Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lord Peyton has the right to stick to his guns and he 's disinclined to give in after the majority he won last time . |
| 2 | It was felt that the Stand we had last year was well worthwhile . |
| 3 | Or were the acts which produced this end so far away from them in time that somehow the temporal distance anaesthetised reality ? |
| 4 | Continuing up the easy gradient of the ridge we made frequent stops to admire the icy crest and fearsome north west face of Chamlang , soaring skywards . |
| 5 | In the vote on the NUM motion three factors helped to tip the balance in favour of the Labour leadership : the NUM lacked the support it commanded last month at Blackpool from Nalgo , the local government officers ' union , since the latter is not affiliated to the party ; the pro-nuclear EETPU , absent from Blackpool since its expulsion from the TUC , cast its votes in favour of the leadership 's stance ; and Ucatt , the construction union , previously in favour of the 15-year deadline , has recently withdrawn its opposition to the policy review plan . |
| 6 | The GP who made that referral should understand the options available and the implications of his referral . |
| 7 | The writer who adapted this H.E.Bates piece clearly understood that viewers want to feel cosy , and programmes such as this have a feel-good factor . |
| 8 | Because of his absence from the trial he forfeited all rights to appeal . |
| 9 | Gray had told the board he needed three years to build a top side . |
| 10 | No other contact with the board was required of the business heads , although each had a contact on the board who provided ongoing support . |
| 11 | Of the climbers who made written comment , the majority were in favour of a bolt placement . |
| 12 | The catalyst which provoked that indignation was the appearance in their lives of a wealthy businessman , Peter Shand Kydd who had recently returned to Britain after selling a sheep farm in Australia . |
| 13 | ‘ After leaving the RAF he had several interviews , but had not been lucky . |
| 14 | On my return late in the afternoon I saw two SS soldiers outside our front door . |
| 15 | In the afternoon he visited various people who had been on friendly terms with the dead man . |
| 16 | ‘ If that was the case I found great difficulty in seeing how he could get permission from my local authority to license me , ’ he said . |
| 17 | During December of 1847 it was decided that the inhabitants deserved toilets and Joseph Braithwaite was given the contract which included 10 peat houses . |
| 18 | Did you hear about the wally who went fly fishing ? |
| 19 | I know this is a crime , and so does my father , and I think that sometimes he regrets the decision he made seventeen years ago , in his hippy-anarchist days , or whatever they were . |
| 20 | In complementary essays on Josiah Wedgwood , McKendrick ( 1983 : 100–45 ) and Forty ( 1986 : 13–41 ) chart the strategies which fostered new patterns of emulation and marketing , and the birth of the modern professional designer . |
| 21 | It is for this reason that for the central part of the projects we selected representative variables that occur frequently and can therefore be quantified in terms of the full range of speaker-variables . |
| 22 | See that ladder you 've got , you know the bit you had this morning ? |
| 23 | In the great hall henchmen were laying tables for the banquet and the air was thick with the tangy wholesome odour of cooking from the kitchen which made both men 's mouths water . |
| 24 | As Emily Mahon stood in the kitchen she hoped that Nan would be warm and pleasant to her father this morning . |
| 25 | Matthew Brady , senior butcher from Walthamstow , was another of the brave who endured 26 miles of sweat and pain to complete the London Marathon . |
| 26 | Several blind people complained of the excessive concern over their inability to make eye contact with clients and the difficulty they had convincing teaching staff that they could cope . |
| 27 | The Irish ‘ Rule of the Anchorites ’ is essentially similar to the rules which regulated anchoritic practice in Egypt , Syria and the Holy Land . |
| 28 | The exposure it received this year was an all-time record . |
| 29 | First , even the commanders who authorised such attacks did not justify them as legitimate in themselves , but only as reprisals : a use of means unlawful in themselves but legitimate in retaliation against unlawful attacks by the enemy . |
| 30 | When they grew up and went off into the wild I suffered dreadful pangs . |