Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [pos pn] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This led the Germans to emphasise their strengths in things other than politics , especially culture ( during the first half of the 19th century ) and industry ( during the second half ) , using these to build the German nation . |
| 2 | The French fabliau in England may take one of two basic forms : fabliaux composed in Old French in France of which copies made their way to England , and fabliaux composed ( in most cases re-composed ) in the Anglo-Norman dialect , presumably in England . |
| 3 | Here , Chris Bonington looks at the way climbers develop their skills in order to test the above criteria , and sketches in the larger-than-life personalities and rivalries within the sport . |
| 4 | The Italian states advertise their prosperity in buildings like the fifth-century temples at Paestum ( Posidonia ) , which are comparable in size to those at Akragas , but are on a higher artistic and technical level . |
| 5 | Later BT pledged to stop 0898 phone operators using its videophones for sex shows . |
| 6 | Rioting continued , however , and immense crowds made their way to Mehrabad airport for Khomeini 's return from france on 2 February . |
| 7 | At the ruling prices fixed in a market determined by competition to meet this demand , the local authorities placed their contracts for estates to be built for slum clearance and relief of overcrowding . |
| 8 | Attempts in the past to ensure that the latter two groups shared their views about quality achieved worthwhile ends . |
| 9 | He , his ex-teacher wife and chess coaches provided their education at home . |
| 10 | So erm right now I think we might as well erm allow things to draw naturally to a close there so um let's see erm this gives you a few minutes to catch your breath in time for video , for those of you who 're erm intending to watch it . |
| 11 | European Community governments have agreed on the establishment of a " cohesion fund " to help poorer member states to meet their obligations under EC environmental directives . |
| 12 | But such was the genuine power of his personality that his persistent contention that these fasts were undertaken with the object of assisting his opponents to accept his point of view on its merits always received respectful attention , even as it became more and more evident , with the passage of time , that their success depended in actuality on the personal capital he had built up : he was too special , too revered , and eventually too important in the political consciousness of the Indian masses , to be allowed to die . |
| 13 | These waterways wind their way through countryside often inaccessible by road and unchanged over the years . |
| 14 | Plenty of other modern animals make their living in conditions where seeing is difficult or impossible . |
| 15 | Words articulate our experience of things , they do not just express or reflect it ; they give form to what , without language and other sign-systems , would merely be a chaotic and undifferentiated jumble of ideas ; instead of things determining the meaning of words , words determine the meaning of things . |
| 16 | These quadrilateral guide units change their geometry at acceleration and deceleration points . |
| 17 | Even so , the IMF facility was often insufficient to meet the needs of countries requiring foreign currencies to support their rates of exchange . |
| 18 | As your leg lifts raise your arms in front of your body . |
| 19 | Most clients sought their information via directories or personal contacts and a dominant influence in selection was experience of past work . |
| 20 | Information Minister Mahmud al-Sharif on July 15 denied unconfirmed reports that Jordan had agreed to allow UN inspectors to monitor its border with Iraq following US allegations of Jordanian violations of the international trade embargo against Iraq . |
| 21 | The brief flash of frustrated fury in his eyes made her stop in astonishment . |
| 22 | A panel of senior journalists made their selection for awards which included prizes of £500 for individual winners . |
| 23 | As soon as the news broke , Historic Scotland inspectors made their way to Shetland to assess the damage to archaeological sites . |
| 24 | Feminist psychology 's consciousness of these ambiguities encourages its interest in women 's representation , not just among psychologists , but among psychological subjects . |
| 25 | Klima and Bellugi ( 1979 ) maintain , however , that similar results are obtained when subjects make their responses in sign . |
| 26 | Shops lowered their shutters in solidarity . |
| 27 | ONLY WITH THE ADVANCES IN SYNTHETIC CHEMICALS HAVE ‘ DEVELOPED ’ NATIONS BROKEN THEIR DEPENDENCE ON PLANT MATERIALS |
| 28 | The following day Iran wrote to the United Nations underlining its respect for Iraq 's ‘ sovereignty and territorial integrity ’ . |
| 29 | On the upper slopes the peonies shared their ground with fireweed and there were tall purple-headed thistles standing among the irises . |
| 30 | Little danger as there was of another martyrdom , there was even less chance of the clergy satisfying their grievances at Edward 's expense : the most significant thing about the legislation of May 1341 is how easily it was repealed five months later . |