Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [pron] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The element of time is a chief cause of those difficulties in economic investigations which make it necessary for man with his limited powers to go step by step ; breaking up a complex question , studying one bit at a time , and at last combining his partial solutions into a more or less complete solution of the whole riddle . |
| 2 | Helping Dr Kennedy in this campaign is a group of Labour supporters who want their national party to abandon its opposition to organising in Northern Ireland . |
| 3 | When approached by a possible killer they hide their real heads and raise up the tips of their tails . |
| 4 | This ‘ mistake ’ is itself the result of a failure to recognize the ontological status of the novel , i.e. the irreducible indeterminacy which leaves it open to multiple interpretations . |
| 5 | These have been recreated using an amazing new British technique which makes it possible to produce accurate facsimiles of ancient bodies . |
| 6 | As I get her into a fresh pair of rubber knickers I feel something cold on my face . |
| 7 | Did you hear that thing about the old geezer who chopped his old man off ? |
| 8 | The works in a collection like New Hall 's while they engage with some of these issues about women 's lack and absence from history , at the same time abrogate the very claim that women have not and can not command a semantic field which expresses their own meanings and tells their own stories . |
| 9 | The idea is that all citizens are bound together in a sort of multilateral contract which defines our reciprocal rights and duties . |
| 10 | Hunt , who gave up a career in medicine to be a racing driver in 1967 , was given his chance by Lord Hesketh , the British peer who ran his own motor racing team . |
| 11 | They presented a plaque to Rob Poynter on behalf of the British association which holds its annual swimming championships at the centre . |
| 12 | A warning pulse quickened within her body , but there was also a kind of excitement , a high tension which disrupted her normal caution . |
| 13 | ‘ You think because you 've read a few crappy books you know it all . ’ |
| 14 | Although Keane continues to develop into the most potent midfield player in English football he found himself short of powerful reinforcements yesterday . |
| 15 | So if the law was clear that in those circumstances they should have been on notice and should have therefore watched where the money was going , there would n't have been a problem and are we not saying that legitimate stock lending which I think is what is about is suggesting , if carried on properly on the market , would be all right , but if it immediately goes off market into the back doors and back rooms and people ca n't see what 's going on and the Financial Institutions take part in that , then they are doing something that un undoubtedly is probably going to cause loss to pension funds and should n't there be a clear law which makes them liable in those circumstances . |
| 16 | So if the law was clear that in those circumstances they should have been on notice and should have therefore watched where the money was going , there would n't have been a problem and are we not saying that legitimate stock lending , which I think is what Good is abou is suggesting , if carried on properly on market , would be all right , but if it immediately goes off market into the back doors and back rooms and people ca n't see what 's going on and the financial institutions take part in that , then they are doing something that un undoubtedly is probably going to cause loss to pension funds and should n't there be a clear law which makes them liable in those circumstances . |
| 17 | His Messerschmidt Overtaking a Tram was not bought by the War Office , being a bit close to the truth ; but his Escape of the Zebra from the Zoo is an endearing , surreal narrative work which foreshadows his later direction as a painter of the ethereal and unexpected . |
| 18 | His Messerschmidt Overtaking a Tram was not bought by the War Office , being a bit close to the truth ; but his Escape of the Zebra from the Zoo is an endearing , surreal narrative work which foreshadows his later direction as a painter of the ethereal and unexpected . |
| 19 | THE story of Kelly Good , the 11-year-old girl who planned her own funeral when her heart and lung transplant failed , moved me to tears . |
| 20 | The class-historical location of progressive rock thus had cultural effects which explain its specific meaning and evolution . |
| 21 | HAVING taken her revenge on Sue Wright , the English girl who beat her last year , world champion Susan Devoy of New Zealand will be challenged by Cassie Jackman , England 's No 5 and world junior champion , in the semi-finals of the Hi-Tec British Open Championships , at Wembley , today . |
| 22 | If you were to come yourself Lily or the child 's Father I could not stand in your way whatever my feelings which are strong , but to hand over my Precious little one to a Young and Foreign girl who spoke his only language poorly that I could not do and send him with her on a dangerous voyage most frightening to him . |
| 23 | In 1958 he was chief coach to the British team which produced our best post-war results in the European championships , with gold medals from the likes of Ian Black and Judy Grinham , and two years later he was appointed manager of the British Swimming team for the Olympics in Rome . |
| 24 | To accept the truth of these accounts is a simple but giant step , and one which the academic and professional community is by its own self-definition incapable of taking : a social group which bases its very existence on its own claims to cleverness would risk its life if it opened even one ear to the voices of fools and heretics , especially when the topic itself is about foolishness in the form of ‘ learning difficulties ’ . |
| 25 | This is not only expressed through direct welfare , housing and educational provision to families which helps to ensure an adequate supply of suitable labour , but also in the reproduction of wider ideologies of popular consent which make it difficult for the rule to see the possibility of any other form of economic and political organization . |
| 26 | For different purposes we find it convenient to use words in different senses . |
| 27 | It is an entirely suitable match since Scully used the title of the great author 's adventure story for a celebrated picture which launched his expressive style a decade ago . |
| 28 | We need to inform them wherever possible of the scientific purposes which underpin our horticultural activities and our research work . |
| 29 | Once again , tolerance decreased and hostility increased quite markedly with age ; and ( with the exception of " the rather anomalous group who call themselves upper working class " ) the same was true going down in social class scales . |
| 30 | We were in Mrs Mackintosh 's Tea Roomes , just off West Nile Street , surrounded by straightly pendulous light fitments , graph-paper pierced wooden screens , and ladder-back seats which turned my usual procedure of hanging my coat or jacket on the rear of the seat into an operation that resembled hoisting a flag up a tall mast . |