Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] [conj] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Combining this with his NMR work , Hawkins concludes that somehow the carbon atoms of any C2 units must disconnect before or after they form the fullerene structure . |
| 2 | G. assumes that somehow the oil is escaping into the canal . |
| 3 | A significant difference between Phaistos and Knossos arises because virtually the whole of the first temple at Phaistos was replaced when the site was redeveloped after the 1700 BC destruction : only the Central Court remained . |
| 4 | In a courtly song Bertrand says that only the beauty of the Duchess Matilda prevented him from dying of boredom ; her naked body would make night seem like day . |
| 5 | Yeah , I think , I have n't got details of that , but I think erm Ron has and also the fact that we 've taken remarks and . |
| 6 | Milner implies that only the development of modern ( structuralist ) linguistics has made this possible , and certainly the work of Hockett ( 1977 ) , Milner himself , Nash ( 1985 ) and now Chiaro ( who draws quite heavily on Hockett ) provides detailed linguistic and structural analyses of the different kinds of word- and sound-play that are exploited in jokes . |
| 7 | With respect to the reason for Molla Fenari 's going on the pilgrimage , he writes that an invasion of Edirne and its environs by the combined forces of Seyh Bedreddin and Duzme Mustafa led Molla Fenari to seek permission to go on the pilgrimage , though it is not clear whether Husameddin means that simply the fact of the invasion or that Molla Fenari 's supposed complicity with Seyh Bedreddin led him to decide to " remove himself from the scene : in any case both the circumstances and the chronology of events in the period are too uncertain to allow one to evaluate the argument properly . |
| 8 | No-one knows when exactly the custom of scrambling for pennies was first started , but Andrew hopes that both the scrambling and the proclamations will continue . |
| 9 | Each department takes part in a six monthly review of its teaching quality based on the diary records , and Dr Pearson thinks that eventually the school would be able to move teaching contracts to where the good teaching is . |
| 10 | Deep down , though , Eubank suspects that only the loss of his bitter enemy 's title during his next three fights could galvanise him into a repeat of their epic of two years ago — and commercially that would devalue the rematch . |