Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pers pn] [vb base] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 At times I think of the first contacts the people of St Kilda had with the outside world .
2 But that 's one of the strengths I suppose of the social work qualification , that it is a generic one so
3 Is it possible to summarize the relationships you find in a linear causal model ?
4 Our arguments are based not only on our national interest but on the risks we perceive to the competitive position of the Community as a whole .
5 In their two contrasting styles we return to the main theme of this chapter : boyo Neil 's communicating style emphasising ‘ commonality ’ ; and the formal prime ministerial Margaret Thatcher style emphasising ‘ control ’ .
6 In the third part of the series in which our road testers name the cars they rate as the best , the ultimate in luxury saloons comes to the fore .
7 ROBERT SAM ANSON 's ‘ The Man Who Shot JFK ’ ( February ) was the first of many articles I read on the same subject — but I kept returning to his time and time again .
8 Three bottles they drink between the two of them .
9 All necessary and desirable directions for disposing of the proceedings should be given at the pre-trial review , and the parties should as far as practicable ask for all the directions they need at the pre-trial review , giving prior notice to all interested parties ( Ord 17 , rr 1 and 3 ) .
10 The play tells several stories , such as young love , but most of all it tells of the magnificent Madame MacAdam and her troupe and of the comic and tragic effects they have upon an isolated community .
11 You may well ask what particular statistical skills you need as a practising manager .
12 Continuing along the line of the old ramparts you arrive beside the huge atrium in the Piazza XXIV Maggio .
13 Once you have these you are then in a position to work out which behaviours to use and which behaviours to avoid yourself in order to shape the reactions you want from the other person .
14 These days I march to a different tune .
15 Oh god Oh no wonder you say there 's us like eating cockles I suppose as the French eating snails int it ?
16 Well taking our rivers , first of all , have the rivers of Sussex changed very much in recent years , and when I say recent years I mean over the last few centuries ?
17 ‘ And four of those bloody years I spend in a bloody prison-camp — if you 'll pardon the expression .
18 A suitably pedagogic figure called Skuul puts the case for cause and effect which is speedily reduced to relativism by an opposing voice : ‘ You pursue essentials I ride with the random
19 These years will not count as part of your working life , and the number of qualifying years you need for a full pension will be reduced .
20 But they are also nervous that the calculations they make in the next two weeks may determine who will win and lose the political battles of the next two years .
21 ‘ It 's one of the most important projects we have for the 1990s , ’ says Philip Goldsmith , head of Earth observation at the European Space Agency .
22 Nearly all the farmhouses we see between the compact villages of the country between the Yorkshire and the Dorset coasts date from the century 1750–1850 .
23 In many cases we speak of a given condition as cause and it is the one action or piece of behaviour involved , something to which responsibility attaches .
24 ‘ We will have no difficulty in getting the fifty signatures we need for a Special General Meeting .
25 If in our plans we hope for the best and are prepared for the worst then we should be ready for anything in between .
26 Since the values for E and G vary , of course , for each solid the values we get for the theoretical strengths will vary too .
27 Do you think the fact that the French erm constitution and the French administration is so different from the British administration , this leads to some of the erm occasional tangles and differences of views we have between the British and French ?
28 You can do it to some extent through the public sector , but one of the worrying things I find about the present situation with this growth of generations , the clamp down on building — less than a hundred thousand houses , I think , completed in the U K last year — my estimate is that we should be building about two hundred and fifty thousand .
29 ‘ Now is your opportunity to put to me any questions you have on the detailed implications for the people of the World of the Council 's decisions . ’
30 ‘ So you have the things you need for an overnight stay . ’
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