Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [adj] [noun] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he shrugs and says : ‘ We just do our best and prepare as well as possible for each game as it comes . |
| 2 | Needless to say she has to take life as quietly as possible for some time if she is to regain her health and everyone will be pleased to know she is making good progress along these lines . |
| 3 | He became very depressed for some time before he could reassess himself , start to use his considerable abilities and begin courting his wife again . |
| 4 | I would be very glad to have her here full-time for this period if it was acceptable to you . |
| 5 | and you got your points in , I mean you asked whether it was worthwhile , you did that very well actually er and you were good on reminding the prospect why you were actually asking for recommendations , probably a little bit weak after that point although you did , you , you picked up again , there were , there were points we 're looking for you did pick up referrals mentioned earlier . |
| 6 | An electric fan will cool the engine but a thermostatically controlled switch A mechanical fan is more reliable for long slogs as it can move more cooling air |
| 7 | Now 45 , Marian decided to remain unemployed for six months so she could see how she felt about work , to settle her daughters and adjust to her new house . |
| 8 | In fact they are no more adequate for primitive societies than they would have been for any others . |
| 9 | These are adequate for most purposes if they are used properly , since different people will be able to deduce from the answers information which is relevant to the job they want to fill . |
| 10 | The other tree in the garden is the golden-leaved Gleditsia triacanthos " Sunburst " , which is very popular for small gardens as it only reaches about 16-20ft ( 4.8-6.1m ) . |
| 11 | The Club proved very popular for many years as it appealed to the many actors , artists and musicians who found the atmosphere of Bedford Park most congenial . |
| 12 | She lay derelict for 10 years before she was restored for the Museum in 1988 . |
| 13 | That was still untended and wild ; the house had been empty for some time before they bought it , or rather Mr Paul had . |
| 14 | I 've always tried to keep too clear of foreign riders as you well know , but erm there are n't the riders around that you can slip in erm of the sort that we would want to put in . |
| 15 | Similarly , a person can attempt to avoid infection by washing hands before handling and eating food , but nevertheless , is dependent on others as to whether or not the food itself was free of pathogenic microorganisms when it was purchased . |
| 16 | According to one report , Vincent was as dismissive of academic study as he had been in Amsterdam . |
| 17 | I was fond of that duvet because I thought it was hers . |
| 18 | There is nothing wrong with such fear if it leads a Christian to cry out in weakness to God and exercise faith . |
| 19 | We are not saying that there is anything wrong with timber-frame homes if they are constructed properly . |
| 20 | Now there is nothing wrong with this argument as it stands , but it is weak ; it assumes that there are other minds than our own , and argues only that we may be mistaken about their states , thinking someone to be happy when she is really sad , etc . |
| 21 | That may be why chatlines , costing up to 48p a minute , have been popular with young people since they were set up in the late Eighties dangerously popular , in some cases . |
| 22 | ( 8 ) A cash offer which falls for acceptance near the end of a fiscal year rather than at the beginning of the next fiscal year will not be particularly popular with accepting shareholders as it will make a significant difference to the payment date for capital gains tax ( see para 23.2.1.1 below ) . |
| 23 | Careful with that hat when you get into the mini . ’ |
| 24 | We must be careful with this argument because it is sometimes based on anatomical studies that have used insensitive methods or only a partial consideration of the data . |
| 25 | Whereas neither the statutes of 1816 – 19 which freed the peasants of the Baltic provinces nor the south-western " inventory reform " of the 1840s had been included in the Complete Collection of the Laws , in late 1857 the government went public with major plans before they had even been finalized . |
| 26 | Yet lesbian subjects may be more different from each other than they are from many heterosexual women . |
| 27 | ‘ is different from other interests because it exercises power or influence in two ways — directly through interest groups and structurally because of the crucial role boards and managers exercise over production , investment and employment decisions which shape the economic and political environment within which Governments make policy ’ . |
| 28 | Different from that wood where we crossed the river . |
| 29 | Power Fluidics is different from conventional plant because it avoids the need for contact between moving mechanical parts and the process fluid . |
| 30 | LAW lords who must rule on whether to stop feeding Hillsborough coma victim Tony Bland were told yesterday his case was different from any other because he was n't dying . |