Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [prep] [pron] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do my wishes count for nothing in this house ? ’ |
| 2 | But seven pairs of eyes fastened on him at this news , each with their separate thoughts . |
| 3 | Further to my note of 11th December , Susannah Wainman of SAWD Books writes to me with more details of the competition for a new logo for the Independent Publishers Guild . |
| 4 | Moreover , recent surveys have suggested that not so many members of these societies are ‘ literate ’ by the standards expected than had previously been assumed : in the UK it is now held that over one million people have an acquaintance with literacy that is insufficient for the demands made on them by this kind of society ( DES , 1980 ) . |
| 5 | If the parties had not agreed on the naming of the appointing authority , or if the authority which |
| 6 | Passers-by looked at him in some curiosity , seeing the tears course down his cheeks ; and still he walked on and on . |
| 7 | Rock-climbers make sure they have lots of metal implements swinging from them at all times . |
| 8 | Large dark eyes looked at her without any expression and all he said was : ‘ Sir ? ’ in a voice both deep and guarded . |
| 9 | Scales are not usually given except as scale bars with units varying from one to another but the main chart is approximately 1:239,300 and the Caledonian Canal is in the order of 1:80,000 . |
| 10 | The blue eyes pierced through her with that cold , callous look that once was capable of breaking her heart . |
| 11 | Perhaps the Prime Minister , in the few months left to him in that position , will think about visiting the Council of Europe Assembly so that we can determine whether the British Government actually envisage a role for the Council of Europe . |
| 12 | His eyes bored into hers for another nerve-stretching minute , then he seemed to relax and accept her answer . |
| 13 | Life on the ‘ end ’ offers the actual or aspiring hooligan an alternative career as part of the ‘ Rowdies ’ : ‘ This ‘ career structure ’ gives some young people a sense of individual achievement within a semi-formal setting opportunities denied to them in most other institutions ' ( Marsh , 1976:348 ) . |
| 14 | The attempt in the Treaty to reorganize the Balkans as a stable structure of national states appealed to them for this reason . |
| 15 | It occurred to me that you might plan it as one great central shed with bays let off it on each side . |
| 16 | They 're just duplicates deposited with us by this American chappie — ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Preston , I was two hours waiting for you in that porch . |
| 18 | If a local entity analysis is carried out , the model can be mapped on to a database and applications applied to it before another local data analysis is started . |
| 19 | Ideas bombed at him from all directions . |
| 20 | Will the Prime Minister , in the last couple of weeks left to him in that office , try answering the question ? |
| 21 | Looking at the effects of inheritance in a broader perspective , it is apparent that the laws and customs associated with it in any society have the effect of shaping kin relationships in ways other than the transmission of economic resources . |
| 22 | Is not it important that the Northern Ireland Office should ensure that full information is available to the public on the extent of the deadly arsenal that the terrorists had with them on that occasion , which included AK47 assault rifles and Dsh heavy machine-guns ? |
| 23 | What products pass from one to another and why ? |
| 24 | British Rail tell us that the train that should arrive at Oxford at 5.35 from Scotland is going to be two hours late this evening but I 've no problems to report to you from any of the bus companies locally . |
| 25 | The slots and slits in their visors were full of dust , their drooping gauntlets gripped on nothing at all . |
| 26 | ‘ The Bank of England ( in this Act referred to as ‘ the Bank ’ ) shall have the powers conferred on it by this Act and the duty generally to supervise the institutions authorised by it in the exercise of those powers . |
| 27 | Meditate on the words of Paul in Ephesians 4:17–29 , asking the Holy Spirit to impress upon your mind where he wants you to make changes to co-operate with him in this work of transformation . |
| 28 | The term accentual is derived from ‘ accent ’ , a word used by some writers to refer to what in this course is called ‘ stress ’ . |
| 29 | Hitch , Morton and McCann stood over the other three men while they transferred the precious cargo , guns trained on them at all times . |
| 30 | ( We will leave aside , for the moment , the upper House of the British Parliament , which consists entirely of persons elected by nobody at all . ) |