Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun] [vb base] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Could not the European Community learn something from north America , where a tariff-free trade area , consisting of Canada and the United States and soon to be joined by Mexico , has been created ? |
2 | Meanwhile , as Europe 's electronics companies demand that the European Commission protect them from Japanese competition , NEC is thinking of taking a stake in Groupe Bull , France 's loss-making state-owned computer maker . |
3 | In particular , it is necessary to go beyond the examples of close relationships to political parties to consider whether the positions some groups enjoy in relation to the political system owe nothing to particular party allegiances . |
4 | This ensures the lower shoots receive plenty of light . |
5 | The swirling shapes remind me of those kitsch 1960s lamps . |
6 | Orientalising wisdom has it that the rural masses know nothing about politics and are satisfied with the new commodity economy generated by the privatisation of land . |
7 | Being both an exotic and a carnivore , it has started out with a double disadvantage , and sections of the rural population hate it with an intensity normally reserved for foxes or , worse , polecats . |
8 | Some , like chickweed and poppies , have seeds that lie dormant in the soil for long periods until the right conditions trigger them to life . |
9 | The haughty Servants meet him with a Frown . |
10 | … the working class think nothing of getting married on the dole . |
11 | And it will be an exclusivist world in which the rich countries insulate themselves from the pressure of migration , and the threat of terrorism . |
12 | How will the Scottish Office separate one from the other ? |
13 | The brief accounts in the narrative sources say nothing about Charles . |
14 | The English Catholics want me to be Queen of England , not her . |
15 | Erm Harrogate er is a borough that 's enjoyed an enormous er growth in prosperity and economic activity during the erm exciting er yuppie years of Mrs Thatcher the mid eighties and erm er was indeed one of the I think one of the most wealthy boroughs , one of the highest economic activity rate levels , the Civic Society tell us in their papers it was paying the highest rates and all these sort of indicators , but with as so much of that period it turned out to be er a bubble and a chimera and er the borough has experienced some very severe erm er closures in recent years . |
16 | I only hope that the civic authorities have them under better control than they seem to be here . |
17 | Did the British government offer anything like as good a deal as the Spanish government ? |
18 | The ‘ space ’ of modern astronomy may arouse terror , or bewilderment or vague reverie ; the spheres of the old writers present us with an object in which the mind can rest , overwhelming in its greatness but satisfying in its harmony . |
19 | I was still under a care order so the Social Services put me in a hostel . |
20 | Officer or the Civil Power warn us of that . |
21 | The fortunate survivors find themselves with a wealth of food and very little competition in which to grow to their maximum potential . |
22 | The splendid beaches await you in Maratea |
23 | What does this survey of the impact of the second wave tell us about the likely impact of the third wave in the 1990s and the consequences for developing managers ? |
24 | The second key let them into a vaulted stone cellar , and groping torch in hand along the far wall behind the piled casks of wine , Thomas brushed the cobwebs from a low , insignificant door . |
25 | If Flavia 's passion and occasional petulance in the second book diminish her from the dedicated Elphberg to a woman of lesser breed , she becomes more individual , a more positive key to the course of a story which , as compelling as The Prisoner of Zenda in its chases and escapes , its dark streets and darker forests , and as strongly tied by the theme of honour , is subtly more human than its predecessor . |
26 | The Liberal Democrats support it as their one chance of grasping real political power . |
27 | If they did , would the silvery dust mean anything to them ? |
28 | The official ones get it from the government back home , the rest have to earn it . |
29 | It ends : ‘ Will the tight budget bring us to a grinding halt ? |
30 | The younger generation know her as everybody 's mum in Blind Date and Surprise Surprise . |