ variety , and I shall not waver even at this supreme moment . |
| 9 | The archers have a lighter corselets of scale mail and powerful bows constructed of alternating layers of wood to give them great power and range . |
| 10 | Some themes of the assembly therefore were giver of life sustain your creation spirit of truth set us free spirit of unity reconcile your people Holy Spirit transform and sanctify us . |
| 11 | ‘ Methinks its motion in this hush of nature Gives it dim sympathies with me who live Making it a companionable form , Whose puny flaps and freaks the idling spirit By its own moods interprets , everywhere Echo or mirror seeking of itself , And makes a toy of Thought . |
| 12 | The Fractal Geometry of Nature reminds us that mathematics can surprise us with insights into the world in which we live ; it has the most beautiful graphics 1 have ever seen in a mathematics book . |
| 13 | Mrs Bennett , still at Hillmarden House , Edna in Cornwall and Karen in a temporary post , sent almost identical cards : a baby in a muslin-trimmed cot surrounded by blue birds and butterflies , the only difference being the unfortunate — at least , to Celia — personal wording in Edna 's which ran , May your long-awaited bundle of joy bring you lasting happiness . |
| 14 | The new law of prohibition of alcohol afforded them marvellous matter for the pleading of the liberty of men and women against the tyranny of majorities , and they sang or preached several eloquent perorations in praise of freedom . |
| 15 | And the House of Lords provides them with the only forum in the western world in which an accident of birth assures them legislative power . |
| 16 | Nails liked her company better than that of his father ; his new way of life gave him considerable satisfaction . |
| 17 | Fifty pounds worth of petrol gives you one pound off . |
| 18 | The first is , where is Lincoln going , Lincolnshire going to left after the local erm , government commission put their proposals forward and the government have a look at them , and then secondly , what our , as we note from Item Eleven , a fuller report will be brought to this sub-committee when the local government staff commission or the Secretary of State to give us definitive advice . |
| 19 | At this point the poet ‘ takes off ’ and in a moment of vision tells us that Man 's ‘ greatness ’ is derived from early childhood experiences — provided that we have contributed something from ourselves to the bare impressions . |
| 20 | The existence of monopoly denies them that opportunity , and this is manifest in the inevitable reduction in total surplus . |
| 21 | Elizabeth Garrett Anderson , one of the few qualified women physicians , replied to Maudsley on this point , acknowledging that pubescent girls were severely taxed , but arguing that the quiet routine of school afforded them adequate protection . |
| 22 | The Court of Appeal made it nine years . |
| 23 | Then , like a host who becomes most animated when his guests are leaving , this leader of the campaign against garrulousness gave me succinct directions to Old Aberdeen . |
| 24 | Religion acts as a restraining force on human nature , and er , raises people , as it were , to a higher , to a higher level , by for example giving them more proscriptions , like the ten commandments . |
| 25 | Eventually , though , they got their man , and the wait was worth it because the greatest vocal stylist in rock gave us two hours of inspired Gaelic mumbo-jumbo that was tough , joyful , sometimes sad , but ultimately fluid , festive and free , a celebration , a party for 1,800 delighted fans . |
| 26 | In order to ease it many diversions are tried . |
| 27 | Sometimes this may feel like a military strategy and it is quite in order to treat it this way : to plot and plan to take the fortress which is your imaginary castle , your silent , fertile abode , despite the background of your everyday tasks and obligations . |
| 28 | Boudiaf had met the leaders of eight opposition parties on Feb. 9 in order to give them prior notice of the measures . |
| 29 | They begged him to desist , in order to give them some words of edification , and for two consecutive hours he proceeded to give them excellent exhortations , while at the same time never ceasing his writing — and all the while what he was writing was not the same as what he was speaking . |
| 30 | In order to give you some idea of the boundaries of the propositions these are numbered in the extract given above . |