Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each book ran to 64 pages and from these gems I learnt a great deal about Soccer , Cricket , Rugby Union , Rugby League and other sports . |
| 2 | Within a few hours I noticed a large number of fry appearing at the water surface . |
| 3 | For the next three hours I witness a surreal nightmare of racing fire engines , caravans of police cars with blue and red lights flashing , a few looting bands , but mostly residents in bathrobes and curlers , gathered in silence to watch corner markets go up in smoke . |
| 4 | Several times I saw a big bull , sometimes even two together . |
| 5 | During those times I read a great deal — mostly books chosen for me by my father and which I thought more suitable for boys than for girls — Jack London , Rider Haggard , Talbot Baines Reed , Arthur Ransome . |
| 6 | At times I feel a wee bit guilty having returned home to Scotland all in one piece , when so many of my friends have died or were badly injured . |
| 7 | Many times I see a nameless beauty and my soul is moved , but my words can not contort themselves into a likeness of this beauty . |
| 8 | Behind those eyes I see a romantic mind . ’ |
| 9 | Within a few months I took a small office space oh dear I ca n't remember . |
| 10 | Through its low branches I had a latticed view of the buildings that made up my home . |
| 11 | Many of the cars being repaired have been converted to accept unleaded according to manufacturers guidelines which suggest a quick correction of engine timing will do the trick . |
| 12 | Process industries produce a number of items from a single raw material , as opposed to discrete manufacturers which produce a single product from multiple raw materials . |
| 13 | Type B non-profit — non-profit organizations which obtain a significant amount of financial resources from sources other than the sale of goods and services . |
| 14 | One solution would be to redefine the Type A in terms of current financial resources and perhaps also to replace ‘ entirely or almost entirely ’ with ‘ a significant proportion ’ , so that the Type A non-profit organizations become : non-profit organizations which obtain a significant amount of their current financial resources from the sale of goods and services . |
| 15 | In units which employ a multidisciplinary approach , each patient might be allocated one member of staff ( a ‘ primary therapist ’ ) who has the main responsibility for dealing with the patient 's problems . |
| 16 | All these churches have domes which cover a central area and are supported on pendentives . |
| 17 | First the system which develops on the basis of the covenant includes inter alia a complex set of property rights , income transfer mechanisms , and restrictions on the capital and labour markets , in addition to a set of values and prescriptions which prove a rigorous test of motives . |
| 18 | The majority of people also voted for parties which advocate a Scottish parliament , but the Government rejects it . |
| 19 | Where there are more than two parties which command a substantial vote in the country , the simple primary voting system produces even more distorted results , even within a single constituency . |
| 20 | Adequate consultation between all such parties which ensure a clear understanding of the system of operation proposed and the likely risks does much to simplify the design of sprinkler systems and the need for other means of protection and alarm . |
| 21 | The pace of life is slow here , with only one hotel in sight and a small handful of unpretentious restaurants which prepare a delicious seafood fare . |
| 22 | Golf course get the thumbs down — the study says they have little to do with farm tourism — and further farm museums , rare breed centres and farm attractions which need a large number of visitors to service a high capital investment should not be encouraged . |
| 23 | O'Rourke appeared in court on Sept. 17 and pleaded guilty to misdemeanour charges of embezzlement and misuse of public funds which carried a possible prison sentence of up to one year ; under the terms of a plea bargain arrangement , the federal prosecutors agreed to drop the third and more serious felony charge . |
| 24 | The arm comb comprises a single row of rounded block-like spinelets which form a continuous fringe over the base of the arms . |
| 25 | The disk is pentagonal , up to 90 mm in diameter and covered with small stumpy spinelets which have a multipointed crown . |
| 26 | In ordinary cars the higher temperature is produced by having a higher compression ratio and one is used to having high performance cars which have a high compression ratio and need special grades of petrol to avoid knocking and pinking and other effects detrimental to the car , and of course that leads to the need for lead to be added to petrol to stop knocking . |
| 27 | There is a pointed slightly rugose apical papilla flanked on either side by 3–4 pointed oral papillae which form a continuous series with 2–3 tentacle scales of the second oral tentacle pore . |
| 28 | Ophiopristis may be defined as follows : the jaw longer than broad with one or two apical papillae flanked on each side by 4 or more rounded or slightly pointed oral papillae which form a continuous series with 2–4 slightly larger tentacle scales associated with the second oral tentacle pore , these scales may arise on the adoral shields , in some species there may also be papillae on the inner edge of the first ventral arm plate , the adoral shields long and narrow separating the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate ; disk covered by small scales each bearing a spinelet ; radial shields from the first lateral arm plate ; disk covered by small scales each bearing a spinelet ; radial shields covered and inconspicuous ; tentacle pores of the arm not open but armed with one or two leaf-like or scale-like tentacle scales . |
| 29 | There is one , occasionally two , pointed apical papilla flanked by 7–9 rounded oral papillae which form a continuous series with the superficial oral tentacle scales . |
| 30 | There are also property shops which charge a flat rate fee , whether they sell your home or not . |