Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [noun pl] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His blood-soaked body was still warm when officers found it near the A30 road on Wednesday night . |
| 2 | Sun/Star readers were more likely than others to have no preference at all in 1986 ( despite voting in 1987 ) , and at the same time , those Sun/Star readers who did have a preference in 1986 were more likely than others to change it during the next year ( Table 8.16 ) . |
| 3 | Women were found to be more likely than men to poison themselves after receiving psychotropics , and patients aged between 15 and 29 years had the highest rates . |
| 4 | The distance estimate is important because astronomers use it as the first rung in the distance ladder they extend across the Universe . |
| 5 | The abnormal thinness of the egg shells of many hawks and eagles was evident when ornithologists compared them with carefully dated specimens collected before DDT was invented . |
| 6 | Electrical engineer David Schoo , 45 and his 35-year-old wife Sharon were stunned as police put them in handcuffs when their plane landed at Chicago airport . |