Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [verb] [verb] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Established British companies had exploited the first whiff of pop vitality , with ABPC putting the saccharine personality of Cliff Richard through his paces in The Young Ones ( 1961 ) , a let's-have-a-show musical where all possibility of an interesting inter-generation clash is defused by the fact that its hero works for , and adores , his father , the property developer who wants to destroy the youth club ; and Summer Holiday ( 1962 ) , in which Cliff and the Shadows drive a London bus to Rome , pursued by the mother of the teen star they are thought to have kidnapped . |
| 2 | Some west German firms plan to spend the next three years lobbying to incorporate eastern-style flexibility into western wage deals . |
| 3 | My background is in publicity and public relations having spent the last ten years producing a variety of literature , press releases and editing several in-house magazines for two engineering companies — , a road machinery manufacturer and most recently which manufactures valves , pump and pipe systems for the H&V industry . |
| 4 | Run-down old cows have gained a third in value because their meat is popular in France — and still cheap because sterling is 20 per cent weaker against the franc . |
| 5 | The Canadian courts have taken the first step , by accepting that the media has a qualified privilege to publish information ( which later turns out to be false ) about a possible public health hazard . |
| 6 | Previous albums have included the first eight now on Mercury , the final couple on Silvertone . |
| 7 | BOWLS : Scotland 's Hugh Duff , the 1988 world indoor singles champion making a second title bid , cruised into the second round of the Midland Bank 's £135,000 tournament at the Guild Hall , Preston , yesterday , defeating Northern Ireland teenager Ian McClure 3–1 . |
| 8 | Longman the least seasonally biased of the three struggled to break even in the first half and this removed the normal pattern of Longman 's half-year profits helping to offset the first half losses of the other two businesses but before we get too depressed er I point out that Addison Wesley s sales were up by eleven percent and the size of the first half loss reflects the company 's decision to gear up in advance er , for what we w believe will be a very strong er , second er , half performance . |
| 9 | Many no doubt sincere Christians continued to celebrate the first day of January in defiance of their clergy 's disapproval , or liked to greet the rising sun from the steps into the church , and , most of all , to attend the great festive games and shows . |
| 10 | Even cracked pots have found a second life as lamp bases . |
| 11 | After 1870 industrialization and urbanization entered a new phase , which economic historians have designated the second industrial revolution to distinguish it from the coming of industry to Britain over a century earlier . |
| 12 | While most of the Manc pack ran aground by the time their debut albums hit the bargain bins , these ugly ducklings have started the second lap with their feathers unruffled and their rhythms decidedly unflurried . |
| 13 | The Californian authorities have announced the first form of public transport to be powered by alternative energy sources . |
| 14 | Other authors have used the second interpretation in connection with the same platforms . |
| 15 | Recent accessions have included the first American edition of Joseph Black 's Lectures on the elements of Chemistry , ( Philadelphia : 1807 ) ; a Paris edition of John Barclay 's Argenis printed in 1621 , and an item believed to have been printed in Edinburgh about 1800 entitled ‘ A Pleasant Humourous and satyrical poem ’ , part one of which calls on young women to ‘ embrace the pure and holy state of matrimony ’ : part two ‘ contains excellent directions in the choice of a husband … ’ |
| 16 | Their single-minded preoccupation , you see , is to hang on to their present decade and hold off the Rubicon-crossing birthday beyond which grandmotherhood and whiskered chins threaten to throttle the last vestiges of good-time glamour . |
| 17 | Southampton v Manchester C Howard Kendall watches from the stand as his new charges attempt to resist the First Division 's most prolific attack . |
| 18 | O'Rourke appeared in court on Sept. 17 and pleaded guilty to misdemeanour charges of embezzlement and misuse of public funds which carried a possible prison sentence of up to one year ; under the terms of a plea bargain arrangement , the federal prosecutors agreed to drop the third and more serious felony charge . |