Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] [vb mod] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos old Ken used to have to an old ar aluminium one did n't he ? |
| 2 | ‘ We are going to start to combat the transport congestion and make the investment in communications without which commercial Britain will judder to an expensive and dangerous halt in a very few years . |
| 3 | Mr Kinnock said : ‘ We are going to start to combat the transport congestion and make investment in communications without which commercial Britain will judder to an expensive halt in a very few years . |
| 4 | Few can seriously suppose that removal of the Soviet ‘ threat ’ in Latin America will lead to a fundamental revision of American policy and behaviour in that part of the world , whatever slogans will now be used to justify armed interventions and de-stabilisations . |
| 5 | Latin America will feature in the Lent materials , probably Christian Aid Week , and will be highlighted in the Festival . |
| 6 | He may have hoped that the Christian democratic MRP would rally to a clearly articulated Gaullist constitution . |
| 7 | Occasionally male Platies will squabble over the available females , so it 's a good idea to prevent this happening by keeping just one male to a group of females . |
| 8 | Stephen Lippard and John Caradonna of Columbia University , New York , working with Michael Crait and Mohinder Singh of the Medical Research Council 's Molecular Biology Laboratory at Cambridge , have shown that cis- DDP can bond to a double stranded chain of DNA as well ( Journal of the American Chemical Society , vol 104 , p 5793 ) . |
| 9 | Lucky Jim may survive in the memory as a series of farcical moments , but it is also a tightly plotted novel ; The Green Man ( 1969 ) , a nightmarish ghost-story , has one of the most ingenious plots in English fiction . |
| 10 | It has been suggested that the club would pay Knighton £1m as compensation , which would then be added to the price-tag Midani would put on the Edwards stake . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm quite sure Dora can do without the services of an emissary , ’ she said coolly and his laughter echoed across the empty garden . |
| 12 | He stumbled to his feet and looked frantically about him , because although no self-respecting Gruagach would run from a danger , these creatures were too many and too huge and too angry . |
| 13 | ‘ Richard , ’ Flora said , putting her head charmingly on one side , ‘ I 'm sure poor Liz could do with a drink . |
| 14 | , Contrary to its image as an environmental disaster area , Eastern Europe could benefit from an expansion of eco-tourism , according to Duncan Fisher , director of the East-West environmental programme at the Ecological Studies Institute in London . |
| 15 | With their rudimentary networks , Eastern Europe could leap-frog to the latest technology — though that is a daydream , given that no country in the region has the expertise or the money to do so . |
| 16 | The Tykes switched from Pakistan 's Aqib Javed because he would have to be given a two-year contract under TCCB rules while 21-year-old Benjamin could sign for a year . |
| 17 | But I 'm sure John will go into a lot of detail I only needed to mention . |
| 18 | The government of the united Germany will conclude with the governments of those states which have armed forces stationed in Berlin treaties with conditions which are fair , taking into account the relations existing with the states concerned . |
| 19 | The chairman predicts that a more unified Europe will result in the kind of financial federation we see in the US , where there is one main centre in the time zone — New York ( read London ) and several satellite centres ( Frankfurt , Paris , Amsterdam ) . |
| 20 | Ordnung , consultant psychologist to the Fleet Air Arm , sets out to understand why a perfectly normal red-blooded Sloane should suffer from the terrifying desire to write stories about helicopters that can speak . |
| 21 | The special party congress , staged under the auspices of the 25-member ‘ working committee ’ that has taken over the functions of the Communist SED will last through the weekend . |
| 22 | The special party congress , staged under the auspices of the 25-member ‘ working committee ’ that has taken over the functions of the Communist SED will last through the weekend . |
| 23 | The special party congress , staged under the auspices of the 25-member ‘ working committee ’ that has taken over the functions of the Communist SED will last through the weekend . |
| 24 | As the moratorium on takeovers within the industry ceases at the end of 1993 the combined group will be in a position to be a predator and former hunter Manchester-based Granada could turn into the hunted . |
| 25 | Then the ever-watchful Jonas would come to the rescue , gently introducing a new topic so that she would shake off her mood with a diffident smile . |
| 26 | The magnitude of the overt CR will depend on the interaction of these two forms of learning and can thus be expected to diminish as the contribution of the latter increases . |
| 27 | There was speculation during the campaign that 75-year-old Mitterrand might resign before the end of his presidential term . |
| 28 | Seemingly always perky , the young Jane would swing at the speed of light and win everything on offer . |
| 29 | Paderwski and Busoni suggested young Egon should change to the piano and he never looked back . |
| 30 | Futch , 82 next birthday and a father figure among America 's great boxing trainers , is the man who calls the shots in heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe 's gym , and it 's now certain Wayne will box in a down-the-card role when Bowe defends his world title in either Washington or Atlantic City two months from now . |