Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [adv] [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1947 all the London dailies except The Times , Daily Mirror and Daily Worker printed large editions in Manchester , and the Daily Mail and Daily Express also printed in Scotland ( until 1966 and 1974 respectively ) . |
| 2 | One interesting case nevertheless arose on Tehran radio , in an excerpt from Communique No 47 of 25 September 1980 . |
| 3 | The total book value of US direct investment overseas rose from $12 billion in 1950 to $78 billion in 1970 . |
| 4 | The West German Chancellor also fell into line with his French allies by agreeing that the Community should try to be ready to implement the economic union when the single market came fully into operation on January 1 , 1993 . |
| 5 | Only he had watched , fascinated , as the pool of blood collecting around the spilt innards suddenly burst its confines and set off down the road , finding its way slowly and with difficulty , its bright fresh surface soon matted with dust and drowning insects . |
| 6 | The hon. Gentleman also referred to Lothian ; there are sufficient places on Lothian and Edinburgh Enterprise Ltd. to meet demand . |
| 7 | She tried to make Martha speak high English at home as if she were still in school , but the old woman often lapsed into patois herself . |
| 8 | Fiscal policy also moved towards restriction , with the important exception of the United States : in Europe and Japan , policy became more restrictive to the tune of around 1½ per cent of GDP . |
| 9 | The author worked alongside Maxwell for many years and his career at the Daily Mirror also ended in disgrace with his sacking , soon after the publishers death . |
| 10 | Although the bishopric of Nin was abolished and the Latin rite eventually triumphed in Croatia , Grgur Ninski 's assertion of the individuality of the Croat nation provided a spiritual sanction to Tomislav 's claims to kingship . |
| 11 | With the wily Administrator also arrested for treason the First Elder agrees to release both the TARDIS and Maitland 's ship — on condition no further human expeditions will journey to the Sense-Sphere … |
| 12 | The earliest extensions or additions may be discreetly sited and carefully designed , but very quickly the hut syndrome is underway and the house is rapidly surrounded by one- or two-storey flat-roofed extensions of the very utilitarian kind mercilessly caricatured by Osbert Lancaster . |
| 13 | Real income actually fell on average for the five years to September 1978 . |
| 14 | She needed a short cultural briefing session for a Japanese employee newly arrived in Manchester . |
| 15 | Similar intervention apparently occurred in RENFE in the 1985 bargaining round when an improved offer was made following a meeting between confederal leaders of the UGT and the minister of transport ( see ch. 7 ) . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , the discussions broke down in acrimony on May 22 after the Japanese delegation raised the issue of a Japanese woman allegedly abducted by North Korean agents 13 years earlier . |
| 17 | During the May and June protests journalists took a leading part in demanding greater freedom of the press , and sympathetic reports of the pro-democracy movement briefly appeared in newspapers and broadcasts . |
| 18 | Her fury with the diabolical man nearly went into orbit , though , when , once more pinning his dark-eyed look on her , he drawled , ‘ Just hanging on to him while he 's good for the rent , is that it ? ’ and , having made up his mind to that , seemed not to require an answer . |
| 19 | AN ATTEMPT to inflate the historical nugget of Shane into one vast indictment of America , this symptomatic disaster also served to gun down the Western for ten years . |
| 20 | Mairi was furious when after a while Luch started to take long to return with the bucket , but it did her no good ; the wee lass often vanished for hours at a time , in spite of the scoldings she got when she returned late . |
| 21 | The six-point joint statement also agreed on co-operation in shipping , communications , scientific surveys , and combating piracy and drug trafficking . |
| 22 | A separate document also released on June 7 , on NATO 's " core security functions " , was widely regarded as representing the United States perspective , and reiterated that " the security of North America is permanently tied to the security of Europe " . |
| 23 | Iraqi oil-processing plant also came under fire from Iran . |
| 24 | What the lorry did for goods , the omnipresent omnibus soon did for passengers . |
| 25 | But the friendly bobby never dreamed of Malcolm Fairley 's true identity ’ . |
| 26 | The 3 times Grand national winner never raced at Cheltenham . |
| 27 | His exceptional progress soon led to exhibition matches and tours of western Europe , and on to America , where his family settled in 1920 . |
| 28 | Average annual household disposable income now stood at £18,251 compared with £9,201 in 1982 , a growth in real terms of 16 per cent . |
| 29 | The ancient-astronaut industry really got under way in 1969 , with the first English-language publication of a book called Chariots of the Gods ? , by Erich von Däniken . |
| 30 | Quite a large group apparently went to work as compositors in the south of England , if that is the right interpretation to put on the mention " gone to Colchester " which is recorded against the names of some women in the trade-union membership registers which are the chief source for this information . |