Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The outer leaves are very important for the effect of the painting , especially against the sky , whereas it is possible to lose myself in the inner masses to some extent . |
| 2 | Through this it is possible to orient oneself amidst the various schools and to make sense of the anonymous drawings , which constitute the majority . ’ |
| 3 | At Aintree he beat The Thinker just over seven lengths and is due to meet him on the same terms , although Jimmy Frost , his rider , may put up a pound or two more than the minimum 10st . |
| 4 | According to ICL , notebooks have two distinct uses : first , they are a user 's only or main machine — so , it must be possible to plug them into a local network , and they must have the functionality of a standard personal computer . |
| 5 | As I cleaned the little beauty and mounted it in my new display case , I promised myself that I would do everything possible to provide it with a few companions in the months that followed . |
| 6 | That is why you have someone with a clapperboard at the start of each take : to make it possible to find everything in the whole length of film . |
| 7 | He pointed out that as the three former impressions had sold out and as there had lately been a new edition of the main Dictionary , ( the sixth , 1752 ) , with many alterations , he judged it proper to include them in a new abridgement . |
| 8 | Negotiations continue but no clear way forward has yet presented itself , the Cooking Centre is zoned for housing and there is little prospect that the Region would be prepared to acquire it at the residential land value — £150,000 . |
| 9 | As you will have realised by now this is not a fish for the person with a small community tank , but as long as you are prepared to provide it with the correct conditions , it is perfectly feasible for the novice to keep and breed the fish successfully . |
| 10 | The English used it as a convenient base for raids into the Scots East and Middle Marches , and as a permanent threat , its strong position on the rocky spine at the junction of the two rivers making it a very difficult nut to crack . |
| 11 | The story of Gilly Hopkins is very sad : Gilly has the opportunity to gain everything she 's always wanted — someone who cares about her and forgives her and is willing to provide her with a loving home , but Gilly throws all this away simply by writing a letter when she 's feeling very upset . |
| 12 | 1001 Ways to Save the Planet deserves to experience the irony of being consumed in vast quantities — and it 's interesting that Penguin has been willing to launch it towards a mass readership sheathed in a determinedly dowdy recycled cover . |
| 13 | On patrol , Constable Keith Raw describes it as a difficult estate to police . |
| 14 | Modern conditions have involved us in rivalry of armaments which is now a conscious struggle to achieve by expenditure and science , by diplomacy and alliances , a balance of power which always eludes us , and because it is always variable and unstable condemns us to a bloodless battle , a dry warfare of steel and gold . |
| 15 | This left Lady Arran free to fortify herself with a large tot of rum . |
| 16 | For the most part these arose from the almost heedless manner in which Christians were prepared to identify themselves with the dominant values of secular Roman society . |
| 17 | Children here do n't lack any sort of ability it 's because th they English is n't their first language so they need support in learning English to help them with the everyday necessities of the national curriculum . |
| 18 | Charlie should have known the shysters when he saw them — but too often he was willing to identify himself with the craw-thumping brigade , allowing them to subvert his better , progressive instincts . |
| 19 | How ever , there is no doubt in my mind that it would be quite wrong to confine her in a geriatric home among seriously deranged patients . |
| 20 | But do you agree that we should put diplomatic pressure that George Bush should , the Europeans should , Douglas Hurd should , and say look guys whatever you do , if it , though were prepared to recognise you as an independent state , do n't take it out on the Russians ? |
| 21 | Having given up all hope of getting hold of a man for herself alone , she would be prepared to share one as the next best thing . |
| 22 | The English established themselves in a strong defensive position and on the evening of 26 August the French approached . |
| 23 | I had in mind Vladimir Nabokov , if you 're willing to consider him as an American writer , John Barth , Richard Brortigan , Robert Coover. erm As I say they 're all writers who might come under the heading of , of postmodern meta-fiction writers who do not take for granted that fiction has a , a direct and clearly understandable relationship with society so that it can erm give you a very clear picture of society at a given moment , which was generally the case in the , with British fiction in the nineteenth century . |
| 24 | But in terms of his public image as seen at the time , he had been careful to distance himself from the unpopular anti Jewish terror of the Nazi mobs and had placed himself on the side of legality . |
| 25 | But there is no life , if you dare not test yourself , if you dare not feel free to live it to the full . |
| 26 | Henry 's anti-papalism was based on the belief that the pope had wrongfully usurped the spiritual and temporal power which had traditionally belonged to the kings of England , and while he therefore rejected the pope 's claim to jurisdiction in England , he was prepared to regard him as the rightful Bishop of Rome . |
| 27 | To gain the most benefit from installing a desk top publishing system you must be prepared to learn something about the general area of printing . |
| 28 | My members are willing to assist you to the best of their ability . ’ |
| 29 | This either indicates the typical ’ lip-service ’ paid to issues of racism , the overriding liberalism , the negation of our abilities to give a contribution , or it show that Black women are not prepared to involve themselves in a reactionary movement which takes no account of our needs . |
| 30 | They are old enough to remember the early days of independence , when the departing British pushed them towards a pan-Caribbean federation of English-speakers ; but the people of Jamaica , the largest potential member ( with 2.5m people now ) , killed that by voting against it in a referendum . |