Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They produce beef that no one will buy at the price at which they want to sell it , so they are subsidised by the European taxpayer to dump it in West Africa , where it destroys the livelihoods of poor farmers . |
| 2 | For a moment he thought there was a double meaning in her words , but he dismissed the thought when he recognised it was one of her usual openings to draw him into conversation . |
| 3 | Indeed it has been almost necessary for the agricultural industry to ignore it in order to develop the modern chemical systems of farming . |
| 4 | When Adam was 9 , she took the brave decision to remove him from school because she thought he was being held back . |
| 5 | But we were barely half-way before clouds crept down the high peaks to threaten us with rain or sleet . |
| 6 | Our police are so busy trying to catch the culprits , but then I read in the Press last week of a young man causing £60,000 of damage by graffiti and getting off free because it would be a waste of public money to put him on probation . |
| 7 | The Routine Business Committee was set up to attend to matters of a routine nature , or those which have already been approved in principle by the Board or the Executive Committee and require further detailed work to carry them into effect . |
| 8 | I conjure an Ethiopian slave to fan you with peacock feathers . |
| 9 | There are free buses to ferry you from hotel to cable-car stations and the town has a warm , friendly atmosphere . |
| 10 | The community of the Trinity is a companionship of love , and the God who is love refused to force free creatures to love him by command . |
| 11 | Lord Ackner felt that the route did not cease to be available simply because it was not possible for an unaccompanied child to walk it without danger . |
| 12 | Soldiers loyal to President Gnassingbe Eyadema , who was divested by the national conference in August of all but his ceremonial powers [ see p. 38379 ] , twice stormed the national radio and television station on Oct. 1 , in separate attempts to return him to power . |
| 13 | Some of the defenders of the domestic load , such as Dennis Bellamy ( chairman of the Yorkshire Board ) , occasionally quoted cost and load data to justify their views , but these were based on such a biased sample of observations that it was difficult for any serious enquirer to accept them at face value . |
| 14 | And while the Senate President was away in Berlin , Forster and his cronies concocted a simple plan to remove him from office . |
| 15 | ESKIMO women still observe the age-old tradition of inviting male guests to join them in bed — even if they 're married . |
| 16 | In so far as the anchoress is seeking Christ lost in the soul , she is like the disciples in the boat on the sea of Galilee lost in the storm ( Matthew 13:44 ) who woke the sleeping Jesus to save them from destruction : But underlying the cry of the anchoress is the constant calling of God which alone enables her cry : " oure lord and all whilk wilen herken to hym ( 50.323a. – 122 ) . |
| 17 | You do n't want your brilliant impromptu inspiration to get you into trouble . |
| 18 | Recently , and at vast expense , Loch Ken has been revitalised and restocked , because it had become fishless ; and there is evidence that many other lochs , surrounded by conifer plantations , will need similar treatment to save them from ruin in the foreseeable future . |
| 19 | It was felt that many indirect tax practitioners , and in particular those dealing with VAT , were former employees of Customs & Excise and therefore did not have a professional body to provide them with recognition , training and quality standards . |
| 20 | I refused to let the nurse wield her scissors on them and put myself through gyrations of a one-legged contortionist to get them off whole . |
| 21 | It had brought bloody tears to its summoner 's eyes , obliging Sartori to relinquish it post haste . |
| 22 | ‘ You ca n't rely on a human being to cure you of evil and give you peace . |
| 23 | They need a fear of heavenly retribution to keep them in order . |
| 24 | Without perceptual systems to provide us with knowledge of the outside world we are impotent . |
| 25 | The kitchen , which Mungo had only ever seen full of people , seemed incomplete ; waiting for human activity to bring it to life . |
| 26 | But above all they bring home the fragility of human power to rescue us from despair and the absence of hope . |
| 27 | It helps a great deal to keep us in touch with what 's happening at school and enables us to exert some influence , I suppose , on what happens in schools , hopefully in the interests of the candidates . |
| 28 | Having chosen the shift which suits it best , each animal relies on its circadian rhythm to keep it on schedule . |
| 29 | He added : ‘ I know the RUC rightly go after all killers with equal determination to bring them to justice , regardless of any circumstance , and they never give up . |
| 30 | ‘ I share those feelings to the utmost and I know the RUC rightly go after all killers with equal determination to bring them to justice regardless of any circumstances and they never give up . ’ |