Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] [pron] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 1760s Catherine II of Russia had in self-defence to issue decrees ordering her subjects to petition her only through the appropriate officials and not by the direct personal presentation to her of their grievances and requests . |
| 2 | The Haldane partisan , Morris , moreover , said openly that he defied Captain Cunningham and all his friends and supporters to remove him again from the town . |
| 3 | Alexander had smiled and risen to his feet to kiss her lightly on the cheek . |
| 4 | BR staff and preservationists pulled out all the stops to have everything right on the day even though they were hampered by high winds and heavy rain . |
| 5 | He also gives sanctuary to Tom Gradgrind , and arranges for Childers to see him safely aboard the ship that is to take him to foreign parts . |
| 6 | ‘ You 'll need some externals to tap you properly into the Dream . |
| 7 | The proposal on the Fifth Directive concerning the structure of public limited companies is based on Article 54 ( right for natural and legal persons to establish themselves freely in the Community ) . |
| 8 | This explains the emergence of out-placement counsellors , consultants who specialise in aiding out-of work executives to sell themselves effectively in a buyer 's market . |
| 9 | Every sunset the apes would return from their day 's foraging to sleep in the branches of this giant tree , and we were driven to distraction by our repeated attempts to film them properly in the few seconds after they arrived and before the sun set . |
| 10 | I said that I thought it would be alright and made arrangements to meet him again at the church on the following Saturday afternoon to discuss details . |
| 11 | Doctors believe the gun may also reduce health care costs … easy enough for patients to use themselves instead of a visit to the hospital . |
| 12 | But here 's a collection of invaluable 1992-isms to keep you ahead of the game . |
| 13 | ‘ They are enchanted by him , and that is why they made special arrangements to bring him home to the United States . ’ |
| 14 | They are more like shadows in the forest which enable us to see the contour of the trees to bring them together as the forces of darkness is to obliterate both the wood and the trees . |
| 15 | Cos he had all the jockeys , the jockeys , no racing on a Sunday and he had jockeys to ride them instead of the boys in the stable . |
| 16 | Both beauties have refused offers to team them together in a film since neither wants to be upstaged . |
| 17 | In effect , therefore , we stop acquiring any new skills and this may mean we risk having too narrow a repertoire of skills to equip us adequately for the variety of people-situations we are likely to encounter . |
| 18 | The flames which belched from every opening caused the two struggling men to fling themselves flat on the ground to escape their scorching blast . |
| 19 | When we are insecure about our personal power , ill at ease with our individuality and allowing others to define us much of the time , we may rely heavily on other sources of power . |
| 20 | In Manhattan , the famous yellow water-taxis thread their way through the grid of canals to take you directly to the landing-stage of hotels in the luxuriously converted upper storeys of what were once the city 's proudest skyscrapers . |
| 21 | One of the major themes of the 1980s was the decentralisation of services to make them closer to the public . |
| 22 | Mr Ashdown will give warning tomorrow , in two television interviews and in his party 's last election broadcast , that an attempt by either Labour or Tories to go it alone in a hung Parliament would end in disaster . |