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

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1 In fact , the priority of base layers , as most manufacturers prefer to call them these days , is to keep you dry rather than warm .
2 The secretaries have got it this time , and we are just left at the bottom of the ladder again .
3 Fourth , pluralists try to have it both ways when interpreting the power significance of inactive interests and groups : they minimise the influence of the rich when they are inactive , but choose to exaggerate the influence of the poor unless they are inactive .
4 The good years have left them wealthy men .
5 His poems have brought him national acknowledgement and well-earned distinction .
6 I am sure I do not need to remind you that it is through incidents of this kind that Summerhill is judged and these thoughtless individuals have caused me considerable embarrassment .
7 Network studies have given us various instances of groups of women who are less standard speakers than comparable groups of men .
8 God and the Saints have sent us goodly gain , upon your coming .
9 As always , the Liberals try to have it both ways , but they are up against canny farmers .
10 His intense and unpredictable moods have earned him many enemies throughout the Empire .
11 A club spokesman said : ‘ The doctors have given him another scan and he was taken off the life-support machine . ’
12 The former Prime Minister used to talk about Victorian values , and some of my hon. Friends have mentioned them this evening .
13 Their secrets return to haunt them 12 years later when bodies are discovered buried in the grounds .
14 TECHNO CLASSICS Vol 1 ’ is the well sorted compilation to come out of the mighty Rising High stable , and Casper and his mates have given us FIVE CD copies to give away !
15 He added : ‘ The Chinese students have given me great hope for the future of China and Tibet .
16 In Third World countries you can have problems with water supply when women have to carry it long distances , and even in the rainy season , wells can become contaminated . ’
17 The Germans have made it clear time and again that ‘ in the field of monetary policy the principle of subsidiarity does not apply ’ .
18 Their mighty spells and fiery blasts have won them many battles when sword and spear might not have prevailed .
19 John Henry Enterprises have sent us two examples of Hartke 's 350 watt combo .
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