Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Burrows and Hunter 's general conclusion is that " from the views given us by local authorities the 1988 Housing Act 's strengthening of the anti-harassment laws have made prosecutions slightly easier for local authorities but , in practice , there is often a failure to prosecute for a range of non-legal reasons " ( p. 41 ) . |
| 2 | A distrust of social revolutions was not absent from their considerations , any more than a distrust of traditional religion whose sacred texts committed it to discontinuous change ( ‘ creation ’ ) and interference with the regularity of nature ( ‘ miracles ’ ) . |
| 3 | Churchmen justified it in Augustinian terms . |
| 4 | The US Food and Drug Administration announced earlier this month that it was likely to initiate a ban against farm use of the antibiotic — known as sulfamethazine in the US — because two laboratory studies linked it to thyroid cancer in rats and mice . |
| 5 | Although his orders placed him in theoretical command of the Simonova 's mission , in practical terms he was a guest of the civil servants who operated the vessel . |
| 6 | Clacton magistrates remanded him on conditional bail to appear before them again on March 31 . |
| 7 | She could hear Penry 's heart pounding against hers , as her kisses matched his in utter frenzy . |