Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After consultation with the Leeds Permanent Building Society , the EOC drew up the following recommendations in respect of mobility : |
| 2 | In his office an anxious Herr Nordern gouged out a few marks from unenthusiastic colleagues for a wreath for Steinmark 's funeral . |
| 3 | Cadfael straightened out the coarse folds of the hood , and shook out a few pale feathery fragments from among them . |
| 4 | During his reign Edward made nearly a thousand presentations to church livings , as many as sixty-nine in one year alone in 1304–5 . |
| 5 | By now a consequence has emerged which has been implicit from the first in the whole enterprise of grounding valuation in awareness , that Good has now the same claims to objectivity as Truth . |
| 6 | The reviews were not entirely dismissive , but Hardy remembered only the harsh comments in the Spectator , read ‘ as he sat on a stile leading to the eweleaze he had to cross on his way home to Bockhampton . |
| 7 | Donna flicked ahead a few pages but could see no way of hastening her search for the information she sought . |
| 8 | A tower where Robert Watson-Watt carried out the early experiments with radar can still be seen , as can the crumbling remains of the curious Pergola-style buildings which were used to test nuclear triggers following the Second World War . |
| 9 | Eleanor picked up the fresh flowers and began trimming their stems . |
| 10 | Xanthe spread out the soft folds of her skirt and looked at them as Miranda quickly splashed water into her armpits , round her neck , on her face , muttering , ‘ I wish I 'd just had time to wash my hair . ’ |
| 11 | As they emerged from their coop , Fardine pointed out the different varieties in his collection . |
| 12 | Once again Skaller picked up the two pictures , but only the features of the other boy still held his glance . |
| 13 | Mrs Czermak received only a few cuts and bruises but her victim was killed instantly . |
| 14 | It is not up to us to forget or forgive the crime that Germany committed only a few decades ago ; the only ones who might have done so died on the battlefield or , worse yet , in the gas chambers . |
| 15 | David Newman , team leader , helps Kim to carry out the administrative aspects of the sales centre . |
| 16 | Thus , whilst Wallis and Gusfield disagree over the likely causes of resentment , both appear to be identifying ‘ status groups ’ as central to moral campaigns . |
| 17 | And we know that Gundulph built here the first buildings which became known as the Bishops ' Palace , and it is most probable that when building his Manor House he rebuilt the church . |
| 18 | So it seems to me that what Williamson has shown in one particular case is clear evidence of punctuation , but no reasons at all that I can see for supposing that the mechanism of change was any other which Darwin described over a hundred years ago . |
| 19 | NIGEL FILLED OUT THE REQUISITE FORMS AT THE HOSPITAL DESK WITH Dr Kingsley standing over him . |
| 20 | Fill players like O'Grady and Hibbit , then later Bates and Yorath played quite a few games . |
| 21 | from the first of 1 january 1994 a treaty between the EC and EFTA open up the previous regulations for work permits between the countries of the EC ( or maybe EEC ? — eg Great Britain , Spain , Germany + 10 and EFTA ( Norway , Sweden , Switzerland + a couple of others ) . |
| 22 | God 's providential intentions were realized by Constantine : Augustus had united the world under Roman rule , Christ under God 's , and Constantine welded together the two unities in a Christian society which was , in principle , universal . |
| 23 | Wordsworth seems almost a hundred years ahead of his time . |
| 24 | Police in Oxfordshire have joined colleagues in Portugal and Denmark to piece together the final moments of Mr Christensen 's life . |
| 25 | Ditchburn covered up the extra payments through a hugely inflated figure for the purchase of straw to protect the turf from frost . |
| 26 | p.s. saw Celtic play here a few weeks ago — a really SHITE team at the moment . |
| 27 | His dad Keith and mum Carol live just a few streets away in Hoylake , Wirral . |
| 28 | Spurs ' humiliation was compounded when Lineker mis-kicked wildly a few feet in front of goal and fell flat on his back . |
| 29 | Iskandara picked up the few envelopes and looked at them disinterestedly . |
| 30 | In 1974 , for example , we learned that ‘ For the first time in a century and a half , since the great Tory reformer Robert Peel set up the Metropolitan police areas of our cities are becoming unsafe for peaceful citizens by night , and some even by day ’ — from no less an authority than that great Tory reformer Sir Keith Joseph . |