Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I mean when Rutherford did his experiments years and years ago he produced his planetary model of the nucleus , of the atom where the nucleus plays the role of the sun and the electrons play the role of the planets , and people said well why do n't they just spiral in an erm Rutherford had actually no answer to this , but the answer to this was produced by the Danish physicist Nils Bore , who said ‘ Well they do n't spiral in because erm electrons can not just take up any orbit , they can take up certain specified orbits which he called stationary states , and there is a lowest one of these , and when the electron gets down there it can not go any further .
2 one of the reasons which we lacked last year was er , was a , was a fast , you know , opening bowler .
3 The rule is firmly established that we may not look at Hansard and in general I agree with it , for reasons which I gave last year in Beswick v. Beswick .
4 We have far too great a gap between these two states which I think all magistrates are very conscious of and which all defendants are very conscious of , and particularly from the public point of view again erm the present alternatives to custody are seen by members of the public as soft options , are seen as a let off .
5 He showed that the mere absence from work or possession of wealth was translated into highly exaggerated forms which he termed conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure .
6 He 's making sofas which he calls driving seats … and they 're selling all over the world .
7 A car enthusiast has found a new way of making money out of Minis … he 's turning them into furniture.He 's making sofas which he calls driving seats … and they 're selling all over the world.Richard Barnett reports :
8 In some areas , such as vision , what happens to the food they eat , explanations of day and night , shadows and plant growth , many children had well-established views which they had little difficulty in expressing .
9 In a fashionable area now known as Brompton Cross ( just a short walk from Harrods , Joseph and The Conran Shop ) , Linda and Neville Codling run Eastern Accents which they founded nine years ago on their return from the Far East .
10 Having laid the groundwork of his interest , the politician had to be ready when election time rolled around again , and at that point an incumbent who could re-apply to constituents whom he had frequent occasion to meet , and ask them for a continuation of their friendship , without suggesting for a moment that any of them had a duty to support him in recognition of an implied bargain for past favours , was in a far stronger position than a man whose only contacts with his constituents took the form of patronage letters .
11 These are applications which you wrote ten years ago and they may have been written in a an old like COBOL , but they meet a business need and if they 're meeting the business need day in day out then why should you replace them ?
12 We are most receptive during the tender , vulnerable years , the years which we have most difficulty in recalling .
13 They have recently exhibited paintings which they call Cubist paintings .
14 But what about the things which we do each day which ARE wrong ?
15 So , so that 's been a great improvement I think , erm in recent years and , and in the erm early seventies we , we also went into the business of providing equipment that could be left at rescues , on site , you know it was always tying up a fire engine by taking it there and , and being tied up so we provided these things which we call demountable equipment , which we commonly call the pods and erm
16 C. The British Government normally does only those things which they believe large sections of the public want .
17 This in itself provides some considerable insight into what students of literature regard as " literary " , at least in terms of the kinds of structures which they expect literary texts to exhibit .
18 Innocent was beset with problems which he had little chance of solving as the sands constantly shifted and political and economic undercurrents conditioned behaviour .
19 S what in fact er Mrs said is too early in the process of community care to know how many homes you have to close she really is approaching it from the wrong way , it 's equally too early in the process of community care to know how many homes you need to have open , keep open or open and that is one of the problems which I believe this council and other councils will will face .
20 Hereforshire Health Authority needs to make savings of six hundred thousand pounds which it overspent this year .
21 It is not a matter for a local authority , and Michael talks about employing the Money Project Officer to erm get in rent arrears and so on ; this is the job of the officers who we pay large sums of money to , it is not the job to have someone special to do it , and in any case that would be peanuts compared with his salary .
22 ‘ We 're concentrating even harder on giving customers what they want this year , ’ says boss Nigel McGinley .
23 A British farmer from Kenya gave two senior Rhodesian executives what they needed last week .
24 It also expresses concern that ‘ the increasing number of going concern qualifications which we foresee this statement precipitating may force businesses into receivership that might otherwise survive . ’
25 It 's this marvellous giving and taking and sharing which provides these marvellous explosions which we call inspired moments which sometimes result in a work of art .
26 TO ROUND OFF THIS PIECE , I asked Yngwie to list ten albums which he considers essential listening for all guitarists .
27 Before the race he was hoping to beat his personal best time of 2 hours 44 minutes 49 seconds which he set last year .
28 COYHAIQUE , Chile ( AFP ) — President Pinochet said he has decided to abolish the secret police which he established 16 years ago , shortly after coming to power .
29 He now brings an action in the High Court , in the course of which he gets an order for discovery , B is compelled to disclose the documents which he has that support A's case , and A may be allowed to administer interrogatories to B — questions in writing which B must answer also in writing but upon oath .
30 Well , you see , it 's easier for me to sit here , and to pontificate , and therefore your questions were well put , erm , we can demonstrate , I think a much more effective approach to the environment in in our field , because er , we 're dealing with chemicals which we have some control over , and which exists to some small degree in air , air machines .
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