Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This process and this work represent my own attempts to acknowledge my position as a feminist artist and seriously to consider my responsibility and accountability as such . |
| 2 | She has since returned 11 times to continue her research on the long-term environmental effects of the US/Vietnam war , and last year published the book The regreening of Vietnam ( The Women 's Press , £17.95hb ) . |
| 3 | Like banks , the discount houses make their profit by a process of maturity transformation : by borrowing short and lending long — or to be more precise , by borrowing very short indeed and lending slightly less short . |
| 4 | Everyone has heard that the mustard giants make their money from the amount of the condiment that is left on the sides of our plates . |
| 5 | Now the larger giant supertankers bring their oil to the deep water terminal at Finnart , on the western fjord coast , and a new pipeline carries it to Grangemouth . |
| 6 | If the position of power that comes about when shareholders combine their property in a company is damaging in either of these ways , then an invocation of ownership rights will not constitute a conclusive justification . |
| 7 | Cuckoo-bees make their way into the nests of other kinds of bees and leave their eggs there to be tended and reared by others . |
| 8 | The administrators-of the Modular Course , particularly Watson , realized early that sustainable course quality depends crucially upon relevant feedback and that course development strategies based upon relevant evidence receive readier acceptance from staff than strategies deriving their credibility from the perceived wisdom of management . |
| 9 | It is conceivable , too , that the Sihtric dux who witnesses three of Cnut 's charters may be the Dublin monarch Sihtric Silkbeard , who used dies evidently made for him in the mint at Chester to strike pennies naming him king of the Irish and modelled on Cnut 's Quatrefoil type . |
| 10 | Eventually I left them to it and went off into the night , the bells keeping me company through the streets . |
| 11 | SCOTVEC 's audit criteria , by building on existing good practice in centres , will make it easier for centre personnel to find their way through the maze . |
| 12 | It is intriguing to wonder how some of the emigrants found their way to the outlandish places in which they settled , or how Ayrshire names came to be given to spots which are amongst the most isolated on earth . |
| 13 | After Adelaide , Bodyline was not exploited with quite the same intensity , but the crowds retained their fury at the mere sight of a ‘ bumper ’ . |
| 14 | The first part of the poem deals with Sir Walter 's attempts to impose his mastery on the natural environment . |
| 15 | The PNSF had previously been staunchly anti-Arafat and the initiative was regarded by some sources as an attempt by Syria to strengthen its influence over the PLO [ for March reports of Syrian plans to increase its influence within the PLO see p. 38121 ] . |
| 16 | The Tryplase capsules provide your dog with a supply of pig pancreas enzymes to substitute those he can no longer make for himself and , as you have seen , they work well . |
| 17 | Several legal experts doubted its viability as a test case , however , because of uncertainties about the application of constitutional rights in the territories . |
| 18 | The hunger strike was interpreted in some quarters as an attempt by the RAF prisoners to increase their influence on the command structure outside prison . |
| 19 | Charlotte heard the front door close and realized she alone was watching as the white halo of the headlamps traced his progress along the drive . |
| 20 | Her fingers caught his cheek with a stinging blow . |
| 21 | Expect his team to group around the yellow jersey , lots of nervousness and shoving in the peloton , while adventurous riders test their strength at the front . |
| 22 | It 's obviously time for all the districts to nail their cause to the mast . |
| 23 | The sudden weakness in her legs made her stumble over a non-existent obstacle , there was a blackness before her eyes and she would have fallen but for his lightning reactions and the strong hand that grasped her elbow , supporting her . |
| 24 | He had treated her for several months using her husband as an interpreter — as though her husband were an objective witness to her depression . |
| 25 | Designed by Carlo Chiti , later to build some explosively temperamental F1 engines for Alfa Romeo , the ATS cars made their debut at the 1963 Belgian Grand Prix . |
| 26 | That is to say , Libyans whose families had settled in the cities some generations before were perhaps exempt from this process ; but the majority of Libyans made their history in the same way , and shared this picture of the past . |
| 27 | Piers wiped his mouth with the napkin and relaxed back in the chair , surveying her through dark , thick lashes . |
| 28 | The embalmers laid her flat on a long wooden table , and one of them , the master , took a sharp flint knife to make a long incision low down in her side . |
| 29 | ( pl. 33 ) Feature either human figures ( usually on horseback ) engaged in a formal hunt , or predatory animals pursuing their prey amidst a fecund undergrowth of foliate forms . |
| 30 | This causes further tension if disgruntled clients vent their anger on the advice worker . |