Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Taking a big step up price-wise puts us in real working musician territory , with a notional £1500 to spend .
2 But the mention of a ‘ jubilant horn ’ in Jagdlied or ‘ jangling spurs ’ in Reiselied stirs him to immediate response , and in the dreamy melancholy of Schilflied or the elfin scherzo tinged with drama of Neue Liebe ( with which the disc artfully opens ) we can see the song writer he could have been had his general approach been different .
3 Oakeshott 's theory in general provides us with profound insights not only into the nature of government and law , but more especially in helping us to make sense of the British constitution .
4 They were , generally speaking , well informed about international politics and had a sceptical attitude to news ; they discussed their government 's internal policies and decrees , in particular relating them to different conceptions of government , freedom and justice : their talk of socialism , democracy , dictatorship was by no means purely theoretical .
5 The defendant had some reason for wishing to weigh the boilers ; and he could do so only by obtaining permission from the plaintiff , which he did obtain by promising to return them in good condition .
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