Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lady Alianor refers always to the new king thus , thought Joan . |
| 2 | As Ian Macdonald points out in The New Immigration Law ( Butterworths , 1972 ) : |
| 3 | James Allan flies economically with the air-minded Kiwis . |
| 4 | Peace People development co-ordinator Patrick Corrigan looks back on the mass rallies of 1976 . |
| 5 | ‘ Let it be made quite clear that there is no doubt about the position of my government ; Germany stands fully behind the Single European Act and its objectives , ’ Dr Kohl declared . |
| 6 | This was the scheme outlined by Talcott Parsons and Edward Shils in Towards a General Theory of Action ( 1951 ) . |
| 7 | Lisa Stansfield looks forward to the Eighties |
| 8 | Bede describes how in the 670s the South Saxons were saved ‘ from a cruel and horrible extinction ’ as a result of their conversion to Christianity by Wilfrid : ‘ … for no rain had fallen in the province for three years prior to his arrival , and a terrible famine had ensued which reduced many to an awful death ’ ( HE IV 13 ) . |
| 9 | Spenser dwells longest on the first , revealing it filled with ‘ infinite shapes of things dispersed thin' ( II , IX , 50 ) . |
| 10 | Othello ends up with the same poisoned suspicions as Iago , who had earlier confessed that he suspects both Othello and Cassio of having cuckolded him with Emilia ( II.i.285ff . ) . |
| 11 | They 'll be yours some day unless Mummie hurries up with a little brother . |
| 12 | Today it 's Joni Mitchell 's The Circle Game , from the album Ladies of the Canyon , and if the conversation pauses Andy steps in with a musical interlude . |
| 13 | The fine church of St Wilfrid dates back to the 12th century , although there is mention of a church in the Domesday Book . |
| 14 | David Holman strikes again with a faithful Dickens adaptation ; recommended by our own Richard Bates . |
| 15 | The ‘ Lang comes back from the grave ’ phenomenon makes the whole election seem a disaster for the anti-unionist forces , but it was much less of one than 1979 . |
| 16 | And cutting down through the rising rock , the Indus carries away from the Himalayan region five million tonnes of earthen debris every day . |
| 17 | Kington comes across as a natural traveller , just as Colin Thubron did in the Silk Road programme in David Wallace 's series . |
| 18 | Ms or Mr Trim wakes up for an early morning drink , has tea or coffee with either no milk or skimmed milk and definitely no sugar . |
| 19 | Karim drifts uncertainly into an acting career , appearing as Mowgli in an experimental production of The Jungle Book , then joining a company which puts on an even more experimental production about class , race and sex . |
| 20 | The history of this Fellowship in Orkney goes back to the early 1980s … |
| 21 | THE DEVELOPMENT of child guidance in Scotland owes much to the pioneering work of Anne T Paterson , who died on Sunday at her Edinburgh home . |
| 22 | Executive Support Manager Allan Paterson looks back over the TOP Programme as it has progressed at Hunterston and considers some of its achievements . |
| 23 | Wordsworth looks forward to an ideal Welfare State where all are entitled to ‘ maintenance by law ’ feeling of degradation . |
| 24 | John Ley looks forward to an international showpiece in which opening and closing ceremonies could rival the main event |
| 25 | Still , the two parties have moved towards the round-table talks that both want — although the government calls them a multi-party conference , whereas the ANC looks forward to an all-party congress , to be followed eventually by an elected constituent assembly . |
| 26 | The imposition of councillor Jeff Sainsbury says much about the right hon. Gentleman and about the unrepresentative character of the development corporation . |
| 27 | The Crying Game sees the city from a fresher , less knowing perspective , as Fergus arrives there from a disastrous kidnapping in the Irish countryside and views everything in a daydream of sun and strangeness . |
| 28 | Mr Kilfedder relies heavily on an unquestioning personal vote and a reputation , particularly among the older electorate , for local diligence and national prominence . |
| 29 | ‘ Why I want to warn every mum-to-be ’ Leslie Ash speaks out on a hidden danger |
| 30 | Although new names have produced the successes , Longman falls back on the old to consolidate the same . |