Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [subord] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asked about Bosnia , Mr Major said he did not regard the US airdrops as presenting any danger of retaliation against British troops on the ground in the former Yugoslavia . |
| 2 | Whom did Mrs Thatcher quote when elected prime minister in 1979 ? |
| 3 | The policy-making Central Bank Council meets next Thursday to consider whether to lower key interest rates . |
| 4 | This leads Johnes to question whether raising academic standards for entry , in terms of A-level scores , could be justified as a satisfactory way of substantially reducing wastage rates , given the complex range of factors which are involved in predicting success in higher education , and that raising entry standards in this way would almost certainly bar students capable of obtaining a degree . |
| 5 | ANOTHER LOSER : John Major doubles as failed ski-jumper Eddie the Eagle |
| 6 | A revelation which William James experienced when taking nitrous oxide took the form of doggerel , which he genuinely believed to be of enormous significance while he was under the influence of the drug : Higamous Hogamous , women are monogamous , Hogamous higamous , men are polygamous . |