Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [noun prp] [modal v] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Newmarket trainer runs Top Class in the Longchamp spectacular and the faithful backing Brittain will expect to be laughing all the way to the bank as they help themselves to the generous 40-1 on offer . |
| 2 | If you have to go away from the office on official business ES will pay for the cost of travel . |
| 3 | Unemployment is soaring in all Community countries , especially Germany , and there are worries that without urgent action Europe will plunge into recession . |
| 4 | This year 's battle of the budget is generating more anguish than any for years , John Major 's cabinet now realize what a parliamentary mess December might turn into with week-long debates on both the Queen 's speech and the budget to pack in , and worse to come in the spring , a budget combining taxes with public spending seemed a good idea at the time Norman Lamont announced it , but with November the thirtieth just a month away the political down-side is appearing , of course with a fifty billion pound deficit in the Government 's accounts this years spending round would have been hard pounding anyhow , but the usual noisy haggle over the available cash among departments is now amplified by posses of Tory backbenchers trying to head off this or that tax increase , and there 's an incentive to keep that up right through the finance bill after Christmas , since most new taxes would not come in until April . |
| 5 | BREWING and retail group Whitbread may link with a European brewer as a means of loosening its ties with Whitbread Investment Company . |
| 6 | It was bad enough that a National Front MEP should emerge as chairman of the delegation to the Swiss parliament ; worse still that one of Mr Schonhuber 's men should be vice-chairman of the delegation to Israel 's Knesset . |
| 7 | The old debt has been nagging away these last 16 years , and Moore made a point last week of reminding Bobby Robson of the hostile reception England can expect on Wednesday . |
| 8 | And when , by good fortune , they had contrived to attend some glittering function Cynthia would delight in describing it , with especial reference to the people she had met , the important positions they occupied , and the deep respect in which they held her husband . |
| 9 | For a startled second Fabia could think of nothing to say — but not so Ven . |
| 10 | United manager Keegan could push through a £750,000 deal for 22-year-old Hignett after the visit of Watford . |
| 11 | The only fight Laker would have with the big airlines thereafter was in the American courts , suing them under the anti-trust laws for driving him out of business . |
| 12 | In contrast to Foch always ready to adopt the conqueror 's pose , one foot before the other , Pétain so hated being photographed that the only portrait Repington could find in 1918 for The Times was one of him characteristically glaring at the camera . |
| 13 | It was the only sound Caroline could hear on this unusually warm afternoon . |
| 14 | " Patrick was also worried that his mother might send men here , because she knows that this is the only place Patrick could run to . " |
| 15 | ‘ It was the only argument Garvey would listen to , was n't it , lad ? ’ |
| 16 | It says other small scale RFTs will follow in the fashion of the graphical user interface GAIA follow-on , but there is unlikely to be any more big and costly new technology requests . |
| 17 | The only reason Trent could imagine for the attack was to link him to Don Roberto 's murder — this presumed that the three men were Don Roberto 's hirelings . |
| 18 | Nana could make a chocolate drink with cocoa beans and goat 's milk , and that was the only thing Martha could think of that was coloured like her . |
| 19 | ‘ The only thing Susanna can make for dinner is a reservation ! ’ |
| 20 | Quite an achievement but Ernie would put all that to one side if his 18-year-old son Mark could get to the top as a racer — although Mark gives every indication that he will stick with the short circuits and avoid the roads . |
| 21 | One member commenting on the new profile Taylor can bring to the region says : ‘ He understands what it means to run a business and what it costs to run a business . |
| 22 | If Hannah was the manager , there must be some other business Tabitha could do for her . |
| 23 | The only other reason Miranda could think of for her failure to get Adam to the altar was her success ; she knew that while many women were attracted to a man by his status , many men saw a successful businesswoman as a direct competitor . |
| 24 | When Harry asked if ‘ Mrs Molly Diamond ’ was at home , the youth slouched back along the passage , shouted ‘ Ma ’ once at the top of his voice , then carried on without change of pace towards a dismantled motorcycle Harry could see beyond the back door . |
| 25 | ‘ He might go to seven-fifty , ’ McIllvanney said dubiously , as though the price was the only possible objection Ellen might have to whoring herself . |
| 26 | On the positive side CAMRA can point to the success of the independent brewers , many of whom would not exist today but for the interest in cask ale generated by the Campaign . |