Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have already pointed out that clarinets in unison with high trumpets give them increased roundness of tone and certainty of attack . |
| 2 | The round-headed silhouette of the Scottish Fold gained it many admirers , although some felt it looked too sad . |
| 3 | It cleaned up the European Car of the Year award for 1992 against some formidable competition , though only two out of the seven British judges gave it top ranking . |
| 4 | On the death of Pope Pius XII he wrote : ‘ One of my favourite phrases brings me great comfort : we are not on earth as museum-keepers , but to cultivate a flourishing garden of life and to prepare a glorious future ’ ( Capovilla , 1978a , p. 481 ) . |
| 5 | The British official behind his high desk asked me numerous questions which I did n't understand . |
| 6 | With the lack of repeated high crosses to test him last saturday , though , it remains to be seen ; but the signs are good . |
| 7 | Those who depend solely on their licensed dealers to find them another Polly Peck ( probably the most spectacular penny share success ever ) are probably doomed to disappointment If they are lucky , they will be the blind led by the blind . |
| 8 | He has been accused of being an agent of the CIA , and Ethiopian security gave him 48 hours to leave the country in August 1978 , but no one has found any evidence to confirm these rumours , ‘ I think it 's very unlikely that Ethiopian security would expel somebody on the basis of baseless rumours , ’ White says . |
| 9 | The compromise of an extendible lead gives him some freedom to wander but it does give rise to ‘ incidents ’ . |
| 10 | The involvement of influential people , including many heterosexuals , in all areas of public life ; the high visibility of figures such as Ian McKellen and Michael Cashman ; the size and nature of the demonstrations and direct actions made it great television material . |
| 11 | He was rather vague about that , so my Hon. Friend asked him more questions . |
| 12 | But he will have cause to resent his treatment by campaign organisers given Mr Kinnock 's unequivocal pledge to appoint him Foreign Secretary in a Labour government . |
| 13 | An informed insider told me last night : ‘ It is absolutely certain that Nigel has done the deal . |
| 14 | that we should not have been asked to comment on … the way the curriculum would be affected by these materials and how the school itself would be looking at its way of using them , other than perhaps information skills where we could help them with commercial publications to give them some ideas . |
| 15 | In fact , the anomalous status gave him greater leeway . |
| 16 | that the most luxurious vegetation of spontaneous growth affords us certain proof that the soil which has produced it will prove equally favourable for the production of the usual objects of culture ( George Finlayson Mission to Siam and Hué … in the years 1821–2 ( 1826 ) p.57 ) |
| 17 | His lively personality won him many well-wishers at the time and those fans did n't forget him on his birthday . |
| 18 | Then the social worker got us this flat and Keith moved in with us , and he stayed until just before Christmas , and we 've been on our own ever since . |
| 19 | ‘ Four different priests gave me conditional absolution before they got me out . |
| 20 | I hope that this historical survey gives you some insight into the work that has been carried on regarding AI , in particular expert systems , for the maintenance of aircraft within the RAF . |
| 21 | ‘ Re-order the household , gather our possessions and , when the Council of Scottish lords sends us safe conduct , travel north to the border . ’ |
| 22 | Chartered towns paid him annual rents , known as fee-farms , in return for their privileges . |
| 23 | Three different horses won it four years running . |
| 24 | I have n't thought of Victoria , whose sexual peccadilloes gave me such pain , for days . |
| 25 | The advantages of the Lucas bus is that the rubber tyres give it better grip on steel and help to reduce shocks on the chassis . |
| 26 | Rigor rules north of the Tyne ; numerical and adjectival grades tell you different things — as they are meant to . |
| 27 | She says the Foreign Office gave them little information . |
| 28 | As we noted earlier , one of the reasons why Franco ultimately revised his former anti-western attitudes was that the crisis of economic autarchy left him little choice . |
| 29 | AN intriguing story has it that Traffic Minister Kenneth Carlisle 's American wife Carla , after attending the Sorbonne , spent three years in France lecturing on poultry . |
| 30 | It protected their backs , and protruding flanges gave them some cover on both sides . |